Richard "Rich" Schinnell

13527 Turkey Branch Parkway
Rockville, MD 20853
(301)949-9292

Rich retired from the United States Navy in 1975, and again in 1994 he retired from Vitro Corporation, where he was employed as a Senior Programmer Analyst in their Information Center department.

 

Rich served as President of the Capital PC User Group Inc. As well as serving in many other capacities, including chairing the Software Library. In 1982 He was one of the original 23 people who founded CPCUG and he never gave up. He is remembered for conducting the shortest and most productive Board meetings most members had ever attended. Rich is a member of CANU as well as WACUG. He really needs a life

 

He is considered an "expert" in PC hardware and software. He has conducted numerous well attended seminars and training courses. He used to run a FREE public Bulletin Board system from March of 1982 until 1995. Rich wrote his own bulletin board software and also assisted in developing the most popular free bulletin board software program in the world (RBBS-PC) He also has been credited with assisting Andrew Fleugelman (the originator of the FREEWARE concept) in his development and testing of the original PC Communications program PC-TALK.

 

Rich, for over 10 years wrote randomly a computer advice column for the Capital PC User Group's monthly magazine, the Monitor. It was called "Rich's Ramblings" which proved a very popular part of the magazine. He has attended COMDEX and the Fall APCUG events for too many years to remember. (1983 was the first COMDEX with well over 23,000 attendees) A couple of these years he was responsible for coordinating the Round Table(RT) discussions which always have been a hit at the APCUG fall event. Before that, he led RT discussions on the advantages of proper (and cheaper) USPS mailings for UG magazines. Through the years he participated in many other RT's.

 

He operated a free public Bulletin Board system from March of 1982 until 1995, which he gave up when the Internet came into favor.

 

Volunteered as an Election Judge for the Montgomery County board of Elections (3 years)

 

Volunteering for the following  501 (c) (3) organizations.

 

Capital PC User Group Inc.

1.      President  (3 years)

2.      Chairman of the Software Library Exchange (7 years)

3.      Contributing Editor  and columnist (20+ years)

4.      1st Vice President (5 years)

 

Association of PC User Groups, Inc

1.      Board of Directors Member (2 years)

2.      Annual Convention Vendor recruitment and coordinator chairman (3 years)

3.      Round Table leadership and management training sessions coordinator  (4 years)

4.      Chair of the computer On-Line Services Committee (2 years)

 

Centers for the Handicapped, Inc.

1.      Assisted in re-organizing and  upgrading the original antiquated  computer systems

2.      Volunteered in running new cables throughout the CHI offices

3.       Served on the Information Technology committee

4.      Assisted in training the staff in using software

5.      Recruited a IT system manager

6.      Recruited a staff training instructor for computer software.

7.      Participated in and won a “build your computer” contest at COMDEX  with a $5,000 prize for CHI Centers.

Elected to the Maryland Senior Citizens Hall of Fame (2006)

 

 

He does not sell hardware or software or have any financial interest in business's selling same. He does accept private consulting on interesting projects.