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The Melbourne PC User Group Inc.

Members Helping Members since 1984

We are a club whose members have an enthusiastic interest in all aspects of computing, with  areas of interest from small microcomputer circuit boards through mobile devices to traditional desktops and laptops.

We have many groups, usually referred to as SIGs,  whose members meet in suburbs all over Melbourne and in our clubrooms at Moorabbin.  Lately, we have been meeting online.

Our members have a wide range of experience and knowledge – some members are just beginning their computing adventure and others have had many years of experience. We all learn from each other.

Members can obtain help with specific internet or device problems from our iHelp SIG via phone or email, and can participate in the club’s private online forum. The forum enables Members to share the latest tech news, help each other solve PC problems or simply chat about the affairs of the day.

Sounds interesting ? See our  About Us  and  SIG  pages for more details of our activities and the benefits of becoming a member.

What’s happening at the Club?

It’s election time again for your club’s Committee. Several positions are available to be filled with most current Committee members able to continue next year.  If you wish to contribute to the running of the club please consider nominating and bring your fresh new ideas.  The Nomination Form and other documents for the AGM can be found here.  Click the links there to see the documents – after you login.

What’s New on the Website

There have been some recent changes to PayPal. If you are having difficulties making an online payment, please contact the office on 9276 4000 to pay by credit card.

Some recent changes to our website include:

• • new tabbed Member Dashboard
  • new SIG details page  – Members can now readily update their SIG memberships. There is also provision for visitors to the club to register to receive SIG emails.

Feel free to send any feedback on these changes, as well as any other aspects of the website, to webdevgrp@melbpc.org.au

Other Changes at Melb PC

The Microsoft O365 OneDrive service will be withdrawn on 30 September 2022. After that date you will no longer be able to access your Melb PC OneDrive. Instead you already have access to Google’s Drive storage of 30 GB.

For further advice and guidance Members should refer to their email advice which will direct them to a guide document on how to use their new Google Drive cloud storage service. Please call the Office if you do not have that email dated 29/07/2022.

As of June 30th 2022 our Yammer chat forum was closed.  To continue enjoying your chats and exchange of useful info with other Members please have yourself added to the new Spaces chat forum.
Just send an email to office@melbpc.org.au and Say “Please add me to Spaces”.

Our Featured Group

If you want to find out about the Linux operating system, then the Northern Suburbs Linux SIG is the place to go.  Covering all current versions of Linux but often concentrating on the very popular Linux Mint version,  you will find these meetings – currently online  – invaluable in helping  you get the most from your device.