Club Purpose: We help members make the most of their computers and explore new technology.

Focus: While our meeting room is a Windows PC classroom, the club is no longer Windows-only. With our emphasis on Artificial Intelligence (AI), we will show you how to use free online AI tools that work on any computer or smartphone-Windows, Mac, Chromebook, or mobile.

Meetings:

• When: 2nd Thursday of each month, 10:30 a.m.
• Where: Room 357, UWF Campus
• Format: Informal and friendly. Each session includes a short presentation plus time to share tips, ask questions, and solve tech problems together.

What We Cover:

• Modern AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini
• How AI can make tech tasks easier and more fun
• Practical help for everyday computer and device issues

Why Join?

• Free Membership: You don't need to be enrolled in any CLL classes.
• Learn, share, and stay current with technology
• Great for anyone curious about AI

Class Leader Bio(s): Hal earned his PhD in Physics from UC Santa Barbara after serving as a carrier-based Navy fighter pilot while the Korean war was winding down. Since 1994, he’s been heavily involved in CLL classes and administration. In 1996 he developed the CLL’s original computerized registration program that was used continuously until COVID stopped in-person registration. Over the years he has led various computer-related CLL courses.

Course Description:  Updated "How-to's" on travel vacations, cruising, land tours, and trains. How to use the various reservation options to get good flights. How to pack, take what is needed, and what not to take. Karen and Denny will share their own knowledge and experience and bring in professionals to assist. The class will be interactive with all sharing their info. This is a 6-week class starting September 10.

Instructor Bio:  Karen and Denny Lauer love to travel on land or at sea and have lots of experience to share. Whether giving general information or specific tips, they have fun in their classes and make sure all enjoy.

Course Description: This class will equip investors with information on investing through varying environments, information on specific investment types, specifics of investment planning and portfolio management, and discussion on markets, geopolitics, interest rates, inflation, currencies, and more. This is a 7-week class. 

Instructor Bio: Nicholas Barlotta is a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor and Financial Consultant with Barlotta Wealth Management Group of Benjamin F. Edwards. 

Note: This is a 7-week class starting September 8, the date of the skipped class will be determined later. 

Course Description:  Studies show a short daily yoga practice with friends is beneficial to your mind and body. (Ok well, that was my study with me being the subject and I feel much better when I do this!)  This is a quick session to get your day started.  We will sign on to Zoom and have a short chat over coffee and then do a 15-min (approx.) yoga session. Yoga flow via YouTube instructors.

Instructor Bio:  Lynn Walton fell in love with our “coffee-talk” yoga group about two years ago and then took the lead all last year.  Nita Wilkinson loves our morning yoga routine and has kept our gang going for almost 6 years now.

Notes:  This class meets on-line via Zoom daily Monday-Friday 0830-0900.  Join us when you can on these days for an energizing start to your day.

Course Description:  Learn gentle yet effective JSJ self-care practice designed to help release tension, stress, and a host of other physical, mental and emotional issues. This is a 4-week class. 

Instructor Bio: Palma is a dynamic Certified Licensed Massage Therapist with extensive experience in Western and Eastern healing techniques for over 28 years. 

Notes: Three in-person classes on September 8, 15 and 22, followed by one additional Zoom class on September 29. 

Comfortable loose clothing recommended and a willingness to learn.

Tour Description: The Magnolia Grill is located in downtown Fort Walton Beach and is equal parts museum and restaurant. The home was ordered from a 1910 Sears Catalog. It is filled with pieces of local and military history. Tom and Peggy Rice, the owners, have deep family roots. Tom Rice will lead you through the entire restaurant explaining the significance of many items. He will also walk you around the outside to explain unique construction.

Tour Host Bio: Tom Rice is not only a restaurant owner, but a pillar of the Fort Walton Beach community having won many awards for his civic contributions. To name just a few, he received the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award by establishing the Fisher House of the Emerald Coast for veterans and their families and serves on the Board of Directors of Veterans Florida raising funds to construct the Veterans Tribute Tower at Beal Memorial Cemetery.

Notes: We will meet at Magnolia Grill at 9:30-11:00, 157 Brooks Street SE, Fort Walton Beach. Following the tour, you are invited and encouraged to stay for lunch (at your expense) and enjoy this unique restaurant and its vast and varied menu.

Course Description: Have fun while improving and/or refreshing your German conversational skills. This is not a beginner’s German class, you need to know some basic German.

Instructors Bio: Gisela Healey was born in Germany, earned an MS in Education and Library Science, and taught high school German for 18 years.  She looks forward to having fun teaching at CLL.

Course Description: This class will look at our relationship with machines, and some disastrous accidents, and incidents, that have happened over the years in the aviation, maritime fields, and some even some unusual criminal activities.  We will look at what went wrong and what was done to fix the problems. Accidents are normally a series of small incidents that end up causing something to fail. I will provide visual aids and summaries for each class.

Instructor Bio: Robert Huffman retired as an Air Force NCO after 27 years of service.  He was a C-130 Crew Chief and Air Force Instructor.  He also worked for Boeing. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science.