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What the Club Offers

The computer club at Newton Seniors Centre offers a wide variety of educational and social opportunities.

Monday Club Meetings (1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.)

Each week, the club holds a meeting where the membership can participate in round table discussions, mini workshops, Question and Answer sessions and more. The club also invites both in-house and guest lecturers to present to the club a variety of computer related topics. We invite you to attend up to three meetings prior to joining the club. Please see the [EVENT SCHEDULE] or the website calendar to see what is scheduled each week.

Monday meetings are held at the Newton Seniors Centre, 13775 – 70 Ave., Surrey, BC

Classes

The club offers a variety of classes held in the computer room each week from September thru to June. From tablets to smartphones, laptops and traditional desktop computers…we cover it all. Please take a look at our [CLASSES] section of this website to see what we are currently offering this season. If you are a beginner, we offer sessions that will get you up and running in no time. In addition we have many classes for those interested in furthering their computer skills. Quality classes at a VERY affordable price

Drop-in Help Fridays 10:00am -12:00noon

You are stuck and not sure what to do or perhaps you need a little one on one assistance to learn a new trick or tip. This is the session for you! Currently we offer a weekly drop-in session where members can get help for their unique computer problem. Imagine… almost a private lesson ! Come in and see if you can stump our volunteers! You must be a member of the computer club to use this service.

Computer Maintenance (a minimum intermediate skill level is required please)

Here is a win-win.. the club is always in need of members to help maintain the computer lab. You are guaranteed to expand your computer knowledge in a very social setting. Ask any club volunteer for information.

TO JOIN THE CLUB

To join the Computer Club, you must first have a Senior’s Services Pass, which covers city-wide Surrey Seniors Centres and is available at the Newton Seniors Centre front desk. The fee is $27.50 for 1 year from the date you sign up.

Just go to the front desk reception and let them know you’d like to join the computer club. They will guide you through the registration process.

The annual membership fee for the computer club is FREE

Newton Seniors Centre

13775 – 70th Avenue

Surrey, BC V3W 0E1

Telephone: 604-501-5010

Ever thought of volunteering for the club?

There are many jobs that need doing to make the club run smoothly.

For many of the tasks…no computer skills are required at all. Perfect for newer computer users!

The education committee are always on the lookout for instructors to teach classes as well as class helpers. The club also needs people who would be willing to give a talk on a subject at the Monday meetings.

Whether you can lend a few hours helping out at the Christmas party, keeping the bulletin board updated, assisting in the drop-in help sessions on Mondays… the club needs your help ! If you have the time, contact us or any of the volunteers listed on the club volunteers page.

The more hands helping out, the better our club will be !

In 1993, with assistance from the B.C.Tel Pioneers and a grant from the New Horizons, the club was born. The first instructors were volunteers from B.C. Tel Pioneers. These lessons were held in the very small room near the auditorium door.

Graduates from those early classes eventually took over the teaching and have been joined by many others, who volunteer their time to share their knowledge of the computer.

As the membership in the computer club grew, a permanent classroom was established, and the meetings were moved to the large activity room.

In the beginning there were only a handful of “graduates” from the one course (M.S. Works), but it was a beginning. Since then the membership has grown to well over one hundred.

We believe one reason for our success, is the lack of formality. As “retired” persons, it was felt we should not be required to adhere to too much to RULE, since it is primarily for fun and sociability as well as learning.

Through the revenue generated by the lessons and a couple of grants from the rotary club the older computers have been replaced…updated when necessary to their present level. From the same sources, funds have been found to purchase a SCANNER, a CD WRITER, A MULTI MEDIA PROJECTOR (which allows us to project computer images onto a twelve foot screen) and other hardware that gives a variety of options for those persons who like to use more sophisticated equipment.

NEWTON SENIORS’ CENTRE COMPUTER CLUB BY LAWS

  • The name of the club shall be Newton Seniors’ Centre Computer Club.
  • The prime aim and purpose of the Club is to provide learning experiences, the exchange of ideas, to help each other and to further knowledge of computers.
  • The club Executive shall appoint a Nominating Committee of not less than two members in good standing. Nominations to the Executive shall be obtained and known two weeks prior to the election and/or from the floor on Election Day. Elections shall be held at the last meeting in June each year and the new Executive shall become effective at the end of that meeting.
  • The Executive shall consist of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Registrar, Maintenance Committee Chairperson, Education Committee Chairperson, Drop-in Centre Chairperson, Website Chairperson and immediate Past President. Positions shall be elected annually with the exception of the immediate Past President. An executive meeting quorum shall be half plus one of the elected executive.
  • The President shall preside at all meetings of the Club. He/She shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, except the Nominating Committee.
  • Dues are payable on or before September 1st of each year. Membership shall be prorated if joining up on or after March 1st of the following year. Members 90 years and older shall be exempt from paying any dues and will be entitled to complimentary membership in the Computer Club.
  • The Computer Education Committee shall be elected at the same time as the general elections and consist of not more than 7 members who will select their own Chairperson in due time.
  • Chairman of the Maintenance Committee Website and Drop-in Centre shall be elected annually and will in turn appoint their own committees . 

June 17th 2019

COMPUTER CLUB EXECUTIVE

As of June 10th 2024

President: Sigrid Hagglund

Past President: Dixie Mogg

Vice President: Alta Alta

Secretary: Myrna Louth;

assistant: Joan Danis

Registrar: Ann Ligertwood;

assistant: Kathy Piccott

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Chairperson: Joan Danis

Ray Arnett, Angus Glass, Alta Alta, Marina Kirchner, Sui Wai Seto

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MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE

Chairperson: Joan Danis

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DROP-IN CENTRE

Chairperson: Angus Glass

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WEB-SITE

Chairperson: Gerry Leering

NEWTON SENIORS’ CENTRE

COMPUTER CLUB RULES

  • No food or drink in the computer room.
  • Guests are welcome for three “Lifetime” visits to the regular Club meetings then they are requested to join the club.
  • Computers cannot be used unless a teacher or supervisor is present.
  • When using the computers DO NOT change any settings.
  • When exiting Windows go to the Windows Start Button and select “Shutdown”.
  • No software, equipment or books are to be taken from the computer room without notifying a member of the maintenance committee.
  • Unless previously specified business meetings should not run over 20 minutes. Business meetings may be suspended to accommodate a guest speaker.
  • Computer club members are required to be Members of the Newton Seniors’ Centre.
  • Membership in the Computer Club will be $15.00 annually as from September 1st 2010. Any increase in the dues will be subject to the Members’ approval.
  • Access to the computer room shall be limited to club times and such times as needed by instructors.
  • There shall be no permanent installation of any programmes on the computers without permission from a member of the Education or Maintenance committee.
  • Volunteer instructors must be members of the Newton Seniors’ Centre or be registered volunteers with the City of Surrey Volunteer Program in order to be covered for insurance purposes. 

June 11th 2018

COMPUTER CLUB EXECUTIVE
 

President – Sigrid Hagglund

Past President – Dixie Mogg

Vice President – Alta Alta

Secretary – Myrna Louth, Asst: Joan Danis

Registrar – Ann Ligertwood, Asst: Kathy Piccott

Maintenance Leader- Joan Danis

Drop-in Leader- Angus Glass

Zoom Account Owner – Joan Danis

                                                                                        June 10, 2024

COMPUTER CLUB EDUCATION COMMITTEE
 

Ray Arnett

Angus Glass

Alta Alta

Joan Danis – Chair

Marina Kirchner

Sui Wai Seto

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DROP-IN / HELP SESSION

Angus Glass – Friday Group Leader and Drop-in Chairperson

Sui Wai Seto

Victor Monasch

CLASS INSTRUCTORS

Ray Arnett

Angus Glass

Alta Alta

Vicci Burnett

Joan Danis

Marina Kirchner

Sui Wai Seto

Ken Schrag

Victor Monasch

Gerry Leering

COMPUTER MAINTENANCE CREW

Joan Danis – Group Leader

Angus Glass – assistant

Harley Garreck

Marina Kirchner

Paulina Pether

Kathy Picott

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CLASS HELPERS

Angus Glass

Grace Ooms

Ken Schrag

Marina Kirchner

Sigrid Hagglund

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VOLUNTEERS-at-LARGE

June Fitchett

MEETING ROOM SETUP​

Wayne Melander

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WEBSITE CREW

Marina Kirchner