NEWS
Photo: Allan Alexander
The late Joe Alexander and Julie Thompson updating the entries to expand the information recorded in the the original "In Memoriam" book - see story below.
Much of this additional information has been researched on the Internet and by personal contact with the surviving family members of those in the book.
This information has been further reseached more recently by Nick Mason and is now displayed on a large screen Digital Roll of Honour in the ANZAC Room at Mangrove Mountain Memorial Club. You can view the display on YouTube here.
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2013 Mangrove Mountain & Districts Country Fair
As in previous years, the CTC@Mangrove Mountain and the Mangrove Mountain Computer Club supported the Country Fair, which was held on 19th October. In addition to hosting and assisting with the Country Fair website, the Mangrove Mountain Photography Club assisted with the photography competition and also mounted a display in the Old Fire Shed of photographs taken by members of the Club.
Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 &10
There are forteen computers at the Club running Windows 10 with MS Office 2016 as a dual-boot with Windows 7 and MS Office 2010.
In addition, there are two iMAC computers running both iOS and Windows 7.
If you are thinking of upgrading to Windows 10 you might like to come along to Q&A on a Thursday morning 9:30 - 11:30 and have a chat about the issues and options.
National Alert System for Emergencies
The Government 'Emergency Alert' warning system was launched in NSW on 2 December, with the first trial taking place in the Blue Mountains area on 5 December. There is more information about this system here.
Mangrove Alerts Community System
It is an ‘opt-in’ system and you can read more about it at the ‘MACS’ website here, where you can also register your contact details. It uses a combination of emails, text messages to mobile phones and voice-to-text to landline messages.
Australians can register their personal home and mobile numbers, making it now illegal for telemarketers to call these numbers.
Registrations can be made online by visiting www.donotcall.gov.au.
It’s time to re-register for the Do Not Call Register for people who signed up in 2007. This will ensure you do not get any unwanted telemarketing calls.
SpamMATTERS
The Australian
Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) implemented
the SpamMATTERS reporting system to help fight spam. You can go to http://www.acma.gov.au for
details.
RSL Archiving and Restoration Project
For those who may have missed it previously, there is more information on this project here. The project has been featured in an ASCCA Newsletter and is being followed closely by staff from the Australian War Memorial, who have offered assistance.
Allan Alexander is now co-ordinating this project.
Our thanks to Telstra
Country Wide for assisting the late Joe Alexander.