General Announcements
Mike Bader, president of SEMCO, will start the meeting and make general announcements.
When: Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 1:30 P.M.
Where: Altair Engineering, Inc., 1820 E. Big Beaver Rd., Troy, MI 48083
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SIG-Computing
Topic: Identity Theft
Jaime Martinez (MCSD) will be our presenter. The presentation on Identity Theft, will discuss the different types of Identity Theft, how to make yourself less a target for it and what to do if you become a victim.
Mr. Martinez serves as a Reserve Deputy with the Macomb County Sheriff Department (MCSD) since 2011. In his role with the Sheriff Department, he supports the MCSD Cyber Crimes unit supporting the full-time detectives in fighting Cyber Crime and provides technical consultations as needed. He is employed in IT for over the last 20 years. He is a part-time IT adjunct instructor since 2007 and has taught over 20 distinct courses at 3 different local colleges.
Also: Questions and Answers following the presentation and during the social period before the SIG-Linux meeting. Snacks available during the social period.
When: Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 1:45 P.M.
Where: Altair Engineering, Inc., 1820 E. Big Beaver Rd., Troy, MI 48083
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SIG-Linux
Kodi: Open Source Home Theater Software:
Our esteemed former SIG-Linux Chairman Brian Brodsky will continue his demonstration of Kodi concentrating on online content. From Kodi’s website: Kodi® (formerly known as XBMC™) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media center for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more. Kodi runs on Linux, OS X, Windows, iOS, and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet, he will also share how to edit music tags with an external program.
At the same SIG-Linux meeting in March (beginning at 4:00 P.M.), our new SIG Chairman Sharan Kalwani has a number of presentation ideas for SIG-Linux presentations – such as various Linux Distros, however he is looking for ideas from the membership. So bring your suggestions ideas to the next meeting on March 12th (or feel free to post them to the semco.org website discussion area), Email works too!
When: Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 4:00 P.M.
Where: Altair Engineering, Inc., 1820 E. Big Beaver Rd., Troy, MI 48083
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Free Wi-Fi available. Our thanks to Altair Engineering, Inc. for providing our meeting space!