August 1986 — Vol 8 No 8

Overview

★★★ MAJOR EVENT 1: THE ANNAPOLIS APPLE SLICE FORMS (Micha Dannenberg, on the "Annapolis Apple Slice" page) — Dannenberg announces: "Announcing the formation of the Annapolis Apple Slice (approved by WAP). Good things have already progressed — lots of people came to the July meeting, even though it was 90° in the shade and on a Saturday too. The next meeting will be Sept 13, 1986, at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, MD." ★★ Correction: The first Annapolis Slice news in the Pi Journal is this Aug 1986 issue, not Oct 1986 (1986-10 — V08 N10) — Slice's July 1986 inaugural meeting predates the official column launch. ★★★ MAJOR EVENT 2: WOZ VISITS WASHINGTON for the Apple Computer Clubs International awards banquet. Warrick reports: "And speaking of good guys, the Woz (Steve Wozniak) was in Washington for the awards banquet of Apple Computer Clubs International, the Apple Computer, Inc.-sponsored user groups in elementary and high schools around the country. Woz captivated the kids with stories about his early days in electronics and the Homebrew Computer Club." Two mid-Atlantic winners: Country Apple Computer Club of Worcester Country School (Berlin, MD) — Community Service award, Elementary division — plus Adam Marsh and Stephen Mumford runners-up in BASIC programming, Secondary division (finalists two years in a row). Microworms Computer Club of Edinburg Middle School (Edinburg, VA) — Community Service award, Secondary division. Jacqueline M. Foster runner-up from George Washington Carver High School (Fieldale, VA). Warrick also pushes the Dealer Relations Committee as a member resource — Pi to "conduct a survey of mail-order houses" in coming months.

Table of contents (highlights)

(Full TOC blocked by classifieds-page extraction; main editorial content surfaced via President's Corner extraction.)

Highlights

★★★ ANNAPOLIS APPLE SLICE FORMS — Aug 1986, not Oct

Micha Dannenberg's announcement of the Annapolis Slice formation, including the July 1986 inaugural meeting that drew strong attendance despite 90° weather. The Sep 13, 1986 next meeting at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, MD is announced. This corrects the backlog assumption that Annapolis Slice debuted Oct 1986 — the column appears 1986-10 — V08 N10 but the formation announcement is here Aug 1986.

★★★ STEVE WOZNIAK in DC — Apple Computer Clubs International

Woz visited Washington for the Apple Computer Clubs International (Apple's school-aged user-group program) awards banquet. He told stories about Apple's founding + Homebrew Computer Club to the kids. Two mid-Atlantic schools were honored: Worcester Country School (Berlin MD) and Edinburg Middle School (Edinburg VA). Adam Marsh + Stephen Mumford were two-year finalists. Warrick proposes inviting them to a Pi meeting to demo their "Illustrated SAT" program.

Dealer Relations Committee push

Warrick uses the President's Corner to highlight Pi's Dealer Relations Committee as a member-protection mechanism. Pi planned a mail-order-house survey to identify dealers behaving badly.

Entities

People: Tom Warrick, Steve Wozniak, Micha Dannenberg, Claire Johnson (later Annapolis Slice News column lead), Lynn R. Trusal, Adam Marsh, Stephen Mumford, Jacqueline M. Foster, Bradley Husick (classified ad), David Morganstein (Linda Morganstein/Germantown mentioned) Topics: Annapolis Apple Slice, Wozniak at Pi 1986, Apple Computer Clubs International, Pi Dealer Relations Committee, WAP Slices Framework References: Apple Computer Clubs International, Worcester Country School, Edinburg Middle School

Connections to other issues

• ★★ Annapolis Apple Slice formation is here Aug 1986, with the regular column starting 1986-10 — V08 N10 (Claire Johnson)
• Wozniak's previous Pi visits: in person at a 1981 meeting (1981-06 — V03 N06), unveiled the Mac Jan 1984 (1984-01 — V06 N01)
• Apple Computer Clubs International school-UG program — Pi was institutional support for school sub-clubs
• Closes the pre-IIGS portion of 1986; the Apple IIGS launches Sep 1986 (1986-09 — V08 N09 already ingested)