May 1994 — Vol 16 No 5
Source
Open original PDF • May 1994 • Vol 16 No 5 • 83 pages • $2.95
Overview
ELECTION ISSUE — "Please vote!" Cover features National Geographic EXPLORER. Meeting date change: 3rd Saturday (not 4th). May 21, 1994: Ares Software (vendor change from earlier schedule).
March General Meeting (Lawrence Charters, 6). Penguin Legends (Lawrence Charters, 9). Bringing Schools Online (Phil Shapiro, 10). For Seniors Only (Randy Landenberger, 12) — first dedicated seniors column. Technology: Tools for Transforming Teaching (16). Two Books About Really Big Networks (later). StockSIG (Morris Pelham, 4). Women's SIG (Nancy Seferian, 5). Desktop Publishing SIG (5).
Highlights
Election issue — "Please vote!"
Annual Pi election — ballots and candidate info. Outcome announced in July/August combined issue.
Bringing Schools Online — Phil Shapiro
K-12 Internet adoption — Shapiro continuing his education+Internet thread.
For Seniors Only — Randy Landenberger
First dedicated seniors column — Pi reaches older members specifically as the user-group audience ages.
Meeting date change
3rd Saturday now instead of 4th — schedule shift.
Penguin Legends — Lawrence Charters
Cryptic title; possibly Mac/penguin software review.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Morris Pelham, Nancy Seferian, Lawrence Charters, Phil Shapiro, Randy Landenberger Topics: Pi Election 1994, K-12 Internet, Pi Seniors Outreach, Meeting Date Change 1994 References: National Geographic EXPLORER
Connections to other issues
- Pi Election 1994 — Lorin Evans third term?
- Pi Seniors Outreach new theme — first appearance
- Phil Shapiro's K-12 thread continues from 1993-01 — V15 N01 Internet User's Guide