It has been a few months since our
regular column appeared and we've been progressing quite considerably.
First, though, a mention of a few points raised at the Annual General
Meeting (A.G.M.) which took place on November 15th. The attendance
was, for want of a better description, 'tidy', but it was raining,
wasn't it?
The retiring committee were all
successful in their re-election and even managed to enlist an
additional member and co-opt another two. The Officers of the club
are:
| Mike
Reynold-Jones |
- Chairman (773 2849) |
| Mike
Coleman |
- Vice
Chairman (474 3946) |
|
Chris Sola |
- Secretary (458 3865) |
|
Dave
Jones |
- Treasurer (444 2369) |
and the other Committee members are:
| Mike
Wilkinson |
- Software
Librarian |
| Wilf
Coton |
|
| Les
Bostock |
|
| Keith
Mason |
|
| Mr
Mulcahy |
|
So if you have a problem,
criticism, or just want to buy somebody a pint we will be available,
(wearing our little yellow badges!).
Due to the total
inefficiency of the membership records we have started from scratch this
year with new membership cards and new membership numbers. We do not
intend to admit anyone who does not show their new card at the door
(unless they pay the visitors fee), so beware - you have been warned.
And as the entrance fee has risen slightly, the Software Library is now
open to all members, free of any additional charge - so let's see you
taking software out.
Mike Coleman is running the
Modem Sub-Group and is frantically working on the setting up of CBABBS
(pronounced kebabs?) and that is the Central Birmingham Atari Bulletin
Board Service, which should be up and running in the not-too-distant
future, and all you Atari buffs nationwide will be able to contact B.U.G.
via a modem (once we know what the phone number will be!)
Another sub-group recently
set up is the Adventurers - but you should know all this - it's in our
Newsletter.... Newsletter?.... yes, thanks to an absolutely amazing
amount of work by one Chris Sola, last November saw the emergence of the
all new B.U.G. Newsletter. We actually announced some months earlier of
our intentions to produce such a 'rag' and made a plea for items worthy
of inclusion. Your response, as usual, was overwhelming, and Chris had
to write the whole thing himself. We will not be mailing it to members
so if you want one (and it really shouldn't be missed), you will have to
come and collect it at one of the meetings. We hope that all future
issues will be compiled entirely from members submissions, so if you
have anything at all that you have written, from a one line sub-routine
to a full 64K machine code programme we want it!
As well as the newsletter
and CBABBS to look forward to this year, we are reviving the raffles,
where you will (hopefully) be able to win worthwhile prizes for a token
payment. The first of such raffles took place at the main December
meeting, and just because a few committee members won on the party night
doesn't mean to say it's rigged!! The main event at the first night,
however, was provided by Andre Willey and Al Arnold, who brought along,
and demonstrated, the N.T.S.C system on some rather expensive Sony
equipment So we were able to see and play games at the speed the
Americans play them, some 15% faster than in the U.K.
And a final note to all
those lucky people who, with grateful thanks to Santa, have become proud
new owners of Atari hardware, and reside in the Birmingham area. Come
and join us and discover what Atari really means. We are a user friendly
(nice) users group and get pleasure in showing you how to get more
pleasure from your machine. For a very small membership fee you get a
free magazine, free newsletter and access to a software library. It is
an ideal opportunity to share your ideas and problems, and make new
friends with other Atari enthusiasts. For more details phone one of the
committee officers or come along and visit us instead. We meet at 7.30pm
every 1st, 3rd and 4th Thursday of each month at the Matador, opposite
St. Martins church, in the Bullring. We hope to see a few new faces this
year!
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