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SCUM Macintosh User Group is an informal group of free-spirited usually older adults who share a fondness for Macintosh computers. Membership is open to all. Dues are fifteen dollars per year. Funds are used to purchase software/hardware for the Computer Lab, and other worthwhile projects.
To maintain some reasonable semblance of order there shall be six officers: the president, past president, vice president, treasurer, secretary and Apple Ambassador. They shall be elected annually by a majority vote of paid members present at the February meeting and assume office at the March meeting for one year. If the board chooses, the positions of president and vice president may be replaced with two co-chairs.
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| Geoff Fernald, co-chair, is a Berkeley electrical engineer from the '60s, was born in the town of Boron on the Mojave desert and attended six different first grades establishing his longing for good friends. Geoff expanded his narrow American World-view as a teenager in Oslo, Norway, and also at thirty, in a Volkswagen bus crisscrossing 30,000 miles of Europe and Russia with his wife Jane. During his thirty-six years as a research and development engineer and manager he led six technology teams to new products spanning widely different technologies: rapid transit vehicles, oil refinery motor controls, super- computers, medical ultrasound machines and cochlear implants that cure deafness. He and his wife reside in New Hampshire and California. Email |
Pete Vanderbilt, co-chair (to come) |
Fred Offenbach, secretary (to come) |
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| Jack Fisher, treasurer, has lived in California since 1946. He was in San Mateo until called into the service in 1951. Married in 1957 and has owned the same house in San Carlos since 1959. Got involved with Chickens' Ball in 1974. Loved it and got on the stage in 1980 and has been involved with it and the Kiwanis show ever since. Since retiring in 1998 he has filled every day by helping out at the Hiller Air Museum and doing some handyman work - everything from leaky faucets, to water heaters, to ceiling fans, or whatever. All that leaves little time for flying or biking or running. Jack says, "Life is good."Email | Dan Bellack, Apple Ambassador, spent over thirty years in the advertising and public relations business in Silicon Valley. He and his partners had a rather well-known (some say notorious) high-tech agency which they sold to BBDO Worldwide in 1988. Since retiring as chairman of TFB/BBDO in 1993, Dan is spending more time with his family (wife, twin daughters and 4 grandchildren) and his Macintosh. He enjoys doing the SCUM website and acting as our Apple Ambassador. When time allows, Dan tries to recapture his marginal guitar and vocal skills. He and Judy play a bit of bridge and travel. Email | ISIG Chair Photo SIG Chair Webmaster Badge Monitors Edd Dundas - Email |
History
San Carlans Using Macintosh (SCUM ) was founded in 1993 by Joe Kimble. At that time Joe was a volunteer instructor in the Senior Center Computer Lab. Meetings were sparsely attended at the beginning but in recent years the membership roles have grown to over seventy-five members with an average of forty or more members attending each meeting. It became a Macintosh User Group (MUG) in 2002.
In 2005, the membership of the Peninsula Apple Users Group (PAUG) founded in 1983 voted to join forces with SCUM. A Special Interest Group, named the Intermediate SIG or ISIG, was begun which attracts six to ten members at its third Wednesday evening meeting.A Reconstructed History Of The SCUM Presidency
1993/1994 - Joe Kimble
1994/1995 - Fred Offenbach
1995/1996 - Joe Kimble
1996/1997 - Fred Offenbach
1997/1998 - Fred Offenbach
1998/1999 - Joe Kimble/Jerry Boyer
1999/2000 - Robin Gregg
2000/2001 - Robin Gregg
2001/2000 - John MacKenzie
2002/2003 - John MacKenzie
2003/2004 - John MacKenzie
2004/2005 - Joe Kimble
2005/2006 - Dan Bellack
2006/2007 - Dan Bellack
2007/2008 - Brian Sandilands
2008/2009 - Walt Domingo
2009-2010 - Geoff Fernald (full year)/Joyce Friedlander (Feb-Apr)
BylawsSan Carlans Using Macintosh • Founded 1993
(Approved by a majority of members on February 2, 2009)
Organization
SCUM is an informal group of individuals who share a fondness for Macintosh computers. They meet the first Monday of each month at the San Carlos Adult Community Center (ACC). If the first Monday is a holiday, the meeting will be scheduled the following Monday.
Membership
Membership is open to all. Annual dues are fifteen dollars for a family membership that covers spouses/partners and is payable at the January meeting. Checks for dues shall be made payable to the "City of San Carlos," with a notation "SCUM Dues." An annual membership card shall be issued by the club's vice president and given to each paid member. Midyear payment of dues will be prorated.
Officers
To maintain some reasonable semblance of order there shall be six officers: the president, past president, vice president, treasurer, secretary and Apple Ambassador. They shall be elected annually by a majority vote of paid members present at the February meeting and assume office at the March meeting for one year. If the board chooses, the positions of president and vice president may be replaced with two co-chairs.
Duties of the President or Co-Chairs• Preside over each meeting
• Prepare reminder notices for meetings and meeting agenda
• Appoint committee chairs as needed
• Coordinate SCUM activities with the management and staff of the ACC
• Promote the activities of SCUM
Note: If co-chairs are used rather than a president and vice president, the co-chairs will decide which one of them will handle which of the combined duties of president and vice president.
Duties of the Past President
• Provide continuity from previous administration
• Be available for special assignments as requested by the president/co-chairs
Duties of the Vice President (in the event a president is chosen)
• Act as a “president in training” and take over as president the following year
• Coordinate SCUM activities with the management and staff of the ACC
• Be available for special assignments as requested by the president
• Succeed the president if the president resigns or is incapacitated
• Run meetings the president is absent
Duties of the Treasurer
• Receive and deposit moneys for SCUM. Maintain records of club funds and purchases
• Report financial status monthly to the officers and membership
• Maintain the attendance roster, membership roster and email address list
• Report paid members and email updates to the secretary and president
• Run meetings if the president and vice president are absent
Duties of the Secretary
• Take minutes of business at meetings as required
• Run meetings if the president, vice president and treasurer are absent
Duties of the Apple Ambassador
• Act as a representative in communications with Apple corporate
• Act as a contact with major publishers
• Run meetings if requested
Fundraising For Activities And Functions
Committees appointed by the president may organize fundraising activities, or social functions, for the club. These activities, or functions, must not be in conflict with any official San Carlos Adult Community Center policy or schedule. Social functions may be scheduled as desired by the membership and, by majority vote, paid for from SCUM funds.Club Donations/Treasury
Funds collected by the SCUM shall be deposited into a specific account in the City of San Carlos accounts office. Disbursement of funds from this account shall be by check issued from that office. Disbursements exceeding one hundred dollars shall be approved in advance by the membership. SCUM may donate funds from its treasury for improvement or upgrading of the San Carlos Adult Community Center computer lab facilities, as well as items needed for the operation of SCUM activities. Motions initiated for such donations must be made by a current paid member in a regularly scheduled SCUM meeting. Passage requires a majority affirmative vote of the paid members present.Dissolution Of SCUM
If membership drops to less than five members at three consecutive meetings the club shall be dissolved. Any unspent funds shall be donated to the Friends of the San Carlos Adult Community Center and be designated for use by the computer lab.