February 1997
/ NEWSLETTER
February~ 1997 Now for the Club treasury. We took in only $33.00 for the January meeting. The membership turnout was low because or the severe cold weather, and we met without our President because grandpa Mike had an unfortunate accident due to Mother Nature. Hope you are doing better Mike and we hope to see you and Earline back for the February meeting.
President's Corner By Mike Fitzpatrick Feb. 1997 President's Comer Sorry to have missed the January meeting but your president took 13 hard fall off his icy front stoop and really bruised his leg pretty badly. ~
Have you tried the Video 61 BBS? They arc doing a good job and are t,ying to make a very neat place to come and visit. I highly recommend the visit. They are at 462-3680. Anyone in the club familiar with the various spreadsheets available to the classic 8-bit Atari? Have had a request from "Red" one of our members who winters (grrl) in Arizona concerning the fonnulas used in a spreadsheet. I'll have better data to work with come meeting time. At the February meeting let's revisit some of the fun activities we've done in prior years and do some of the fun ones again. The Christmas Party with Mike Wiest's idea of inviting former members was fun and maybe we can expand that to a non-meeting picnic-in-the-park, etc. Something to think about.
Of the $33.00, we had one membership renewal and sold six Dom's. Our expenses were much higher than normal in January because we had to pay the fourth quarter room rental for 1996, and or course the P.O. Box fee that was due from November. The expenses for January totaled $157.00 and that leaves our balance at $591.1 2. The good .news ls that our major expenses for the next two months are now pa.id and we can build on our treasu;y. Maybe if wcthrow in another .auction a.long the way we can really increase our balance and have some fun along the way. On closing I just want to say, get well Mike, and don't forget Mid-winter madness in February. See you a.II on the 14th.
Minutes Of Space Meeting
Dec. 13th, 1996
Space meeting opened at 7:40 PM. Terry Streeter, club vicepresident , presided over meeting. Mike Fitzpatrick, club President. suffered a injury and couldn't make the meeting. Terry welcomed members to the meeting
BBS News for Jan. 1997
Terry asked for a treasury report by Greg Leinter. Greg said treasury balance as of end of December '96 is $625.12. The 4th quarter room rent was paid out , which was $105 and post office box rental $52. Post office box rental is now paid till June '97. Mike Weist, club secretary, gave a quick recap of December Minutes. No newsletter for January '96 available at meeting.
Will have to get with Video-61 to see if the Sysop wants to submit a monthly article.
Terry Streeter, club Vice President, asked for approval of treasury and secretary report.. Approved.
Treasurer's Report
OLD BUSINESSDiscussion of Lance Ringquist's BBS. was brought up. Terry Streeter mentioned the club may be able to get around using Lance's BBS., by maybe using another method to transfer files. Several members have on-line services such as AOL Files can be transferred that way. This will be discussed at next month's club meeting.
Sec you at the February meeting.
by Greg Leitner
Let me start off by clearing up a very important matter. Before the November 1996 SPACE meeting a k.ey to our P.O. Box was lost and we were unable to pick. up the mail prior to the meeting. Now that wasn't so bad since we had another k.ey and we figured we would just get the November and December mail for the December meeting at the same time. Well, when Glen went to the post Office to pick up the mall he found out that they put our P.O. Box renewal notice in the Box in November instead of mailing it out to us lik.e they had always done in the past. Since forty-five days had elapsed from the time the renewal notice was given, the post Office closed our Box. Luckily, we got tile same P.O. Box number renewed, but all the mail that was in the Box when it was closed was sent back to the senders. So if you are one of the senders who got SPACE mail returned to you, fear not, because SPACE is still alive and doing well despite the Box snafu, whew!! Please keep the newsletters and mall coming to SPACE as we need all the correspondence we can get. Sorry for the unfortunate situation and thank you for your patience.
NEW BUSINESSThere was a discussion about the CDROM for 8-Bit users. Mike Weist talked about the upcoming Mid Winter Madness Show, February 8, 1997 at Blaine Sport Center. Lance Ringquist has located a 8-bit Atari club in Minneapolis called Classic Games. He has been invited to meeting in future. He plans to attend a meeting soon. Meeting adjourned 8:00 PM.
Mike Weist - Secretary
NEWSLETTER
January, 1997 Minutes Of Space Meeting
President's Corner By Mike Fitzpatrick Jan., 1997
The Christmas Party went well and it was great to see some
Dec. 13th, 1996
Space meeting opened at 7:35 PM. Mike Fitzpatrick, club president welcomed members and guests to the December meeting and Christmas Party. Mike said meeting would be short.
thanks to all who made the party a success, especially Mike Wiest who handled the sign up sheet plus many other unsung deeds.
Mike asked if there were any comments on November Space minutes and treasurer report. Greg Leinter , club treasurer, said 4th quarter room rent, in amount of$105 is due at end of December. Motion made to approve minutes and treasurer report, a_pproved.
January starts a new year. So please bring suggestions to the club meeting on what you'd like the club to do in 1997.
OLD BUSINESSSpace club will pay to rent BBS. space from Lance Ringquist's BBS. Lance will post his BBS. phone no.
Have you tried the Video 61 BBS? The BBS phone # is 462-3680. Give them a call and say hi.
NEW BUSINESSNone.
of the former members of SPACE in attendance. Many
While on the subject ofBBS's I've downloaded a listing of Atari BBS's for possible and/or future enclosure in the Newsletter.
Mike Weist
Club Secretary
Space Christmas Party December 13, 1996
See you the 10th of January.
Treasurer's Report
Meeting adjourned at 7:36 PM. Space party followed meeting.
by Greg Leitner
Well, this report ends another year for us diehard Atarians and what a way to end it. The Christmas party was a smashing success and everyone had a great time. The selection of food was unbelievable and anyone who went hungry after that feast probably did more talking than eating. The Club ended up the year on a high note to the tune of $625.12 balance in our Club's account. The only expense that remains unpaid at year end is the fourth quarter room rental of$105.00 due right after the first of the new year. We took in $48.00 in software and blank disk sales and our only expense in December was $12.02 for the newsletter. Unfortunately, we didn't have any new or renewed memberships in the month but we still increased our bank balance from November. I have to keep this short because I am still trying to get everything ready for our family Christmas. I hope each and every one of you and your families had very happy holidays and I wish that we will have another successful year in 1997. See you all in January.
It was the night before the annual Space Christmas party and all through my house, nothing was stirring except the Big Tom Turkey roasting in my oven. As we can all remember, our annual Christmas party was canceled by Mother Nature last year and was held at our January meeting. But we did have a fun Christmas party last year. This year we had no trouble with Mother Nature. Around 30 people showed up this year. Members were treated to a 30 foot table full of delicious food. Everything from turkey and ham to salads (including Ray Wafer's famous potato salad) , chips_,two large cakes (supplied by the Fitzpatricks) and to wash it down ice cold pop (supplied by Greg Leinter). Like in other years it was a time to have a fun time, talk Atari talk, and eat GOOD! We had a few special people join us at the Christmas Party. They were Steve Nelson and his wife, Amos Jackson and his wife, Gary Barnes and his wife, Willie Rora, and Tim Guerin. Glad to see you all, stop in and join us at a future meeting. A special thanks goes out to the Christmas Party committee, especially Mike and Earline Fitzpatrick. Earline's hard work in the kitchen before the party was appreciated. Those cakes were delicious! I!!! I And a special thanks goes out to all the members who showed up, to make this a fun Christmas Party. Mike Weist
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CLUB OFFICIALS DISCLAIMER Presidenl: Vice President: Secrelary: DOM Librarian: Pt,per Librarian: Soflwa re Libra rian: ~le mbe r s hip Chairman: SPACE Treasu1·er SPACE Newsletter Editor:
Mike Filzpalrick Terry Streeter Mike Wiest Terry Streeter Vacant Earline Fitzpatric k Glen Kirsch e nmann Greg Leitner Michael Schmidt
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