September 2002
NEWSLETTER President's Corner by Michael Current
September, 2002 Section 3. Voting shall be by consenting AYE or NAY ifa two-thirds vote can be confinned, or by a show of hands for a precise tally.
September, 2002 Section 4. Proxy voting is not permitted for Bylaws amendment votes. . The second SPACE ST/IT/Falcon CD-ROM is now available! Hats-off to Carey Christenson for compiling the CD from the . MAST disk library (another HUGE project!), to Steve.Peck, Nolan Friedland and ·wesley Ringquist for the artwork, and to Lance Ringquist for acting as the coordinator and handling production, distribution, and sales. (Sales are via Video 61 & Atari Sales.) I understand that a number have already been sold, rm sure Lance can update us on that this month. rm just so amazed that our little club has pulled this off: for the second time. I don't know what else to say. SPACE rocks! Tabled front the August ·meeting, ifyou can believe it, is the possibility of compiling a CD-ROM of 8-bit Atari material from the SPACE CD-ROM library. Can SPACE pull off a miracle a third time? A note about Atari club newsletter exchanges. When the PACE grQup from Florida folqed, that left us with no .active · newsletter exchanges. I've been making contacts with a few clubs, and so far this as established two new exchanges, with IMAGE of "Michiana" (South Bend Indiana area I believe) and ABACUS of San Francisco. I've also received responses from ACEC of Columbus OH, and PAC of Portland OR, two Atari computer clubs which also still meet, but do not presently publish newsletters. PAC thinks they may again in the future. This, from my investigating, may be about the extent of active North American Atari computer user groups. Bylaws. So the proposal I published in the August issue went over like a lead balloon, and was essentially dead on arrival. I distributed printed copies ofthe following new proposal, which I wrote after receiving a generous and g.enuinely 4elpful , telephone call from Red Malchow just before the August _meeting: ARTICLEX
AMENDMENf OF BYLAWS. Section 1. A Quorum shall be defined as either a minimum of 50% of the entire membership, or 10, whichever is smaller. Section 2. Provided that a quorum is present, and provided that the amendment proposal has been communicated to the entire membership in writing in advance, the Bylaws may be amended at any meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members present.
This month will provide opportunity for further discus~on , and/or alternative proposals, but we may finally be able to put ,. this little issue to rest for a while. · Here is the SPACE ·home page counter data (Hi George!) as of 8/25/02 4:30pm.'
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This page has been viewed: I times in the past hour, ' ..,. 15 times t-oday (sitlce local midnight), 15 times this week (since Sunday), · 568 times this month, and 4594 times since 2/9/02. Thanks, keep using that Atari, and come to your next SPACE meeting, Friday, September 13, 2002.
Tr.easurer's Report by Greg Leitner For August, 2002
Nine member attended the August 2002 SPACE meeting and this month it was down to business at hand. We accomplished quite a lot in the hour and one-half that we met, and we were able to come to terms with a change in our member status and a new cover label for the s.econd ST CD-ROM. It looks like the CD-ROM may be available to the public as early as next month. Lance indicated that there was-already interest overseas for the ROM and they wanted to know about it as soon as it was available. Sorry to find out that Nolan couldn't make the August meeting, Seems he had a flat tire on.the way and by the time he got there I was getting in my car. He had some graphics samples for the ST CD-ROM and was going to try to catch up to Lance that evening so that they could discuss the use of them. I hope they were able to connect. Here is the breakdown of the treasury for the month ended August 31, 2002:
Beginning balance for August I, 2002:
988.74
Receipts for ~e August meeting: Membership renewals Dom's
30.00 18.00
Total receipts for August meeting
48.00
Expenses for the August meeting:
.00
Ending balance for August 2002:
1,036.74
Old Business: Space ST Volume Two Library One (try saying that three i t_mes fast) is done. Talk now is on a forthcom'i"ng 8-Bit' CD~R.OM but no idea on when work will begin. Artwork by Steven has been approved. Same price as the last CD-ROM, which is $19.95. Local/Non-Local Issue: Dead issue, but a new proposed ha!, been written by Mike as follows as of 8/9/02: ARTICLEX AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS I
Next month we will have a double expense for the BBS phone bill but other than that we should be clear until we get the third quarter room rent. I can see our treasury growing ev~ furlher ' if we have more membership renewals next month and the second CD-ROM kicks off. It is good to see that a majority of our members can make the meetings even in the dead of summer. That says something about our unique Club. I hope this commitment to our Atari's -· will sustain us for many years in the future. See you all in September.
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Secretary's Report
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By Brian Li~ For August, 2002
Okay, lets not all act too surprised that I finally managed to .get something in the newsletter - yes Mike - tha.t d0es . include you! Anyways, to the notes.... Mike started the meeting at 7:30 PM then asked for the Secretary's Notes. I then recapped the previous month's actions of the local/non-local member's discussion being tabled and all the food we ate. Glen then gave the Treasury notes. The Income for July ended up being $103 after one membership renewal; seven CD-ROM sales, and six DOM sales. The Expenses for July ended up being $214.33 after the room rental, payment for the newsletters, the birthday cake and subs for the party, and the BBS phone line. When all is said and dorie dur fotar ended up being
$998.74. DOM: Side A is a game called "Mystic Caverns" while Side B is "Quadrick." Membership Count: Down to 12. BBS Report: Nolan was not present.
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Section 1. A Quorum shall be defined as either a minimum of 50% of the entire membership, or 10, whichever is smaller. , .· Section 2. Provided that a .quorum is present, and provided that the amendment proposal has been communicated to the entire membership in writing in ad~ance, the Bylaws may be amended at' any meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members present. Section 3. Voting shall be by consenting AYE or NAY if a two-thirds vote can be ci:>nfirmed, or by a show of hands for a precise tally. Section 4. Proxy voting is not permitted for Bylaws amendment votes. · A vote on this will take place at the September meeting SO BE THERE! New News: A possible membership e-mail came in from California. Indeed we have deep impact! Well that is all the news that is fit to report until the next Secretary's Notes.... so see you at the September · meeting. Angel C. Little
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DISCLAIMER
President: Michael Current (507)663-9029 Published by the Saint Paul Atari Computer Enthusiasts mcurrent@carleton.edu Vice President: Greg Leitner (651)455-6550 (SPACE}, an independent organization with no business affiliation with ATARI Corporation. Permission is granted greglites4thotmail.com Secretary: Angel C. Little (xxx)xxx-xxxx to any similar organization with which SPACE exchanges angellittle@msn.com newsletters to reprint material from this newsletter. We do DOM Librarian: Glen Kirschenmann (763)786-4790 however ask that credit be given to the authors and to SPACE. kirschg@netzero.net Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not BBS Operator Nolan Friedland (763)689-3711 necessarily reflect the views of SPACE, the club officers, friednritcfreenet.org club members or ATARI Corporation. Membership Chairman: Glen Kirschenmann (763)786-4790 kirschg@netzero.net SPACE Treasurer Greg Leitner (651)455-6550 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - greglites@hotmail.com SPACE Newsletter Editor: Michael Schmidt (763)757-4192 You can find the Club's home page at: mike.schmidUilandersencorp.com
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