Bella Vista Computer Club

The mission of The Bella Vista Computer Club, a non-profit corporation, is to provide the residents of Bella Vista, AR and surrounding areas a resource for computer education and technical support for both computer hardware and software. We maintain a training center; provide classes, help clinics, and remote support for our members; provide monthly presentations; and maintain this website with a monthly newsletter and information about our activities. Our officers and staff are all unpaid volunteers. Our funding is provided by modest membership fees and by donations.

Upcoming Events

Mar 7, Help Clinic, 9am - noon(Also see Remote Help)

Mar 9, 3pm, General Meeting: "Basic Computer Terminology",

Mar 11, 9am-11am, "Basic Computing, Part 1" (in Training Center)

Mar18, Help Clinic, 9am - noon(Also see Remote Help)

Mar 25, 9am-11am, "Basic Computing, Part 2" (in Training Center)

RAFFLE for a Dell Vostro 15 laptop computer and a Lenovo ThinkCentre file server at the April 13, 2026 General Meeting. Check here. for details.

March 9, 3pm General Meeting: topic is "Basic Computer Terminology: Understanding Geek Speak", presenter Joel Ewing. Computer technology has its own unique vocabulary. For someone with minimal computer experience, this makes many discussions of computer hardware, software, and related applications difficult to follow. This is an attempt to define some of those basic concepts and terms.
This will be an in-person meeting (with Zoom simulcast) in the BVCC Training Center in the lower level of Highlands Crossing Center, 1801 Forest Hills Blvd., Bella Vista, AR. Links to Google Maps for the location of Highlands Crossing Center and for directions inside Highlands Crossing Center are located at the bottom of this web page. Visitors and Guests are welcome.

For those who are uncomfortable with an in-person meeting because of health or other issues, the concurrent Zoom broadcast of the General Meeting can be joined 5 to 10 minutes before the meeting by clicking this Zoom link, or manually specify Meeting ID: 847 8289 2079 and Passcode: 0MKBBE .

For an explanation of using Zoom for BVCC meetings, see the article in the November 2023 Bits & Bytes newsletter. The Zoom application can be installed and used on PCs, Macs, and mobile devices for free.

We produce a monthly Bits & Bytes Newsletter and have a monthly general meeting open to the public at 3pm on the 2nd Monday of the month. For our members we also provide Help Clinics (Member Benefits ►Help Clinics), remote help (Member Benefits ►Remote Help), and classes (Member Benefits ►Classes ►Scheduled), Upcoming meetings and events may also be found on the monthly calendars at Member Benefits ►Calendar.

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