Overview of Strawberry Creek Meeting Computer Resources

Strawberry Creek's Electronic Resources

Several members and attenders have asked our Electronic Resources Committee to provide more written documentation and other assistance to help Friends use our web pages, email newsgroup, file sharing, on-line calendar, and other electronic resources. In response to those requests, we have begun to revise and develop a set of web pages that everyone can use for reference -- either on-line and/or on paper. This brief article will give an overview of our major electronic resources and where you can find more information about each of them, as well as how people who do not use computers can make use of these resources via other Strawberries.

Web Pages
Strawberry Creek Meeting currently has two sets of web pages:
- a public set of web pages under http://quaker.org/strawberrycreek/ ; and
- a semi-private set of web pages and other materials under http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StrawberryCreek/.

Anyone with a web browser can look at our public web pages, which includes links to

• an overview of our Meeting (including its structure with officers, representatives, and committees),
• on-line documentation and instructions,
• our semi-private StrawberryCreek yahoo group pages,
• our Oakland Worship Group's web page,
• Dime-A-Gallon web pages,
• public news highlights (e.g., public community calendar, public Minutes), and
• web sites for other Quaker organizations.

In order to view and use our yahoo group web pages, files, and email archive you must have a login and password -- except for the top level page at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StrawberryCreek/

Shared Files
When you log into our Strawberry Creek Yahoo group, you can browse and read a number of different types of information, including past issues of the Strawberry Creek Newsletter, an archive of email messages sent to our email newsgroup, photos, and copies of various Meeting documents.

Email Newsgroup
Another feature of our Strawberry Creek Yahoo group is an email newsgroup. Once you have a yahoo login and have been added to our Strawberry Creek Yahoo group, you can send email to StrawberryCreek@yahoogroups.com, which automatically gets sent to all members of the group -- except those who have chosen not to receive such email messages. Each member of the group can set an option that indicates whether s/he wishes to receive each email message as soon as it comes to the group, a "digest" set of messages once a day, or only to view messages via the web archive.

Help
For detailed instructions about how to use Strawberry Creek Meeting's yahoogroup and other computer facilities, point your web browser to http://quaker.org/strawberrycreek/help or contact one of our committee members:

• Amy Dewey
• John McCarthy, Clerk
• Peter Sam
• Rick Herbert
• Tom Yamaguchi

If You Don't Use Computers
Strawberry Creek Meeting wants to make sure that everyone has access to our electronic resources, including Members and Attenders who do not use computers. If you don't use computers, but would like specific information (such as particular documents) or general services (such as notification about important email newsgroup messages), we can try to pair you up with a "computer buddy" who uses Strawberry Creek's electronic resources and can help you make use of them.

Computer Volunteers Needed
In order to help Strawberries who don't use computers or who would like assistance with using our electronic resources, we need volunteers who might be willing to help provide such assistance from time to time. We would also be glad to get names of Strawberries who can provide more extensive computer services for a fee, to whom we can refer people who wish more extensive help.