o-o-o-o-o›  ›     MINUTES OF THE OHAUG MEETING›          DECEMBER 21, 1996›› GENERAL MEETING:› JACK GEDALIUS reminded  club  members› to bring their dues up-to-date.      › › REPORTS:›› RON   FETZER   gave  the  Treasurer's› report and said we're  in  the  black› and  the  annual  dues  are  due   in› January.   All those who haven't paid› by  February  will  be  dropped  from› membership.›› ALAN   SHARKIS   reports   that   the› newsletter  is  in  good  shape   and› another  issue will be out next month› as the Jan/Feb 1997 issue and he  has› more than enough news to report.›› CORRESPONDENCE: ›› RON  read  correspondence  from   JOE› HICSWA  and told of a program he sent› whereby you can extract square roots,› etc.   There  was  also a letter from› LARRY TISCHBEIN  and  one  from  JOHN› JOHNSON to wish a Merry Xmas;  ROBERT› DeLETTER from Belgium with  his  dues› and  condolences;  also  from  an ex-› member NORMAN WILLIAMSON;  JIM CUTLER› sent  info  to go on the disk he sent› us   at  the  previous  meeting;   we› received Xmas cards from DIANE NELSON› (ALEX's daughter) thanking us for all› the things we did for her father, and› from  MARIE thanking us also;  a Xmas› card from TOM ANDREWS;  a  note  from› CHARLES COLE;  a couple of Print Shop› Xmas  cards  from  LARRY  TISCHBEIN; › from JOE HICSWA  a message to say you› can  get  a  programming command that› gets a variable in TurboBasic without› DIM'ing it, only works on TurboBasic;› and a Xmas card from JEAN  BROKAW  in› Largo,  FL;   and  NORMAN  WILLIAMSON› also about ALEX.›› ALAN  SHARKIS  informed us that NWPAC› is now just PAC.›› JACK   welcomed   secretary,  BARBARA› KELLER and guest,  GEORGE  GABLE  who› posed  a  question  whether  the club› only focuses on Atari.   JACK  stated› we  only   focus   on   Atari   8-bit› machines.   BARBARA KELLER asked when› the annual party  will  be  and  JACK› said  it  will be around Feb.14, 1997› at Lambrou's and he will let us  know› more about it by the next meeting. › Then  RON  introduced  a  member  and› guest  who  had  just  arrived   from› Connecticut  named DAVID OLDFIELD who› came to pick up 80 disks he asked our› librarian to make up from the library› and   we   offer   our   thanks   and› appreciation  to  HAROLD  PEGLER, our› librarian   for  all  his  hard  work› making up these disks for him.›› Our member PAT MULVEY, who's also the› president of LIAUG, suggested we have› a joint meeting with LIAUG four times› a  year,  twice  a  year  in  Suffolk› (LIAUG's location) and twice  a  year› in  Nassau  (OHAUG's  location.)  The› purpose   being   that   more   heads› generate  more  thoughts.  A vote was› taken and the decision  was  to  have› two  joint meetings a year in Suff