The meeting was promoted on the TPC website “Upcoming Events”
and on the TPC mailing list with the following description :

Thursday, January 8, 2009:  Routine Tasking Considerations - OSX versus Windows

Presenter:  Jerry Suppan

Jerry has pretty much become a convert to the OS-X environment after
years of Windows usage. He believes the OS-X environment is more
intuitive, with considerably increased productivity. More fundamentally
stated, ‘everything simply works’. Based on his past knowledge of
working with Windows in IT environments, Jerry will present on his
personal discoveries and findings in the OS-X environment. He will
present parallels on routine tasks we all deal with (i.e., navigation,
image burning, rapid access of resources, etc.) that are accomplished
in OS-X versus Windows.  He will top off the presentation with some
‘flavor’ as to what to expect from Apple in its next OS-X release known
as ‘Snow Leopard’ versus Windows NextGen OS phenomena, a.k.a. Windows7.
It should be an interesting presentation for everyone, without getting
into anything that’s heavy tech. It should also be interesting for those
who walk the ‘fine line’ as to whether to stick with Windows or make a
switch. 

Jerry’s bio: 

Jerry was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. and is a Vietnam
vet. He studied civil engineering in college while concurrently working
in the airline industry. He transferred to Honolulu, Hawaii where he
continued his airline career & earned a degree in Japanese language
studies at the University of Hawaii.

Jerry’s illustrious quarter-century career in Japan includes consumer
electronic product sales with Hitachi, Japanese-English translation for
the U.S. Defense Department, and over 10 years of IT service and support
in the financial industry. Currently, Jerry is involved in wedding
services and TV talent productions, and a number of other interesting
part-time business ventures.  Exactly one year ago, Jerry presented on
the topic of “Virtual Worlds”. For those who missed it, essentially it
was a presentation on running alternate OS environments in the OS-X
environment. In fact, this will be the 3rd consecutive January that
Jerry has shared his expertise with our club, earning him the nickname,
“Mr. January,” helping our club kick off the new year on a high note.