August 1997
NEWSLETTER
AUGUST, 1997
treasury is down to $677.92. Room rent of$ lOS is due. Paid $52.00 for the Post Office Box. Club secretary, Mike Weist. repeated highlights from minutes in July '97 newsletter. Club president made a motion to approve both the Treasurer's What a fun meeting it was Friday night. Great to see report and the Secretary's report, both approved. everyone again. OLD BUSINESSGreg Leitner, reminded Well, that makes fifteen years for Space. I think members membership Space auction is next month. should give themselves a pat on the back for keeping the club Greg leitner remarked 15 YEARS AS A ATARI CLUB, goin! for so long. COOL, NOT MANY ATARI CLUBS STILL AROUND, Aogust, will be auction month. You don't have to have just ._ LF.]'S PAT OUR SELVES ON THE BACK! Atari hardware for the auction, other things of value are ~EW BUSINESSRed Malchow mentioned the welcome too. rumor about hearing that maybe Mike and Earline Fitzpatrick See you at the August meeting!! might be returning to Minnesota. Greg Leitner said he was in Terry contact with the Fitzpatricks. STA Y TUNED! What was on the July DOM was discussed by Club Treasurer's Report by Greg Leitner president, Terry Streeter. Terry Streeter said DOM ideas our needed. Many ideas were discussed at the meeting. Many Whet a great time we all had at the cookout for our July Atari BBS's are gone. Bob Puff BBS is still around. birthday meeting. The member turnout was great and the food Terry Streeter brought up the idea of maybe having a guest was exceptional. Thanks to Don and his lovely wife for speaker come to a future club meeting. bringing the grill and doing the cooking. The weather Membership was reminded about SPACE AUCTION cooperated, and it was so comfortable sitting outside that NEXT MONTH! some ofus stayed until around 9:30 just gabbing away. Meeting adjourned at 7:50 PM. BBQ followed We didn't spend much time on our meeting or for the DOM, but we still managed to sell nine DOM's. I must admit Mike Weist, Club Secretary that Terry & Glen have done a wonderful job in getting some great 8-bit software for our members, especially the last two months. If you missed either the June or the July DOM, Space Club's 15th Birthday Party please pick them up at the next meeting that you can attend. It will be well worth your while to see that there is still some July 11, 1997 good software out there. Our treasury was reduced by about $~5.00 from June's Well after 15 years the club finally had a BBQ for a balance due to the fact that the second quarter room rental birthday party. Thanks goes out to Greg Leitner for checking w2:: paic. It helped that we had three mec1bership renewals \~ itl1 tl11.: 1:ity or Fah;on Heights for t11e OK. Although there and sold thos-~ nine DOM's. Our receipts totaled $72.00 and were not more than 20 people at the BBQ, we still had a fun our expenses were $116.70. Our treasmy now stands at time. $633.22, which isn't too shabby. Greg Leitner and Don Langford acted as the BBQ chefs, Remember that at our August meeting we will be holding and let me tell you some excellent cooked food came off the an auction, and this is where we can pad our treaSUI)' a little grill. Members feasted on hot dogs, brats, hamburgers, etc. more. Please bring in your computer related items that you Along with this there were several potluck items inside to want to part witl1 and let me know how much you want for feast on like beans, Ray Wafer's famous potato salad, Bill each item. Wt: will then start the auction for that item at Cotter's coleslaw, Tony Walsh's meatballs, chips, desserts, $ 1.00 over yo•Jr amount and the Club gets anything over tl1e and to wash it down Greg Leitner's Ice cold POP. ask.illg amount that we collect from the highest bidder. You Several members stayed outside to eat and enjoy the can't lose and the Club wins too. weather, '"·hile other members stayed inside to sit, eat, and
President's Corner
Minutes Of Space Meeting
July 11, 1997
Space meeting opened at 7:35 PM. Club president, Terry Streeter, welcomed club members to the meeting. Space club p:esident , Terry Streeter, asked for a treasurer's report. Club treasurer, Greg Leitner, gave a report. Club
chat. One thing for sure, no one went home hungry. A BIG thanks goes out to the Birthday party committee, all the workers. and to all the members who showed up to make it a su~cess. See you at the August Space meeting! Mike Weist
CLUB OFFICIALS Presidenl: Vice President: Secrelary: DOM Librarian: Paper Librarian: Software Librari an: Membership Chairman: SPACE Treasurer SPACE Newsletter Editor:
Terry Slreeter xxxxxxx Don Langford xxx-xxxx Mike Wiest xxx-xxxx Terry Streeter xxx-xxxx Vacant xxx-xxxx Vacanl xxx-xxxx Glen Kirschenmann 786-4790 Greg Leitn e r 455 - 6550 Michael Sch mi dt 7574192
Saint Paul Atari Computer Enthusiasts (SPACE)
DISCLAit!IER Published by the Saint P aul Atari Computer Enthusiasts (SPACE). an independent organization with no business affiliation with ATARI Corporation. Permission is granled to any similar organization with which SPACE exchanges newslellers lo reprint material from this newsletter. We do however ask lhal credit be given lo lhe authors and lo SPACE. Opinions expressed are those of th e auth ors and do n ot n ecessarily reflect the views of SPACE. the c lub officers . club members or ATARJ Corporalion.
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