#####################################››           PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE›            by JACK GEDALIUS››           Sept.--Oct., 1996››› On  June  26th  we,  The  OL'HACKERS'› ATARI  USERS  GROUP, lost our devoted› founder and president, ALEX PIGNATO.  › He  will  be truly missed by all.  We› have   received  condolence  messages› from   the   world-around   --   from› Internet.  Genie,  the  New Nest BBS,› America on Line, and Fido Net.›› ALEX lived Atari!  Yet, he made  time› for  dinners  and  barbecues  for its› members   and   their   spouses.   He› worried about the health and  welfare› of  our  members  from near and from › afar--and kept  us  informed  in  his› newsletters.   He   appreciated   all› endeavors of each and every member to› educate   and   inform   his   fellow› colleagues  of   new   and   upcoming› programs  and  uses  of  their  8-bit› Atari  with  its components.  He even› permitted   two  of  my  children  to› demonstrate  programs  at  meetings. › Such was his respect  for  the  young› and upcoming Atari users!›› Yes,  He  lived  Atari!  He endlessly› searched for new  programs,  be  they› from  computer  magazines or from our› world-wide membership.  (He loved  to› revise some, too!)  ›› We thank members from the LONG ISLAND› ATARI  USERS  GROUP  who  paid  their› respects at the funeral parlor and at› the funeral.››  The  OL'HACKERS ATARI USERS GROUP is› presenting a plaque to  ALEX'S  wife,› MARIE,  in  order  to demonstrate our› devotion  and  appreciation  to  this› unique,   appreciated,   and  mourned› man.›› We also  mourn  the  passing  of  our› fellow  member, William Sminkey, from› El Toro, California.  He, at his  own› expense,  sent  a printer to Octavian› Grecu, a member  in  Romania.   I  am› proud  to  witness   such   wonderful› dedication  and generosity within our› organization.›› THE OL'HACKERS wish to thank  members› from  the  LEHEIGH VALLEY ATARI USERS› GROUP and the LONG ISLAND ATARI USERS› GROUP who attended our July meeting.›› At  the  August  meeting, I suggested› that the members  and  their  spouses› spend a week-end at a resort, perhaps› in the Poconos or in  the  Catskills,› so  that  we can all get to know each› other better.›› I have been a member of  OL'  HACKERS› since  May,  1987  and vice president› and membership chairman for the  last› few  years.  My three children, ages,› 18, 13, and 11 love  the  Atari.   It› has taught them reading and typing at› a very early age.  ›› JOSEF   LEBER   is   our   new   vice› president.  Good luck to him!›› We  will continue the OL' HACKERS  as› before--always   open   to  help  and› suggestions from our dedicated fellow› members!›› Bye for now!›› #####################################››