home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Disclaimer: Chuck doesn't know I'm doing this :-)
-
- I included Chuck's pic on here for three reasons: First, he
- sent me a whole diskfull of pics of himself. Although I never
- got official permission to use this on the AmigaDisk, I keep
- remembering his claim, "hey, fighter pilots are brave and
- courageous, NOT smart!" :-)
-
- Secondly, I had the extra space and NONE of the other pics sent
- so far were small enough to fit on the remainder of Disk 4.
-
- Thirdly, I wanted to clue y'all in to one of the "unseen
- forces" behind the FidoNet Amiga scene in general.
-
- Chuck is the sysop of the Amiga User's Group of Kansas City
- (AUGKC) BBS in Belton, Missourri, 1:280/322 (40:204/10 for
- AmigaNet). That in itself is a small start. In addition,
- Chuck is very active as a mover and shaker for various
- non-backbone echos, receiving and sending feeds from all over
- the world. He's the US gateway for the Sky Amiga Net (SAN)
- file network, a hub for the Amiga Distribution System (ADS)
- file and message network, as well as a central connection site
- for BBS support networks of many types. He has never once
- requested a dime from anyone for doing this, and it IS a lot of
- hard work, folks.
-
- Chuck deserves a big ovation for getting a lot of those nifty
- PD and Shareware programs into the US, as well as sending our
- plaudits back over the "pond." I know _I'm_ grateful as all
- get-out, he's been a very reliable person to feed from for
- years.
-
- Chuck, as you may have gathered, is an Air Force officer, a
- pilot of the A-10 "Warthog" anti-tank fighter. His "tank
- demolition service" business card is good for a yuk or two. I
- had the opportunity to meet him in person recently, and he's
- quite a friendly and chatty guy. Unfortunately, he's so busy
- in the file distribution echo business, he doesn't have any
- time left for the really cool echos like AMIGA.
-
- Well, that's about all I have to say. Chuck is more than
- welcome to submit a rebuttal, if he sees this :-) Just for the
- record: THANKS, CHUCK!
-
- Jeff Grimmett
- AKA Traveller
- AmigaEchoDisk4 Coordinator (ooo, jazzy title!) 8-)
-