WAP Hotline
Phone-based volunteer help for Pi members. The idea originated in Hersch Pilloff's "Another Opinion" (February 1980, 1980-02 — V02 N02) on tapping member expertise.
Boris Levine operationalized it in 1981 via a questionnaire distributed at the July 1981 meeting producing a volunteer roster. The Hotline page debuted in the September 1981 issue and became a regular fixture. Volunteers listed area of expertise and phone (with "no calls after 10:00 pm" common restriction).
How Pi has treated it
- 1980-02 — V02 N02 — Pilloff's "Another Opinion"
- 1981-01 — V03 N01 — NEWSIG volunteer phone list (precursor)
- 1981-08-09 — V03 N08 — Hotline launched
- 1981-10 — V03 N09 / 1981-11 — V03 N10 / 1981-12 — V03 N11 — recurring Hotline page