| 1982 |
CCS
started as Northern Illinois PC Users Group |
| 1984 |
Adopted
new name: The Chicago Computer Society March 29, 1984
- Motto
of “Users helping Users”™
Enables us to network
with people
Jim Szafranski
did
Schaumburg Chapter at Union Oil Building |
| 1984 |
PORT>fol>IO
name of news letter Volume 2 Issue No. 1
Aug. 1984 |
| 1984 |
CCS
operates a 24 hour BBS |
| 1984 |
CCS
- In the news
The Chicago Sun-Times August 22 ran a full page, "Computer
Clouds are lifting". Carol Diamond acted as spokesperson
and had us listed as #1. WLS-TV Channel 7 used Robert Dew for an
interview on computers an August 31. |
| 1984
Nov. 8-10 |
Computer
Showcase EXPO at McCormick Place. CCS has booth |
| 1985 |
Membership
fee of $30 to join CCS |
| 1985
January |
Newsletter
takes new name of HARD-COPY JOURNAL of the Chicago Computer
Society |
| 1985
March |
CCS
sponsors computer training for CCS members at a cost of $30 for
each 3 hour seminar
3/2/85 - Computer Concepts and Fundamentals
3/9/85 - Using and understanding PC DOS
3/16/85 - Database Management featuring
dBase II
3/23/85 - Spreadsheets featuring Lotus 1-2-3
3/30/85 - Wordprocessing featuring Wordstar |
| 1985
March |
Schaumburg
Chapter renamed to North West Chapter |
| 1985
May 23 |
Borland
and president Philippe Kahn at Downtown special seminar |
| 1985
June |
BBS
User's Guide |
| 1985 Aug |
Hard-Copy
Advertising Rates appear in HC Journal |
| 1985
July 15-18 |
The
National Computer Conference, CCS has booth |
| 1985
October 24-27 |
Computer
Showcase Expo, CCS has booth |
| 1985
Nov 14 |
CCS
Founder/President Jim Szafranski was honored at NorthWest
Chapter |
| 1986 |
CCS has
new member disk |
| 1986
April |
Stan
Hungness started West Side Chapter at Naperville Library |
| 1986
July |
HelpLine
appears in Hard-Copy |
| 1986
July |
CCS
reaches membership of 1000 |
| 1986 Oct
7 - 9 |
PC Expo,
CCS has booth |
| 1986
Oct 11 |
1st
Society-wide meeting, over 300 attended |
| 1986
Nov |
Computer
and Business Equipment Show, CCS has booth |
| 1987
Jan |
Purchased
AT 10mhz-class computer for BBS at up to $3500 |
| 1987
Jan |
Survey of
CCS Members |
| 1987
Feb |
1st issue
of Hard-Copy with a formal monthly event calendar |
| 1987
May |
The
Lawyers Microcomputer Users Group (LAWMUG) affiliates with CCS |
| 1987
June 15-18 |
The
National Computer Conference, CCS has booth |
| 1987
July 14 |
MicroPro
Presentation at IIT on Wordstar Professional Rel 4.0 and
Wordstar 2000 Plus Release 2.0 |
| 1987
Sept. 17 |
CCS
Special Event, Bill Gates, Microsoft, at Oakton Community
College |
| 1987
Dec 10 |
NorthWest
Chapter special Vendor Fair. Approx 40 vendors |
| 1988
March 10 |
NorthWest
Chapter, Jim Button from Buttonware gives update on PC File+ |
| 1988
March 12 |
ASHTON
TATE at Oakton Community College, Multimate Advantage II Word
Processor and Rapidfile File Manager |
| 1988
March, April, May |
1988
Spring Seminars - DOS Windows, Intro to PC-DOS; Programming in
Assembler; DOS Utilities; Adv. DOS & Hard Disk Management;
Intro to PC; Beginning DOS; DOS Tips & Tricks; Lotus 123;
Symphony Tips & Tricks; Word Processing;, Database BBS; CAD
Upgrading PC's |
| 1988
Sat., April 30 |
Had
area-wide event at Lyons Township High School with Philippe Kahn
as guest speaker. Over 300 people attended. |
| 1988
July 16 |
Alan
Ashton, founder & President of WordPerfect, will be keynote
speaker at a "Day with WordPerfect" sponsored by CCS.
Free to CCS members, $5 for non-members |
| 1990
March 31 |
Chicago
Area Computer Show (CACS) at Rosemont convention center at
Rosemont/O'Hare Expo Center on Saturday, March 31st |
| 1990
June |
Carol
Diamond appointed CCS’ first Staff Administrator |
| 1990 June |
CCS
Member survey |
| 1990
September 8 |
CCS
Picnic, Allison Woods
Picnic Area in Northbrook |
| 1990
October |
Re-organization of CCS -
As of October 1990, there will be 9 voting Directors on the Board
instead of 18. Each Director's term of office will be 2 years;
Elections will be held for the 4 Executive Officers/Directors in
odd-numbered years and for the 5 Regional Directors in
even-numbered years. |
| 1991
Jan 17 |
Desktop
publishing seminar presented by Hewlett-Packard and Aldus Corp. |
| 1991
April 20 |
Chicago Area Computer Show (CACS) at
Rosemont/O'Hare Expo Center on Saturday, April 20th (Harry
Goldman, CACS Manager)
Speakers: Philippe Kahn (Borland), Alan Ashton (WordPerfect),
Jim Button (Buttonware) and Richard Landry (PC World Magazine's
Editor-in-Chief)
Approximately 5000 people (total) attended CACS in 1990 and
1991, resulting in nearly 700 new CCS memberships. |
| 1991
October/November |
Fall
Educational Seminar Series |
| 1992
March 4 |
Adobe Systems will
present Adobe Illustrator 4.0 at the Elk Grove Fitness & Leisure
Center |
| 1992
April 7 |
Comdex, CCS
has Booth; Coordinator: Laura Shoman and Kevin
Riedinger
A special evening meeting was held at the state of Illinois
building in Chicago featuring Peter Norton as speaker |
| 1992
May |
Membership
reached 3100 |
| 1992
November 14 |
BBS moved from Evanston Business & Technology Center Small
Business Incubator (Evanston) to the office of Daily Business
Service (Pat Kelps) located at 2 North Riverside Plaza (Chicago). |
| 1992
and 1993 |
Chicago
Area Computer Show at Holiday Inn in Skokie |
| 1993
March 30 |
CCS
Special Event with Microsoft roll out of DOS 6.0 |
| 1993 |
Board
meetings moved to McDonald’s Headquarters building in OakBrook |
| 1993
August |
Hard Copy wins Intergalactic Lotus Info World
1993 award - Best Coverage over 32 pages |
| 1993
Oct 7 |
Lap
& Palmtop Expo, CCS has booth |
| 1993
Oct 19-21 |
8th
Annual PC Expo in Chicago, CCS has booth,; Coordinator: Jerry Sass
Philippe Kahn of Borland presentation at Hyatt Regency on Quattro
Pro fro Windows |
| 1993
Dec. 9-10 |
Database
World & Client Server World Exposition, CCS has Booth;
Coordinator: Mark Ertes |
| 1993 |
Fall
Educational Seminar Series held at DeVry and McDonald’s
Headquarters building |
| 1994
Jan |
New BBS
system using WildCat! BBS |
| 1994
March 16 |
Claris Works at Midland Hotel, sponsored by CCS |
| 1994
April 24 |
Microsoft
Technology Tour at Chicago Marriott O’Hare
MS
DOS 6.2
Windows
for Workgroups 3.11
Windows NT 3
Microsoft Office |
| 1994
May 10 |
Lotus
Special Event, Holiday Inn O’Hare |
| 1994
May27 |
Midwest Computer Show sponsored by Illinois CPA Society, CCS has
booth; Coordinator: Burt Goode |
| 1994
June 15 |
Special
North Shore meeting at Northeastern Illinois University
Auditorium,
Tom Simonds of InterAccess will talk about the Internet and
Internet service |
| 1994
July 26 - 28 |
Windows
World McCormick Place,
CCS has booth; Coordinator: Jerry Sass |
| 1994
Aug |
Official
CCS T-Shirts available |
| 1994
August |
Hard Copy wins Intergalactic Lotus Info World
1993 award - Runner-Up Best Column and User Group Coverage
Ken Johnson given a special Citation as most widely reprinted
author in User Group circles |
| 1994 |
Fall
Educational Seminar Series held at DeVry and McDonald’s
Headquarters building. |
| 1994
Oct 19-21 |
9th
Annual PC EXPO in Chicago,
CCS has booth; Coordinator: Jerry Sass |
| 1994
Dec. 7-9 |
Database
World & Client Server World Exposition, CCS has Booth;
Coordinator: Mark Ertes |
| 1995
April 30 |
Spring
Educational Seminar Series held at DeVry |
| 1995
May 28 |
Spring
Educational Seminar Series held at DeVry |
| 1995
May 16 |
Windows
NT Server, at Marriott O’Hare, CCS has booth |
| 1995
June |
CCS
purchases a Proxima overhead projector |
| 1995
June 22 |
Windows
95 World Tour at Aire Crown Theater, CCS has booth |
| 1995
July 26-28 |
Windows
World, CCS has booth; Coordinator: Jerry Sass |
| 1995
August |
Hard-Copy wins Intergalactic Lotus Info World
1995 award of Best User Group Coverage;
also runners-up for Feature Articles and Reviews and Best
Columnist or Columns. |
| 1995
August |
CCS
establishes presents on world wide web at www.ccs.org
Web Master; Web Master: Harold Driscoll |
| 1995
Aug 4-6 |
CCS hosts
Midwest Regional Users Group Conference
CCS conference Manager: Ken Johnson and Jerry Sass
Held at McDonald’s Campus in Oakbrook
User groups from Toronto Canada, Ohio, Mich., Wisc.,
Iowa, Ind., and Ill. Attended
Features: Breakout
meetings, presentations
(by Microsoft, IBM, Borland, Adobe and Symantec, Novell) and door
prizes
|
| 1995
Aug 29-31 |
Midwest
Computer Show, CCS has booth |
|
1995 October |
MCS was CCS 1st BBS &
Internet provider $180 for 200 hours |
| 1995
Oct 3-5 |
10th
Annual PC Expo in Chicago, CCS has booth; Coordinator: Jerry Sass |
| 1996
March 24 |
Spring
Educational Seminar Series held at DeVry |
| 1996
April 28 |
Spring
Educational Seminar Series held at DeVry |
| 1996
June 3-6 |
Spring
Comdex\Windows World, CCS has booth; Coordinator: Jerry Sass |
| 1996
June 3-6 |
Spring
Comdex/APCUG Spring conference at Westin Hotel in Rosemount |
| 1996
June 23 |
Spring
Educational Seminar Series held at DeVry |
| 1996
Aug |
Hard
Copy win award for Best Coverage of Group and Meeting events,
Feature Article & Reviews,
Columnist or recurring column (Ken Johnson's Beginner’s Column)
|
| 1996
Aug 2-4 |
Home
Computing & Entertainment EXPO, CCS has booth |
| 1996
Aug 6 |
Microsoft
Internet Tour, Clarion International Quality Inn, CCS has booth;
Coordinator: Jerry Sass |
| 1996
Aug 27-29 |
Midwest
Computer Show, CCS has booth; Coordinator: Burt Goode |
| 1996
Sept 24-26 |
11th
Annual PC Expo in Chicago, CCS has booth; Coordinator: Jerry Sass |
| 1996
Oct 4-5 |
Naperville
Chamber of Commerce expo at Dan & Ada Rice Center at
Benedictine University, Lisle. CCS has booth; Coordinator: Jerry
Sass |
| 1997
Jan 3 |
Oakbrook
Area Computer Show, CCS has booth; Coordinator: Jerry Sass |
| 1997
March |
A
call for Volunteers, New web site designed by members |
| 1997
April 2-3 |
NetCom/Chicago
April 2-3, CCS has booth; Coordinator: Jerry Sass |
| 1997
April 6 |
Spring
Educational Seminar series held at DeVry |
| 1997
April 17 |
Borland
C++ Builder Tour, Chicago O’Hare Marriott |
| 1997
April 26 |
Spring
Educational Seminar series held at South Suburban College |
| 1997
May7 |
Members
team up to upgrade to a new web site format |
| 1997
May 4 |
Spring
Educational Seminar
Series held at McDonald’s |
| 1997
June 22 |
Spring Educational Seminar Series held at McDonald’s |
| 1997
July 20 |
Summer
Educational Seminar Series held at DeVry |
| 1997
Nov. 8 |
Microsoft
"eXtreme" event at Rosemont Convention Center |
| 1997 |
Get
Mugged campaign, new CCS mug |
| 1997 |
Christmas
party for all volunteers |
| 1997 |
BBS
Unhooked
Members could download shareware from BBS
Members could ask questions on BBS and get answers |
| 1998 |
New
ISP Contract signed with Megsinet provides CCS members with one
year of PPP dial-up Internet service for $80 (Discounted). |
| 1998 |
Oakbrook Area Computer Show |
| 1998
Feb 2-3 |
Job
Fair, Lendman Group |
| 1998
April 20-23 |
Spring
Comdex\Windows World, CCS has booth; Coordinator: Jerry Sass |
| 1998
May |
Hard-Copy
Publisher is now RBK Enterprises |
| 1998
Aug 22 |
Summer Educational Seminar Series held at South Suburban College
(New Holland) |
| 1998
Aug 22 |
New
www.ccs.org web site went
online replacing original web site by Harold Driscoll |
| 1998
Nov 1 and 8 |
Fall
Educational Seminar Series held at DeVry |
| 1998 |
Christmas
party for all volunteers |
| 1999
March 6 |
Society-Wide Meeting at University of Illinoi's Circle campus
(Chicago) |
| 1999 |
Partner
with Ziff-Davis University (ZDU) to offer discounts to CCS
Members for on-line courses |
| 1999 |
Y2K
involvement with U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) |
| 1999
April 19-22 |
Spring
Comdex\Windows World, CCS has booth |
| 1999
May 29 |
Spring Educational Seminar Series held at South Suburban College
(New Holland) |
| 1999
June 24 |
Linux
World tour, University of Illinois in Chicago (UIC) |
| 1999
Sept. |
Board
meetings moved to Remote Access in Lisle |
| 1999
Oct |
All CCS member's annual membership dues now payable in OCT. Dues
for new and existing members are pro-rated for Oct. renewal date. |
| 1999 |
Christmas
party for all volunteers |
| 2000
Feb |
Quik
Internet becomes CCS' second ISP provider for $80 year |
| 2000
April 8 |
Microsoft
"eXtreme" event co-hosted |
| 2000
April 18-20 |
Spring
Comdex\Windows World 2000, CCS has booth; Coordinator: Jerry Sass |
| 2000
May 2 |
CCS members Jerry Sass and Vern Hendricks appeared on TV Show with Len Petrulis;
Local AT&T Cable channel in Hickory Hills,
|
| 2000
June 5 |
Microsoft
Pocket PC Tour |
| 2000
June 21 |
CCS members Jerry Sass and Vern Hendricks appeared on TV Show with Lisa Aprati:
Local AT&T Cable channel in DuPage County |
| 2000 Sept 19 |
CCS MCSE Study User group on Windows 2000 professional
Certification - Exam 70-210; Joint project with E Tech Systems |
| 2000 Nov. 4 |
Microsoft
"eXreme" event co-host |
| 2000 Nov |
Annual "Harold
Driscoll Award" presented to Carlos Hidalgo, John (Jack) Weeden
and Jack Strom MD |
| 2001
Feb. |
Roll out
of
CCS documentary video to over 55 local access stations throughout
the Chicagoland area. |
| 2001
March 7 |
CCS members Al Cheeks and Jerry Sass appear on The Steve and
Johnnie Show, WGN radio, 720 AM. |
| 2001
April 3-5 |
Spring
Comdex 2001, CCS has booth; Coordinator: Jerry Sass |
| 2001
June 2 |
Microsoft
"eXtreme" event for Office XP co-hosted; Coordinator: Jerry Sass |
| 2001
June 18 |
MCSD
Study Group on Crystal Reports; -Joint project with E Tech Systems |
| 2001
Sept.18 & Sept. 25 |
Introduction
to Visual Basic 6/SQL, 10 sessions; Joint project with E Tech Systems |
| 2001
Sept.22 |
South
Suburban Chapter Mini Expo I
Computers In Work and Play |
| 2001
Oct.17 |
Chris
Ross from Microsoft gave a special presentation on Windows XP to
CCS members at the Microsoft Chicago center. |
| 2001
Oct 20 |
Microsoft
"eXtreme" event for Windows XP co-hosted; Coordinator: Jerry Sass |
| 2001 Nov |
Annual "Harold
Driscoll Award" presented to Jerry Sass & Joe Nowak |
| 2001
Dec 15 |
BOD
Christmas party |
| 2002 March 4-7 |
Spring Comdex 2001, CCS has booth |
|
2002 Sept 21 |
CCS South
Suburban Chapter Mini-EXPO II
Computers In Work and Play |
| 2002 Nov |
Annual "Harold
Driscoll Award" presented to Hard Copy Staff; William "Charlie"
Sickels, Richard Eastline, Jerry Maizell, John Martin and Sanford
Kolinek |
|
2002 Dec 8 |
CCS received it's ISSN
number which is 1542-5886. |
|
2002 Dec 21 |
BOD
Christmas party |
|
2003 Sept 20 |
CCS South
Suburban Chapter Mini-EXPO III
This is The Chicago Computer Society |
|
2003 Dec. 19 |
Annual "Harold
Driscoll Award" presented to Mark Ertes, Tom Tepper, Jane Smith,
Dick Seward, Stan Hungness |
|
2004 Sept. 11 |
CCS 20th Anniversary
Dinner Dance |
| 2004 Dec |
Annual "Harold
Driscoll Award" presented to Harold Moore |
|
20050607 |
Transferred Web site
from Corecomm to NetworkSolutions |
|
2005 Sept. 17 |
CCS South
Suburban Chapter Mini-EXPO IV
This is The Chicago Computer Society |
|
2005 December 17 |
Annual
"Harold Driscoll Award" presented to Dick Seward
New "President Award" presented to William “Charlie” Sickels |
|
2006 April 22 |
Name change from Chapter
to Computer Club |
|
2006 Sept. 16 |
CCS South
Suburban Chapter Mini-EXPO V
"Enjoying the Digital Revolution" |
|
2006 December 16 |
Annual
"Harold Driscoll Award" presented to Ed Keating
New "President Award" presented to Beata Kernan |
|
2007 January 31 |
CCS 1st Photo Contest -
3 topics; Animals, Landscape/Structures and People |
|
2007 June |
CCS 1st Photo Contest
Overall Winner
- Ed-Chris Boyer
Animal Category
1st Place - Ed-Chris Boyer
2nd Place - Phyllis Cerny
3rd Place -
Harold Moore
Landscape Category
1st Place -
Phyllis Cerny
2nd Place -
Diane Hamernik
3rd Place -
Tied Bob Nale, Tom Tepper
People Category
1st Place -
Terri Tepper
2nd Place -
Jack Strom
3rd Place -
Ray Kucharski |
|
2007 July 2 |
Adobe Special
presentation - live or at home presentation
|
|
2007 Sept. 15 |
CCS South
Suburban Chapter Mini-EXPO VI
"Technology For Fun" |
|
2007 December 15 |
Annual
"Harold Driscoll Award" presented to Allen
Kapusta
Annual "President Award" presented to Dave Leeseberg |
|
2008 Sept. 19-21 |
APCUG - Midwest Regional
Conference hosted by CCS |
|
2008 December 20 |
Annual
"Harold Driscoll Award" presented to Tom Soltis
Annual "President Award" presented to Jerry Sass |
|
2009 |
CCS 25th Anniversary |
|
2010 December 18 |
Annual
"Harold Driscoll Award" presented to Al Cheeks
Annual "President Award" presented to Bill Zeigler |
|
2011 December 3 |
Annual
"Harold Driscoll Award" presented to Joe Vangsness |
|
2012 December 8 |
Annual
"Harold Driscoll Award" presented to Mick Hedrick
Annual "President Award" presented to Al Cheeks |
|
2014
October 4 |
CCS 30th Anniversary Party
at Naperville City Hall |
|
2014 December 13 |
Annual
"Harold Driscoll Award" presented to Joe Hendrickson
Annual "President Award" presented to Stan Hungness
and Jerry Sass |
|
2015 December 12 |
Annual
"Harold Driscoll Award" presented to Beata Kernan
Annual "President Award" presented to Mary Sue Honigschmidt,
Jane W. Smith and Bob Primak |
|
2016 December 10 |
Annual
"Harold Driscoll Award" presented to Victoria Panozzo
Annual "President Award" presented to Sanford
Kolinek |
|
2017 December 9 |
Annual
"Harold Driscoll Award" presented to Sanford
Kolinek
Annual "President Award" presented to
Larry Yelder |
|
2018 December 8 |
Annual
"Harold Driscoll Award" presented to
Joe Nowak
Annual "President Award" presented to
Vicky Panozzo |
