Computer Pals For Seniors Northern Beaches Inc.

The club operates from The Tramshed, 1395a Pittwater Road, Narrabeen overlooking Narrabeen Lake, on Sydney's northern beaches, a most peaceful setting and very conductive to learning.
We are open 9am-4pm Monday and Tuesday, 9am-1pm on Wednesday, 9am-1pm Thursday and 9am-1pm on Friday. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons are reserved for meetings and special events.
 The club was formed in late 1995 and we have had over 1000 persons
through our doors. Currently we have just over 160 members. We are
members of ASCCA.
 Our elected President is Pat Kingham, our vice President is Nan Bosler. Membership is open to seniors 55 and over and not working more than 20 hours per week. We have wheel chair access to the clubroom. We have a CorelDraw group who meet on the 4th Wednesday of the month,
run by Win Nielsen, and a Printmaster Group on the 3rd Saturday of the month run by Pat Kingham.
 If any 5th Wednesday is available we hold a BBQ for either instructors to get together socially or for members, likewise. We have 24 trainers on duty during the week who teach Windows XP
Professional, Office, MS Publisher, Printmaster 15, CorelDraw X3,Internet and E-mail.
 All the trainers teach the basics of the operating systems, plus word-processing, spreadsheets and the Internet.
 If desktop publishing or accounting subjects are required, we can point members in the direction of the appropriate instructor.
 Our clubroom is fully equipped with 6 up to date computer, plus 4 bubble-jet printers, laser printers, 2 scanners and 2 webcams. New acquisitions include wireless mouse and keyboard, CD and DVD burners, card readers, and 5 17" flat screen monitors, plus a Digital Camera. All this in an effort to keep up with the fast changing world of computers and information technology.
 Our website is available at the address above and contains the current Newsletter, details of meetings etc. and any social dates coming up as well as tips and anything else the webmaster feels is of interest to visitors to the site.