The ACPCUG has expanded it Community Outreach projects during 1999. We have found a new audience for PC education in senior citizens. A recent interview in the Akron Beacon Journal by our Past President , Richard G. Lubinski, was published in a special Mature Life newspaper supplement. The newspaper reported was surprised to learn about computer User Groups, APCUG and the fact that lots of Sr. citizens are interested in computer, the internet, E-mail, etc. This newspaper supplement was published the day before the Sr. Citizen Expo at the J.S. Knight Convention Center and additional copies were passed out at the Expo. The article produced over 90 telephone inquiries about ACPCUG membership and its offer of free computer classes for Sr. Citizens. Since the article several class were held and more are planned. Our Computer Lab at Akron Metropolitan Housing (AMHA) is still up and running. We are now in phase two in which we are getting the residents to 'take ownership' of the educational function and the lab. ACPCUG still provides the classes and most of the manpower for the Computer Lab but we are now getting the residents to help make it 'their' Computer Lab. The Computer Lab was outfitted with ten(10) 486 PC , 2 laser printers plus tables and chairs. Our next move is to replace the 486 machines with some donated Pentium 90 PC in order to run Windows 95, etc. We are also looking into getting one or more Internet connections for the room and if we are lucky a donated cable modem service via Time Warner's RoadRunner ISP service. Our connection to R.S.V.P. of Summit County has exposed us to its 900 senior citizen volunteers and several other senior citizen groups in the community. Some of these people are joining our free computer classes and they expect a several additional classes will be needed for the INTRO. to computers series that we have been teaching. We are continuing our computer re-cycling efforts but have learned from the past 24 months on what to do and not do. The major lesson learned was to balance out receipt of used , newer , PCs with our manpower to promptly re-cycle and delivery them. A prior ACPCUG program became over whelmed by hundred of donated PC many of which were too old and too slow to be useful with modern software applications. The use of membership dues alone to support the expenses of these community outreach projects also can as a bit of a surprise. Over the past 18 to 24 month 50% of the assets of ACPCUG have been spent getting these programs up and running. While the membership approved of these expenses, it has put some pressure on other aspects of the User Group and made us watch our pennies !. As a IRS approved tax exempt 501(C)(3) organization we hope to find additional sources of funds to support our community outreach projects run by 100% volunteer efforts.