Storm
SACC…
I was one of the original members. Believe I still have the first monthly
disk around here someplace. I started the newsletter. For about three
months it was called The No Name News, because we didn't have a name for
the club for the first two months, and the newsletter wasn't named till
the third.
Haven't been to a meeting since about 88. (Then again I was out of the
area from 90 till last year.)
Why don't people join computer clubs? Because they are becoming more and
more of an appliance. As they get easier to use, and set up, there is
less reason for the average person to join.
In the 50's there were stereo clubs. Anybody heard of, let alone been to
one, lately?
People don't join VCR clubs, or microwave oven clubs. While the microwave
is an extreme example, there are plenty of VCR's that are flashing 12:00
for the time, and have never been used for unattended taping.
Today people just load software and go. Not much more than popping the
tape in the VCR.
Personally, I don't really have the time any longer. I've got three kids,
and with sports (soccer sign-up last night), clubs, school activities, I
barely have time to use the computer, let alone set aside an entire
evening for a club meeting. Weekends, if I had that much spare time, I'd
nap on the couch. We're never home….