Well, it's nearly Christmas again! I love the holiday season. It's the only time of year when people treat others the way they should all the time, but it always seems to get here before I'm ready for it.

We had a great presentation at our November meeting thanks to Bank of America's Julia McAnnish for sharing information with us about e-banking. The Internet is a tremendous resource, not only for research, but for our convenience as well. Security and privacy has always been my biggest concern when it comes to personal information and monetary transactions. I have known of people who didn't trust banks and kept their money stuffed in a mattress or in a sock at the bottom of the well. I never felt that way personally, but e-commerce is new and I read about hackers and security problems in our e-mail clients every day. Progressive companies are working very hard to make sure we can do business in the modern world safely and confidently.

We were short several officers during November, the Patricks and Preffitts attended the fall Comdex in Las Vegas to see what is new on the horizon for the computing industry. I'm sure they will share some of what they learned with us at our December 21st meeting. I know everyone is busy preparing for Christmas but take time out to attend this meeting, and don't miss our holiday party on the 28th. We'll have a great meal and companionship. We have been very good this year so Santa is sure to make an appearance as well.

Happy Computing,
Terry