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Meeting Users through The Mail
History
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This Is Who We Are:
In the May 1986 issue of Compute!'s
Gazette, the User Group listing for
the first time included The 64 User
Group of America, with Kirby Herazy
listed as the founder and president.
The members of the group (all 35 of
them!) corresponded with each other
through the mail, but there were no
regular group mailings, no newsletter
and no dues.
In 1987, the group's name was changed
to Meeting 64/128 Users Through the
Mail and Jean Nance became the
president. A membership list was
started, containing a brief biography
of each member, along with their
Commodore system components and their
computing interests. Later that year,
a bi-monthly newsletter was started
with the simple, if bland, name of
Newsletter, with Jean Nance as the
editor. Most of the articles were
(and still are) written by the group
members themselves, with occasional
items of special interest reprinted
from outside sources. There were
still no dues required for membership
in the group, so donations from the
members covered the cost of printing
and mailing Newsletter. After three
issues were published, a contest was
held to give the newsletter a more
interesting name, and from the
suggestions submitted by the group
The Commodore MaiLink was the
standout winner.
In 1988 with membership numbers and
publishing costs climbing, annual
dues of $5.00 were instituted. Since
Commodore users being such a, umm,
thrifty bunch, the membership numbers
dropped precipitously. Because good
word-of-mouth and a steady place in
the Commodore user group listings in
the popular Commodore magazines, the
group membership soon began climbing
steadily. It reached a peak of more
than 300 in the late 80s and early
90s. And as the membership grew, so
did the membership bio list. Meeting
64/128 Users Through the Mail has
always been a non-profit organization
and it relies solely on membership
dues and the occasional member
donation to continue publication.
In 1994, the combined office of Group
President/MaiLink Editor was
(deservedly) split into two distinct
offices. Frank Redmond became the new
president of Meeting 64/128 Users
Through the Mail, with Jean Nance
keeping The Commodore MaiLink
editor-in-chief position. In 1996,
Frank stepped down and Tom Adams
stepped up to become the new group
president, with Frank assuming the
vice-president's position. Long-time
members Brian Vaughan and Rolf Miller
maintained the membership records and
the group treasury, respectively.
In late 2001, Linda Tanner has
stepped into the role of President,
with Tom Adams and Frank Redmond as
Vice President. Emil Volcheck is
treasurer, David Mohr is the Managing
Editor, with Brian Vaughn as the
Bio-Editor. Our Email address editor
is Joseph Fenn and Linda also handles
the Member Resources list.
Today, Meeting 64/128 Users Through
the Mail has members in the United
States, Canada, Greece, France and
Australia. Some of our members are or
have been contributors to such
publications as RUN, Compute's
Gazette, Loadstar, Loadstar Letter
and Commodore World; others are
active contributors to the
COMP.SYS.CBM and ALT.C64 newsgroups.
The Commodore MaiLink newsletter is
18-20 pages for each issue and is
published regularly six times a year
(the odd-numbered months). Each issue
is edited by a volunteer from the
group; the articles, still with only
a few exceptions, are written and
submitted for publication by members
of the group. The membership list is
included twice yearly (in the March
and September issues) and includes a
brief biography, the address,
occupation, hobbies, the Commodore or
Commodore-compatible components
owned, and the special computing
interests of each member. It also
includes a contact list of group
members with special expertise in
software packages, programming and
hardware hacking and repair, along
with a Commodore vendor list of those
sellers that offer discounts to
Meeting 64/128 Users Through the Mail
members.
All of our members love Commodore
computing. If you use a Commodore
computer, and if any of this has
piqued your interest, then why not
join the club?
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Meeting 64/128 Users Through the Mail
Membership Application Information
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Meeting 64/128 Users Through the Mail
is a non-profit Commodore user group.
The Commodore MaiLink is not a
subscription newsletter--you can't
just drop a check in the mail and
expect a newsletter in return; you
must fill out a membership
application first. This tells the
other members a little about
yourself--your hobbies, your
computing interests and the Commodore
hardware you have. All of the yearly
membership dues and any donations
from members go toward publishing and
mailing The Commodore MaiLink. The
current dues are as follows:
$15.00 per year for U.S. residents
$17.00 (U.S. funds) per year for
residents of Canada and Mexico
$25.00 (U.S. funds) per year for
elsewhere in the world
Your check or money order must be
made payable to Robert Snyder,
Treasurer, since he's the club
treasurer and he handles all of the
the accounting headaches. Checks made
out to anyone but Robert will be
returned. Send the completed
membership application to Robert
Snyder:
Robert Snyder, P.O. Box 64, Metamora
OH 43540-0064 USA.
Robert sends the Bio information to
our Bio Editor, who updates the
membership database.
MEETING 64/128 USERS THROUGH THE MAIL
The information will be used to write
your "bio" for the membership list.
Send it to me at the address below,
along with a check or money order for
$15.00 in U.S. funds for those in the
United States, $17.00US for those in
Canada or Mexico, $25.00US for all
other countries made out to "Robert
Snyder", our treasurer. You will
receive all the material for the
current year.
If you have any questions, write,
phone or Email me
(president@mailink.videocam.net.au).
I hope you will decide to join us.
Date
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Name
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Address
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City, State/Province, Zip/Postal code
and country
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Telephone number/FAX (optional)
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Sex Male ---- Female ----
E-Mail
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Occupation
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Hobbies or interests in addition to
computing
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Computers used (Please designate
model ie: 64 or 128)
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Drives
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Printers
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Monitors
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Other
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Non Commodore Equipment
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Special computer interests
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The Bio information may be updated at
any time but will not be changed
until the next published membership
list.
Robert Snyder, P.O. Box 64, Metamora
OH 43540-0064 USA