Newsletter and Opening Hours

17 to 30 August 2015
Can we help you with your computer skills?
Thursday teaching sessions
with Angela and David
have resumed with term 3.

Come and use our

lovely Apple Mac
computers

Just bring your problem

and your equipment with
you, and we will be
pleased to try and help.
We are both very friendly
and not at all scary. You
can give us a donation or
not.

Cnr High St & Blackwell St,

behind Marton Library

06 327 0092 with answerphone

Our other great volunteers are Ph:
Part-time Manager:
Angela Coleman 021 1234 727
also available to help people
five days per weekjust ask for
Important Information
what you need.

We are a local charity for

We like it best when people
people who cant afford
bring their own laptop or tablet
or dont know how to
if they have one. We can also
use computers. Please
support our continued
help you use your
existence by using us,
smartphoneit is a computer
donating money or volin your hand!
unteering to help out.

Ring Angela on 021 1234 727

Where are computers going?

Do you wonder sometimes if you are missing out on the digital revolution?
Do you have questions you would like to ask, but are worried that they will
seem stupid? Would you like to be able to discuss the history and geography of the internet and where it seems to be heading next? Discuss the
positives and negatives of this digital revolution?
Those of us at the Hub have learned a lot by helping others and we can all
remember when we did not know any of the answers, so for us there are
no stupid questions. Our great strength is that we can work with you, oneon-one, and before you know it, you will be googling really effective questions and learning the answers for yourselfin the meantime, we are happy to be your digital mentor.
Computers and digital technology is changing all the time and Angela,
Puawai and Arahi were very pleased to be able to attend the NetHui in
Auckland from 8-10 July. If you are keen, you will find that most of the sessions are now available on the internet, so you can watch the sessions from
your own computer. If you would like to discuss computer and digital issues with Angela, then come along to the Hub one Thursday to discuss the
latest developments over a cuppa.

For a private teaching

session in your home or
business, call Angela on
021 1234 727. Costs
$25 per hour.
Individuals and nonprofits can borrow our
dataprojector for $10
per time, and for businesses its $20
You can book the Hub
for your exclusive use.
Upcoming Events

Term 3 runs from Mon

20 July to Fri 25 Sept
School holidays from
from 26 Sept to 11
Oct
Term 4 runs from Mon
12 Oct to Fri 18 Dec

The Marton and Ratana Computer Hubs have been operating since November 2010 and exist

Marton ICT Hub

to provide affordable and accessible services for adults and students who would not otherwise
have access to a computer or broadband at their home. We also help people who can afford
the technology, but do not know what to buy or how to use it.
We are often staffed by volunteers who ensure that our great facilities get maximum use. We

Part-time Manager:
Angela Coleman
cnr High Street & Blackwell Street
Behind Marton Library
Marton 4710

Phone: 06 327 0092

Angelas mobile: 021 1234 727
E-mail: marton.ict.hub@gmail.com

Improving computer
access and computer
skills in our community

have Apple computers, but we can also change them into a Microsoft Operating System. We
encourage you to bring your own device and will sit with you elbow-toelbow to work though
whatever problems you are having. If you have any ideas about how the Hub could be offering
new services that would benefit our community, than talk to Angela on 021 1234 727.

Opening
Hours

17 to 23 Aug

24 to 30 Aug

Mon

10am to 4.50pm
Volunteers: Desarae*

10am to 4.50pm
Volunteers: Desarae*

Tues

10am to 4.50pm
Volunteers: Desarae*

10am to 4.50pm
Volunteers: Desarae*

Wed

10am to 4.50pm
Volunteers: Kim*

10am to 4.50pm
Volunteers: Kim*

10am to 4.50pm
Volunteers: David* & Angela

10am to 4.50pm
Volunteers: David* & Angela

Fri

10am to 4.50pm
Volunteers: Sandra*

10am to 4.50pm
Volunteers: Sandra*

Sat

9am to 11.30am with Jo

9am to 11.30am with Jo

Sun

CLOSED

CLOSED

Thurs
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WWW.ICTHUB.ORG. NZ

Volunteer with * is the one responsible for opening up on time

What do you want to get out of digital technology?

Do you have basic
online skills, but think
you could be doing better for work, business or
community benefit?
Where are we? In the Library building, with
our own entrance on Blackwell Street

Our Hub at Marton &

Ratana provide a friendly environment for you
to ask questions. They
are also great for people who do not ever
want the hassle of owning, maintaining and
upgrading a computer.
Some examples of what
we could help you with:

using your new digital devices

eBook Reader, iPad, or new
laptop
improving you Word, Excel
and Powerpoint eg financial
accounts in Excel or databases and merge files in
Word
Prepare newletters, minutes
or annual reports for your
charity or interest group

communicating via Facebook

or by Skype
organizing your photos or music
or document files
help with searching for jobs
and creating or updating your
cv
planning and booking holidays

using genealogy software

reading local and international

news

searching on the internet

sending and receiving emails

watching YouTube video clips

using Google maps