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#AMIGA New Zealand

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#31574From: Roger MansonAug 12, 1991 4:51 AM
Hello My name is Roger Manson President of AMIGA New Zealand If you would like to receive our Newsletter then leave me a message here. Regards Roger Manson
#31622From: Marlene Zenker/SYSOPAug 12, 1991 5:57 PM
Hi Roger! Glad to have you aboard here. If the newsletter is in ASCII format, why not upload it to the libraries? In fact, I've been interested in seeing some of the PD software that comes from outside of the US, so if you have anything you'd like to upload, please do! Steve
#31773From: Roger MansonAug 14, 1991 4:41 AM
Hello Steve, The disk is not ascii but we airmail it around the world to over 30 countries and clubs. Leave your address and I will see that you get it. regards Roger Manson
#31625From: BILL LEACHAug 12, 1991 6:07 PM
Roger; Though I doubt that it would be appropriate to subscribe (I'm in the USA) I certainly would be interested in seeing a copy and maybe taking it to the ASDF (Amiga Software Developers Forum). An Amiga message processed by Whap!, bill
#31774From: Roger MansonAug 14, 1991 4:42 AM
Hello Bill, If you leave a postal address I will send one to you. Regards Roger
#31638From: Betty Clay/SYSOPAug 12, 1991 9:12 PM
Roger, Welcome to the Amiga Forums. We're delighted to have you. I'm sure that my club would be delighted to exchange newsletters with you. The club is in Dallas, and is called SCOPE (a very long story, going back to the earliest days of the PET.) I cannot remember their PO box number at the moment, but if you send a copy to me, I'll get it to the editor, and I know he will send you our newsletters in exchange. My address is 1605 Glasgow Dr., Arlington, TX 76015. Betty
#31775From: Roger MansonAug 14, 1991 4:45 AM
Hello Betty, The disk is on the way. Our Amiga group has been going since 1986 and as of this month our membership stands at around 3,500 members ONLY with Amiga computers. Regards Roger
#31859From: Betty Clay/SYSOPAug 15, 1991 12:18 AM
That's a wonderful membership for Amigas only. I gather that this is a national group, with chapters in various areas? Betty
#32104From: Roger MansonAug 17, 1991 3:50 AM
Hello Betty, Yes It is a national group but our country has only 3 million population so 3500 plus membership is good. That disk I mentioned has been sent airmail so you should get it real soon. BTW it is PAL format with a dropback to NTSC (Hopefully). Regards Roger
#32158From: Betty Clay/SYSOPAug 17, 1991 10:01 PM
Perhaps by the time I get it, I will have switched to 2.0 and a new Denise chip that has been sitting here for a while waiting to be installed. I believe we will be able to switch to PAL mode easily with the new chips and 2.0. I thought it must be a national group because it is so LARGE, not because it was small!! I think it's wonderful to have that many. I'm not sure of the membership of ICPUG in England (also a national group) but I think it is between 6,000 and 8,000. We have no national group here in the US, so our clubs usually have from 100-500 members, with some larger and others smaller, but each club runs independently of the others. There are two groups here in the Ft. Worth-Dallas area, each independent (though we cooperate on various projects) with its own officers, treasury, newsletter, etc. Sometimes I think we users might carry more weight with Commodore if we did have some kind of national organization with all of our individual clubs working with it, but the US is so huge that it is very difficult to manage anything like that, simply because of distance. Thanks for the disk. I know we will enjoy it. I'll have our editor get a copy of some of our newsletters mailed to you as soon as I get the disk – since I assume your address will be on it. Betty
#32252From: Steve AhlstromAug 18, 1991 7:41 PM
Roger, Only 3M in population? Can I immigrate? <grin> -sja
#32298From: Roger MansonAug 19, 1991 3:25 AM
Hello, Yes we want more Amiga owners in NZ….. Regards Roger
#32509From: Willie SchreursAug 20, 1991 11:16 PM
#"Only 3M in population? Can I immigrate?" Aww, c'mon, Steve, Colorado has only 3 million or so in population, and it's about the same size as NZ. Of course, it *is* rather firmly attached to a larger area with a few more million people <;^) …wjas {;-O>
#32511From: Steve AhlstromAug 20, 1991 11:19 PM
Willie, Yeah, but 2/3s of those 3M are in a 50 mile radius of Denver!