by Jack Kincaid / jkinca1@cugkc.cjb.net
On September 11, 2001 the citizens of the United States of America lost their innocence. We have been wrapped in that shroud of innocence for a long time. There are holes in it but now it's a giant RIP. From now on at sporting events, social gatherings, and any place where a large number of people get together, we will be looking around at each other wondering if it could happen again. This IS exactly what the terrorists wanted. The ones that did the hideous act are dead, beyond our justice so now we go after the ones who put them up to it, 'uncle ben' because he inflamed their minds and hearts to do the deed. This is what we need to do. So what about our own home grown type of terrorism, the ones that use their pulpit in the church to inflame the minds and hearts of those in their flock to do harm to other people? We need to be very, very careful!
What can I say about the September meeting - there were nine people there, not too bad considering our membership is now only 13. There was one renewal - Jack Kincaid. There was a discussion about why there isn't a program. We had programs in the past, we had board meetings, we had a disk of the month too and we also had 15 to 20 people at the meetings. After the meetings everyone goes home and the CUGKC is forgotten about until the next meeting. I understand we all have jobs and families and other things going on in our lives. Like I have said before the board members do NOT have the sum total of knowledge about the Commodore that we pass out at the meetings. Lately most of the talk has centered around GEOS, The Wave, the Internet, and the Super CPU. As the song goes 'IS THAT ALL THERE IS?'
I still have 64s and 128s with 1541 and 1571 drives. I also have monitors and printers just sitting in my basement doing nothing. For a small price they can be in your home doing something! Call or see me at the next meeting. My phone # is 816-761-4777 and I am home most days after 4 PM.
Financial Report
Balance Aug. 2001.................... $205.92
Income: Sep. 2001
Renewals (1) ........................
$ 20.00*
Expenses: Sep. 2001
BBS Phone Bill (3 months)............-$ 65.84
Closing Balance Sep. 2001............ $140.08
*will deposit in Oct.
by Scott Heider / sheide1@cugkc.cjb.net
The Group meeting for September was held on Wednesday, September 5th at the Antioch Library. The attendance was 9 members.
John Strenge brought incorporation papers to be signed by officers of the club. He will now be sending them in to the state of Missouri so that the CUGKC will officially become CUGKC, Inc.
As Jack mentioned above, there was
a discussion about why there isn't a formal program/demo at every monthly meeting.
Here are some of the reasons that were mentioned (and some that were not mentioned):
1. What topics do you want to be presented? On many, many occasions, the officers
have asked for program suggestions, but we very rarely get any suggestions from
club members. If you want programs, then please suggest topics.
2. Who is willing/able to provide a program/demo? Lately, the answer is "almost
nobody". In the past, Rich Wagner, Tom Moloney, and Yours Truly have demonstrated
things in our areas of expertise (Geos, BBS, Internet, etc.), but we certainly
don't "know it all" about the Commodore. If you know something about
the Commodore that might be of interest to the rest of the club, then please
volunteer to share your knowledge.
Finally, a reminder about the next Group meeting. See you at the Antioch Library at 7:00 on Wednesday, November 7th.
The Commodore Users Group of Kansas City is a not-for-profit educational support group for persons using Commodore computers.
Membership benefits include a monthly newsletter as well as access to CUGKC's Bulletin Board System (BBS) open 23.5 hours every day, with upload and download privileges, plus electronic mail, and access to over 500 doors of the FidoNet (part of a world-wide network). Also, members receive access to a library of over 1000 public domain and shareware disks.
Dues are $25 the first year, $20 annually thereafter. Disks of the month and library disks cost $3 each for members.
Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month at the Antioch branch of the Johnson County Public Library, 8700 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Merriam, Kansas. Visitors are welcome to attend any meeting. For more information, contact any officer:
Email us at cugkc@cugkc.cjb.net
or visit our web site at http://cugkc.cjb.net.
Our snail-mail address is:
CUGKC
1307 Golfview Drive
Grain Valley, Missouri 64029