July 1989 — Vol 11 No 7

Overview

MAJOR PI GOVERNANCE EVENT. The June 14, 1989 Board of Directors Meeting (page 12) voted to remove Robert C. Platt as President, with subsequent steps:

"Removal of Robert Platt as President; Expulsion of Robert Platt from WAP. ... A resolution asking Bob to voluntarily resign as president and withdraw from the election — passed; Bob did not resign or withdraw. A vote on removing Bob Platt as president, based on a finding that it was necessary for the good of the corporation — passed: 10 Yes; 2 No; 3 Abstained (BOD only). All members: 24 Yes; 3 No; 7 Abstain. The question of expulsion was discussed but the motion was withdrawn."

Tom Warrick returns as President (Officers list page 2). Dale Smith elected permanent Secretary. Dick Byrd appointed Sergeant-at-Arms. Nancy Seferian becomes Journal Managing Editor, having redesigned the entire Journal from the ground up on emergency notice — see her editorial "The New Look" on page 9:

"Some of the changes in the way it looks are intentional and exploratory in nature... In significant part, however, the new look stems from the fact that we had to design it from the ground up — every page had to be designed anew, with no assistance from earlier editions, or from the previous Managing Editor. And we had to do it on very short notice."

Issue is only 71 pages (down from 90+) reflecting the rushed turnaround.

Officer roster (post-vote)

Table of contents (selected, by category)

Club News & Meeting Notes: MS WorkSIG Report (Chris Bastian, 5); Calendar & SIG News (Peter Cook, 10); Journal Meeting Notes (Board Meeting minutes — includes Platt removal) (14); SIGs & Slices (16); NAUG Seminar (Bob Oringel, 43)

Reviews: Flexware — Serious Accounting for the Macintosh (Cindy Carter, 20); Claris CAD (Frank Potter, 30); Mac Q&A (Milrod & Morgenstein, 31); L.A. Crackdown (Jim Wellman, 34); Dungeon Master (David Wood, 35); Wizardry V — Heart of the Maelstrom (Kim Brennan, 36); Memory Game (Phil Shapiro, 38); Pirates! (Jim Wellman, 39); Late Nite Patches for AppleWorks (Gary Hayman, 40); CheckMates Memory Saver for the Apple IIgs (41); The Graphics Exchange (Gary Hayman, 44); A History of Robert Lissner's /// EZ Pieces (David Ottalini, 45)

Tutorials: Tutorials (Lynn Trusal, 68); Low Cost Microcomputer Mapping (Kim Cimmery, 27)

Columns: The Playroom (Steven Payne, 50); Bits & Bytes (Lynn Trusal, 50); Recent TCS Downloads (Paul Schlosser, 54); Wired (Leon Raesly, 55); Best of the TCS — Apple II (Paul Schlosser, 57); Apple Announces New Micro Line (Ken Chapman, 48); Cartoon (Jim Donnelly, 5)

Highlights

Board removes Platt — June 14, 1989

Robert C. Platt removed as President for reasons not stated in the minutes (and which I will not speculate on). The vote was 10-2-3 on the Board and 24-3-7 among all members present. A motion to expel Platt from WAP was discussed but withdrawn.

Nancy Seferian becomes Managing Editor

Emergency redesign: Nancy Seferian (longtime AVSIG/AV-SIG leader) had to design every page from scratch with no help from the previous Managing Editor (Tom Piwowar who had been doing Journal Business since Feb 1989).

"The New Look" editorial

Seferian (or her partner editor) addresses the new design directly on page 9 — quotes Franz Fanon: "What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger."

Apple Announces New Micro Line — Ken Chapman

The Apple Macintosh Portable (introduced Sept 20, 1989) — pre-launch coverage. Apple's first laptop attempt.

A History of /// EZ Pieces — David Ottalini

Robert Lissner's /// EZ Pieces (Apple /// version of what became AppleWorks) historical retrospective — a fitting tribute as Apple // dominates.

Entities

People: Tom Warrick, Ray Hakim, Eric Rall, Edward Myerson, Dale Smith, Dick Byrd, Robert C. Platt (removed), Cynthia Yockey, Nancy Pochepko, Greg Pochepko, Bob Shaffer, Priscilla Myerson, Chris Bastian, Steve Broughall, Dave Lavery, Lynn Trusal, Nancy Seferian, Kym Knutson, Ambrose Liao, Harvey Kaye, Peter Cook, Bob Oringel, Cindy Carter, Frank Potter, Martin Milrod, David Morganstein, Jim Wellman, David Wood, Kim Brennan, Phil Shapiro, Gary Hayman, Ken Chapman, Jim Donnelly, Steven Payne, Paul Schlosser, Leon Raesly, Kim Cimmery, David Ottalini, Robert Lissner Topics: Pi Governance Crisis 1989, Removal of Robert C. Platt, Journal Redesign 1989, Tom Warrick Second Presidency, Mac Portable Pre-Launch References: Flexware, Claris CAD, L.A. Crackdown, Wizardry V, Pirates!, Memory Game, Late Nite Patches, CheckMates Memory Saver, The Graphics Exchange, /// EZ Pieces

Connections to other issues

• Robert C. Platt became Pres in 1988-08 — V10 N08; removed June 14, 1989; Last issue as Pres was 1989-06 — V11 N06
• Tom Warrick was previously Pres 1985-1988; returns as Pres here (his second term)
• Nancy Seferian previously led AVSIG/AV-SIG (since 1988-04 — V10 N04)
• Tom Piwowar (Journal Business column Feb-Jun 1989) is no longer in the journal — appears to have departed alongside the leadership change
• Open question: what triggered the Board action? (Backlog item)