›               o=o=o=o=o=››   MINUTES OF OHAUG MEETING 2/21/98›› Meeting  opened  with  our  President› JACK  GEDALIUS  showing videos of the› past two years  Holiday  parties.   A› discussion  followed  led   by   John› Hardie  about  a  two day show called› ATARI   WORLD  on  a  Saturday/Sunday› which he will attend and invited  our› group  to attend.  This show is still› being organized.  It was supposed  to› take  place in August at Disnyland in› California,   but   the   site   will› probably  be  changed  to Las Vegas. › Official   announcement    will    be› forthcoming  in  a week or two.  John› will have OHAUG publicity  flyers  to› distribute  at  the  show.    It   is› important for those of you who are at› all interested in this show that  you› fill  out a survey form on John's WEB› site.  The URL  iss  www.atarihq.com,› and  the  page  is  worth   visiting,› survey  or not.  Other Atari websites› also have this survey form on  them. › The  organizers  of the show will not› proceed with it unless they get  1000› completed  surveys.   There  are over› 500 now, but many more are needed.›› TREASURER'S REPORT:›› We're in the black.›› Also, RON FETZER says we have the new› list  of  members  40  active members› right now as of February.  ALAN  says› we  also  have  quite a few clubs who› receive  our  Newsletters,  RON  says› about 60 clubs now.   Also,  we  lost› about  ten   members   including   AL› MANNELLA  who  got  an  IBM, and also› VALERIO CORAZZIN.  ›› A discussion then followed which  was› started  by RON FETZER asking JACK to› exchange some lyra at the airport for› him.   Ron received this money from a› member for dues,  and  we  must  have› American  currency for our bank. This› led into a discussion about  the  new› American paper money and how funny it› looks.›› AL SHARKIS didn't have any demos  for› today  but instead stated that he has› received   ten   sides    worth    of› documentation,  mostly on games, from› SAM CORY of JACG.  Alan offered  them› to  our Librarian.  He mentioned that› he received several post  cards  from› JOSEPH  HICSWA, one mentioned that he› would like  to  send  out  a  general› referendum  question  that  we  start› producing  the  Newsletter  on 16 bit› disks so people  who  have  ST's  can› read the Newsletter.  ALAN knows that› none of our local members uses an ST,› so  it  wouldn't  be   practical   to› produce these disks.  He also reasons› that if  JOE can hand  out  printouts› of  our newsletter articles at a JACG› meeting   (Joe   is   also  President› Emeritus of JACG,) there really is no› need  for  us  to produce articles on› those disks.   The  local  membership› agreed.›› DEMONSTRATIONS:›› PAT  MULVEY  came  up to the front of› the room with a block of wood  and  a› piece  of  cable.   Using a round-top› stapler and staples  he  found  at  a› local Wallmart, he showed us how this› equipment  is  inexpensive  and  much› easier to handle than  the  insulated› staples  most  people  use  to fasten› wires to baseboard.›› Then AL SHARKIS briefly demo'd how to› use  the   documentation   disks   he› submitted  to the library. After some› research, HAROLD PEGLER revealed that› several  of  the  articles  in Alan's› submissions   are   already   in  our› library.›› DOOR PRIZES:› AL SHARKIS won 1st prize› MEL LEVINE won 2nd prize› RON FETZER won 3rd prize› JACK GELADIUS won 4th prize› AL ATKINS won 5th prize›› Next meeting in March 21, 1998 in the› library as usual.››               o=o=o=o=o=›››