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Meetings
Wakefield
RISC OS Computer Club meets on the first Wednesday of every month.
Our meetings usually consist of a talk or demonstration, with plenty of
time for informal discussions and trips to the bar before and after.
Recent meetings have included visits from major RISC OS hardware,
software and operating system developers, along with demonstrations of
specific pieces of software by experienced users. In addition, we have
covered a wide range of other subjects including digital photography,
hardware upgrades, networking and problem solving. More information about
the topics covered in recent meetings can be found
further down the page, and details of future
meetings can be found below.
Meetings
start at 7.45pm, at the West Yorkshire Sports and Social Club in
Wakefield. Doors open at 7.15pm, and the scheduled part of the evening is
generally complete by about 10pm. See the
directions to the venue for details of how
to find us.
Visitors are always welcome to attend our meetings (with the exception
of the AGM in January) – there is a fee of £2 on the door for
non-members.
Forthcoming meetings
The following meetings are planned for the near future (note that
presentations may be re-scheduled due to events outside of our
control).
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The Toolbox for Beginners
Wednesday, 7th April |
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| Provisionally rescheduled from November and February. Steve Potts will be giving a beginner’s guide to the Toolbox: the system that allows applications to be written quickly and easily on RISC OS. Starting with a look at what it is and how it can be used, Steve then plans to help those present to produce their own simple piece of software before the end of the evening using AppBASIC. Don’t worry – no previous programming experience will be required! |
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Mel Pullen
Wednesday, 5th May |
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| Further details to follow |
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Video Editing
Wednesday, 2nd June |
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| Terry Marsh will be talking about video editing. |
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Mike Cook
Wednesday, 7th July |
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| Mike will cover subjects including “Play your cards right”, the Arduino and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) |
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Artwork Animation
Wednesday, 4th August |
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| Richard Ashbery will show us how to create animations using ArtWorks 2. |
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Something on the A9home
Wednesday, 1st September |
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| Peter Richmond will be showing us “Something on the A9home”. |
Previous meetings
WROCC’s meetings cover a wide range of topics relating to
RISC OS and computing more generally. The list below shows what we
have had in our calendar over the past four months; for a longer list
including some links to more detailed reports, see our past meetings page.
There are also some photographs of past meetings available:
For our members, information, web links and file downloads relating to
previous meetings can be found in the
meeting resources section of our
members’ area.
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Simply CAD? Use Draw!
March 2010 |
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| John Cartmell from Qercus visited to talk about Draw. Starting with the idea of draughting Meccano pieces, he took us through some simple concepts before moving on to the subject of 3D perspectives and isometric grids. The evening was rounded off with a look at the new features added to Draw in RISC OS 6.20, along with some of the other additions to RISCOS Ltd’s latest version of their OS. |
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Annual General Meeting 2010
February 2010 |
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| Postponed from January due to the weather, the WROCC Annual General Meeting was a chance for members to elect the committee for 2010, to have their say on the running of the club, and to finally enjoy the free buffet laid on for those who were there. |
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No Meeting
January 2010 |
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| Following heavy snow over the New Year period, the January 2010 meeting was cancelled due to the travel problems in the West Yorkshire area. It is believed to be the first time in the club’s history that the weather has got the better of us in this way! |
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An Evening of Festive Fun
December 2009 |
Read a full report of the December meeting... |
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| WROCC brought another year of meetings to an end with an evening of frivolous festive fun. After some short and silly film clips and a break for refreshments, those present were tested on their General Acorn Knowledge in another of Peter Richmond’s quizzes. Colin Sutton closed the evening with a sequence of photos taken at the “hug the Odeon” protest in Bradford a couple of years ago. |
For details of our meetings before December 2009,
visit the past meetings page.
Wakefield Hospice collections
With immediate effect, we will be accepting unwanted mobile phones and
used printer ink cartridges and toner cartridges for recycling, on behalf
of Wakefield Hospice. Just
bring them along to monthly meetings, and deposit them on the
‘check-in desk’ by the door. Please make sure that the items
are securely bagged and clearly labelled, and in the case of mobile phones
it would help to include any chargers and accessories, but do remove the
SIM card beforehand.

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