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trainers work voluntarily, as is all work done within the Club.
They are available 9:00am to 4: 00pm, Monday to Friday.
The Club
Room is located at the front of the Forestville Memorial Hall, 3
Starkey Street, Forestville.
Wheelchair access is available.
When an enthusiastic group of computer users met with the
Warringah Council's Age Services officer in 1994, it was with
the aim of providing an introduction to the use of the Internet
and a pathway that senior citizens would find most helpful.
After a steering committee had been formed and facilities and
initial finance provided by the Council, recruiting began.
From the outset there was plenty of interest and no shortage of
people willing to sign up. However they did so on their terms!
It was getting to know the basics of computers and their use
that attracted attention. Barely half-a-dozen of the first fifty
members had any interest in electronic communications. This has
now changed to more than half our current membership.
In the years since the Club began it has grown in numbers, in
its interests and in its power base. No longer are we dependent
upon the Council for finance; we now find ourselves in the happy
position of having a healthy bank account. We can pay our way
and insure all those who take part in our activities. The number
we can accommodate at a single session has quadrupled and we
have been able to assist in the formation of other clubs to
reduce the amount of traveling for those in other parts of the
peninsula.
Our membership now stands at just over 250. One must remember
that this is the currently active group - at least another 1,000
have joined, learnt, and now stand upon their own two feet and
help to spread the movement to yet more areas. For more details
go to the History page
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