April 2011
NEWSLETTER for April 2011 President’s Corner by Michael Current April 2011 Hi again! It feels like I just wrote to you the other day because, well, I kinda did. Two weeks ago, anyway. Unsurprisingly, not much additional news has come out of the Atari world over the last two weeks, at least not from the sources that I follow. I just sent in to Glen a bunch of new Intros, Demos, Graphics, and Music from Forever C (or, "Forever 12"), an 8-bit computer coding party that took place in Trencin, Slovakia last weekend, March 18-20. Some of it appears to be PAL only, I'm afraid Glen may have to sort that out. But some very cool things those Europeans have coded-up, as usual. I'm looking forward to seeing as much of this as possible on upcoming SPACE Disks of the Month! Thanks, keep using that Atari, and come to your next SPACE meeting, Friday April 8, 2011. **********************************************
Treasurer's Report by Greg Leitner For March 2011
knowledgeable as well. Let's hope it all works out for SPACE. This is just the means we need to get the word out to a younger crowd that only knows the old Atari as a 2600 gaming system. We could really blow their minds when they see the Doms Glen brings to the table every month. Now for the Treasury Report for the month ended March 31, 2011: Beginning balance as of March 1, 2001:
654.15
Receipts for the March 2001 meeting: Membership renewals Doms
15.00 12.00
Total receipts
27.00
Expenses for the March 2011 meeting: Web-site for March
10.00
Ending balance as of March 31, 2011
671.15
Well the best I can say for another slow month is that we went in the right direction. We picked up $17.00 and we are about $40.00 down from last year's balance at this time. I still haven't gotten anytging new for auctions so I can't see another auction in the near future. With spring almost here maybe we will get someone who is trying to clean out to come forward to donate their Atari stuff to SPACE. In the meantime we are plugging along with our membership renewals and Glen's fantastic doms. See you all in April. **********************************************
What a great meeting we had in March. Usually this time of the year our attendance is down, but last month my son, Tony, was able to get away from his business and join us. Not only did he renew his membership but he also brought Joe, one of his employees, along with him. I must say Joe fit right in and he seemed very interested in the Club. We certainly hope to see Joe again next month, and I understand Tony may bring along another interested party to next month's meeting. If we can get everyone to keep their dues paid on time we could have thirteen current members. It has been a long time since we have seen our membership with a count in the teens. Now we have the possibility to increase our membership by two more if we can get Joe and Tony's guest next month to join. Those who met Joe at the March meeting already know the knowledge Joe has when it comes to games and game systems and I guess Tony's guest next month is
Secretary's Report By Brian Little For March 2011
No minutes from the March meeting were submitted in time for this Newsletter.