March 2016
March 2016 Newsletter FOREWORD By Captain Irata: "Spring is coming, so spring into action and play those DOMs! NOW Hoo-rah!"
No article was submitted in the President's Corner for this edition of the Newsletter.
Can't talk about what happened at the February SPACE meeting as I could not attend. I had just found out the Saturday before the meeting that my granddaughter was going to State for both kick-and-jazz. I never Table ofContents
President's Corner: 1 Treasurer's Report: 1 Secretary's Report: 2 8-bit DOM Review: 3 Atari News: 3 Call for Articles 3 Final Thoughts 3
saw such happiness as I did when they were told that they had won the Jazz competition in Albert Lea that Saturday. They beat out thirteen other teams in their Region 1 competition and took third place in kick, which also got them to State.
The Club has a balance of $201.54 after paying $300.00 for the 2015 rental. So we are in good shape for this year. I haven't paid Nolan for the SPACE web-site since August as he has not been to a meeting since then. I also talked to the secretary at Falcon Heights and they They hadn't gone to State in agreed to only charge us the kick since 2001, and they were old rate for 2016 for the room shocked when they took the rental. final State Section 1 pick. Thanks go to Glen for Last year they went to State agreeing to accept the keys for but did not make it to the the February meeting. I know finals in the Jazz competition. Steve Peck was under the This year they made it to the weather so I don't know how finals in jazz and ended up many of you were in sixth, which they were quite attendance, but I will surely satisfied with. In kick they be there in March. took ninth, but did not make it to the finals, but were just happy being one of the top twelve teams that made it to State. They lose four seniors and since they had no juniors on this team. HELLO WORLD! It looks like the sophomores, Well, here is another like my grand-daughter, will Secretary’s Report, this time have to carry the weight for for March 2016. Hey, I know I the next two years. was not there. Actually, I was
fighting a nasty hacking cough and chest cold. I guess it has been going around. Sorry I could not make to the last meeting, but I intend to be at the next one. So, I will see you there on Friday, March 11, 2016. I hope that it is a good one. Thanks.
developments in next month's Newsletter.
NOTE: Since I could not get the DOMs for February, I cannot do the February DOM review in the March newsletter. I apologize for the inconvenience. I will do two DOM Reviews for the 8-bit in March for the April The next SPACE meeting newsletter, however. So, keep is on Friday, March 11, 2016. your eyes peeled and I will do We hope to see you there! that when the times comes. It will all pan out then. Again, thanks for your patience. In the words of my favorite comic book artist… EXCELSIOR!
Final Thoughts in Closing
BySteven Peck
By Steven Peck
8-bitDOM Report
I am thinking about As stated in the Secretary's expanding the Newsletter Report earlier, there will be soon, to make it look even two DOM Reports for the better than before. April 2016 Newsletter. I think that it needs some There will be no DOM Report more tweaking because I want this month. I apologize for the it to be more attractive to people. I was thinking about inconvenience. Thank putting in some Atari-related comics and, maybe, reviews of Atari News Atari games for the platform SentbyMichaelCurrent systems as well. No article was submitted this month for the Latest Atari News. Please stay tuned for further
I am thinking about doing this not just as filler for the Newsletter, but to make it
more grand and a much more pleasant reading experience. I feel it needs more, and if anybody wants to add his two cents to that, you can reach me on my e-mail at any time. My contact e-mail is on the last page of the Newsletter. Please feel free to contact me at any time, and I will listen to any and all ideas on how to improve the Newsletter. Also, please feel free to submit ideas on how to make SPACE better for everybody involced as members of the Club. I duly appreciate any and all feedback. I will post any and all of your great ideas in here. Thanks for reading and enjoy the future editions of this Newsletter.