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SeniorNet officers, from left, course coordinator Judy Wane, treasurer Marilyn Goodwin and chair Brian Oakes.
SeniorNet has found itself a new home at the RSA in Warkworth.After 15 years of being based on Matakana Road, the club was forced to move when the property was sold recently.
Chairperson Brian Oakes says finding a suitable replacement centre in town and within the club’s price range had been a challenge.
“The RSA is a great fit,” he says. “It provides a regular income for the RSA and means we have an excellent teaching facility.”
The downstairs meeting room has been renovated to cater for eight permanent computer stations and an office. The room is also large enough that it can be divided to accommodate small or large workshops and meetings, which are a regular feature of the club’s programme.
SeniorNet runs computer classes for adults five days a week. Warkworth has nearly 600 members and about 20 volunteer tutors. The two-hour lessons usually involve one tutor working with two students.
Classes cover the gamut of IT devices including smartphones, from basic to advanced.
Subjects range from an introduction to computers to word processing, getting started on a Mac, excel, digital scrapbooking, genealogy, basic web design and much more.
Brian says when new software is released, SeniorNet tries to bring members up to speed as soon as possible.
