Would you like to have your own personal web page? Do you have something to advertise or just something to say? Does the thought of trying to create that web site leave you cold and clammy and make you want to give away your computer?

Well, never fear - help is here. The speaker for the May General Meeting is Al Bartraw, who is going to help allay our fears and unravel the mystery of creating web pages . Hopefully, after this meeting we will be able to go home and create and upload our own websites.

Although Al's "resume" is very technical and intimidating, he has been told that most of us have never even tried to build a web page and that his explanations would have to be simplified. He has agreed to this condition.

While working for MedTech, which specialized in medical record retrieval and personal history inspections for the insurance industry, Al became interested in web and database development. During his tenure, he built the internal training site for his department. When MedTech closed in 2002, Al attended Texas State Technical College in Waco, Texas, specializing in Client/Server database programming. In that capacity, he learned to write in Java, JSP (Java Server Pages), HTML, ASP (Active Server Pages) and a small amount of ASP.NET. In the interim, he worked with his Church, Victorious Life Church, and an insurance support company called Source Access, where he built original websites for both organizations. The website for his church is an interactive site which was built using ASP with a database backend. This backend allowed the church administrators to change information on staff, small group information, upcoming events, etc. Al graduated with his AAS in the Spring of 2004, and in the Spring of 2005, became employed by L-3/Titan Group at the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center at Will Rogers World Airport, where he currently performs security audits on federal information systems. While auditing systems, he also offers recommendations for ways to bring them into federal compliance.

Be sure to attend our meeting on the 18th of May and learn more about building web pages. At the conclusion of the meeting, drawings will be held for prizes for members and non-members alike. For one non-member, there will be a free, one-year membership to the Computer Club of Oklahoma City, and to another non-member will go a copy of "Click and Burn" software.

For our members' drawing, we have an HP Photosmart 8450 printer, with advanced, on-screen editing. No computer is necessary to print and edit pictures with this unit, as it accepts most digital camera cards. We will also give away an APC Surge Arrest surge protector and battery backup, which will help protect your valuable electronic equipment in the event of a power surge or outage.

See you in May...
Doris