November – December 2008 — Vol 30 No 6

Overview

★★ MAJOR Pi-history confirmation issue.

WAP Officers: President Bob Jarecke, Treasurer Thomas Carlson (was Gabriel Roth as recent as 2008-07 — V30 N04!), Secretary Gordon Nord. Directors: Len Adler, Richard Allen, Jonathan Bernstein, Jay Castillo, Pat Fauquet, Larry Kerschberg ([email protected]), Brent Malcolm, Richard Orlin, Charles Reintzel, Mike Schneible.

Editor: Lawrence I. Charters. Design Editor: Nora Korc. Photo Editor: Richard Sanderson. Copy Editor: Patsy Chick.

Articles: Rage Sitemap Automator (Lawrence I. Charters, 6). ArkivMusic: A Great Webpage for Music (Dan Wages, 10). OpenOffice Aqua — Beta, but Wow! (Jonathan Bernstein, 12). Stox — Why Bother? (Dan Wages, 16). How to Prevent E-Mail Overload (Herbert Block, 18). Photo Essay: Techno Lust (19).

Club: Correction (Sep-Oct issue misspelled "Kindle" six times as "Kindle" → "Kinclie", 4). What's the Plan, Stan? (Bob Jarecke, 5). The Best of the TCS — Fall 2008 (Bob Jarecke + Richard Rucker, 20). August 2008 General Meeting — Images, From Capture to Presentation (Lawrence I. Charters, 24). September 2008 General Meeting — Apple's Smallest Computers: the iPhone and iPod touch (Charters, 28). Highlights of Pi Board Activities, August-September 2008 (Gordon Nord, 33). SIGs (34). August Genealogy SIG (Tom Carlson, 37). September Genealogy SIG (Carlson, 38). In Memory (39). Pi Office = Suite 701 (40).

Combined November + December General Meeting (consolidated due to Thanksgiving + Christmas): - December 6, 9:30 AM, Luther Jackson Middle School: Home Networking (Charters) + Top Ten Mac Gifts (Steve Roberson) + raffle (iPod touch).

Highlights

★★ Larry Kerschberg Director Confirmed

Larry Kerschberg is listed as a Pi Director in the masthead (l.kerschberg@wap.org). His tenure as Director begins by Nov-Dec 2008 at the latest (previously documented as starting Jan 2009 2009-01 — V31 N01). User-confirmed timeline correction.

★★ Jay Castillo Architects the Strategic Plan

Jay Castillo is "our man with the plan" (Jarecke's words) — Castillo is a newly elected Director who brings the planning experience that drives Pi's first formal Strategic Plan. The 5-member Management Committee does the strategic work. Plan being edited into a draft as of Nov 2008. Direct origin of the 2009-01 — V31 N01 "Pi Strategic Plan + Year of the Pi" article.

★★ Jarecke's "Last Year as Grand Poobah"

Bob Jarecke writes: "As I started my last year as the 'Grand Poobah of the Pi'..." — confirms Jarecke Presidency runs May 2006 – mid 2009 (~3 years total). Castillo's mid-2009 ascent (2009-07 — V31 N04) was the planned succession.

★ Treasurer Change

Thomas Carlson is now Treasurer (was Gabriel Roth in 2008-07 — V30 N04). Carlson moved from VP Publicity. Quiet but real BOD turnover mid-2008.

Pi Office Moved — Suite 701

Pi office moved from Suite 201 to Suite 701 at 12022 Parklawn Drive. Internal-building move. (American Plant Foods still landlord per 2007-11 — V29 N06.)

Sep 2008 General Meeting on iPhone + iPod touch

Apple's Smallest Computers — iPhone (Jun 2007) + iPod touch (Sep 2007) covered. App Store launched July 10, 2008; iPhone 3G shipped July 11, 2008 — exactly when Pi's August meeting was being planned.

Mossberg June Meeting Happened

Per the Correction: the Sep-Oct 2008 issue covered the June 28 Mossberg meeting (which actually happened — Kindle was misspelled there). So the 30th Anniversary Mossberg event of 2008-05 — V30 N03 preview did take place. We just don't have the Sep-Oct PDF.

OpenOffice Aqua — Jonathan Bernstein

OpenOffice 3.0 Aqua beta — native Mac OS X port (no X11). Pi catches the moment.

Combined Nov+Dec Meeting

Pi consolidates Nov + Dec General Meetings — Thanksgiving + Christmas conflicts. First time? Format Pi will use through the eJournal era.

Charters Closes the Print Era

This is the final print Pi Journal issue — V30 N6 ends the print run. 2009-01 — V31 N01 begins the eJournal era. Charters edits both eras.

Entities

People: Bob Jarecke (President, "last year"), Thomas Carlson (Treasurer — new), Gordon Nord, Jay Castillo ★ DIRECTOR (Strategic Plan architect), Larry Kerschberg ★ DIRECTOR CONFIRMED, Len Adler, Richard Allen, Jonathan Bernstein, Pat Fauquet, Brent Malcolm, Richard Orlin, Charles Reintzel, Mike Schneible, Lawrence I. Charters (Editor), Nora Korc, Richard Sanderson, Patsy Chick, Dan Wages, Herbert Block, Steve Roberson, Richard Rucker, Tom Carlson Topics: Strategic Plan Origin, Management Committee Formed, Jarecke Last Year, Kerschberg Director Tenure, Castillo as Plan Architect, Pi Office Suite 701, End of Print Pi Journal, 2008 Board Roster References: OpenOffice Aqua, Rage Sitemap Automator, ArkivMusic

Connections to other issues

• ★★ End of Print Pi Journal = This is the last print Pi Journal. 2009-01 — V31 N01 launches the eJournal. Vol 30 N6 closes 30 years of print Pi Journal (Feb 1979 1979-02 — V01 N01 → Nov-Dec 2008).
• ★★ Strategic Plan Origin = Castillo + Management Committee work in Nov 2008 → 2009-01 — V31 N01 published Strategic Plan + Year of the Pi article
• ★★ Kerschberg Director Tenure = Larry Kerschberg confirmed as Director by Nov 2008 (3 months earlier than previously documented)
• Jarecke Last Year = Jarecke confirms May 2006 – mid 2009 tenure
• Pi Office Suite 701 = 12022 Parklawn Drive intra-building move