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Arlington & Fairfax Sessions -
Arlington Meetings in Person!
Fairfax In-Person Requirements
All Sessions Available via Zoom
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Arlington Email: arlmtgs(at)patacs.org      Fairfax Email: ffxmtg(at)patacs.org

-Meeting - in Person and via Zoom
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PATACS - Arlington
First Wednesday, July 1st, 2026 7 PM

Please Come Early & Help with Meeting Setup!

Meeting Location: Carlin Hall Community Center,
5711 S. 4th Street, Arlington, VA 22204
Zoom Session: Details Sent via Email
Using Zoom

Basic Cybersecurity for
Personal Computers and
Mobile Devices

Al Williams, President
Willow Valley Computer Club


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HAVE YOUR COMPUTER QUESTIONS ANSWERED!

The program planners for our First Wednesday PATACS meetings in Arlington are looking for topics that members would like to have explored or questions answered - this is your opportunity to have a say in topics addressed at this meeting. This is a smaller meeting than the Fairfax meeting, and it allows for much more interaction between members than is possible in Fairfax. And there's the post-meeting Pizza and Salad SIG, the post-meeting social at a nearby restaurant - another value-added feature of your membership! Please send your suggestions to our meeting program planners at arlmtgpgm@patacs.org.

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Arlington Email: arlmtgs(at)patacs.org      Fairfax Email: ffxmtg(at)patacs.org

OPCUG / PATACS Joint Meeting,
Saturday, July 18th, 1 PM   3rd Saturday
Meeting In-Person and Via Zoom - See Above Banner

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Tallwood, TA1
4210 Roberts Road, Fairfax, VA 22032-1028
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In Person Requirements -
OLLI Health and Safety Protocols

Coffee, Soda and Individual Snack Packages will be available.


 

Italian Inventions

Presented by Leti Labell

Italy is often associated with art, architecture, and cuisine. But many people are not aware of the scientific contributions of Italians. Italy’s long history of innovation has left a profound mark on global technology, from ancient engineering to modern electronics. Italian inventors have shaped communications, energy, medicine, and everyday life in ways that still influence the world today. This presentation will focus on Italian inventions that have had a profound impact on the sciences of Communications and Information Technology. Italians have made major contributions to electronics, communication systems, computing theory, microprocessors and telecommunications. Italy's technological legacy continues to shape the world's technological landscape.

Leti Labell is an OPCUG member and a PATACS member with a lifelong love of computers. She has an MS in computer science, and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Project Management Professional (PMP). She retired in 2014 from a long career in software development and general project management in the telecommunications industry and as a contractor to the federal government. She loves languages: she's been studying Italian for ten years, Spanish for two years, and German for 6 months. She teaches Italian language to beginners and she teaches a class (in English) about all things Italian.

Pre-meeting Slides

Learn in 30:

From 12:45 to 1:50 - Luncheon for Dues-Paid Members

Catering by Leti, Queen of Ethnic Eats


Future Meeting Topics:

July 18th: Leti Label - Italian Inventions: Impact on Technology
Frank Fota - AI Prompts - Recipes for Success

Presentation Volunteers Needed! Contact director2 (at) patacs.org

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PC Troubleshooting
In-Person & Via Zoom
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OPCUG Members Welcome!

PATACS - Arlington,
4th Wednesday June 24th, 7 PM
Zoom Details Will be Sent by Email

Meeting Location: Carlin Hall Community Center,
5711 S. 4th Street, Arlington, VA 22204


Technology & PC Help Desk:
Extended Q&A
Troubleshooting

Do all your electronics, gadgets, computers, phones, tablets, TV sets, networks, earbuds, and software apps/applications work perfectly? Do you never encounter glitches, freezes, failures? Are you always certain what brand and model product to buy? If so, we'd like to hear about your magic touch.

But if you're like the rest of us, none of that is true for you. And so PATACS' first Wednesday meetings may be just the resource you need for a happier technology life. Just as most PATACS meetings begin with a Q&A session, so does this meeting. But then the meeting continues for nothing but Q&A -- meaning that it's possible to have detailed and in-depth discussions, including real-time research and demonstrations.

Same as all PATACS meetings, these sessions are free and open to the public. So join in, share your questions, problems, and pain -- and perhaps receive answers, solutions, and relief.

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Computer Mechanic


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