I was surprised and honored to be nominated for the VCF board! I've been fiddling with computers, and by proxy vintage computers about as long as I can remember. When you're just getting started cast-off old machines are your playground! In 2003 my father and I made the trip from Michigan to DC to visit the Smithsonian museums. At that time there was a whole section at the National Museum of American History dedicated to the history of computers. I was really looking forward to this - and was so disappointed. Static machines, turned off, behind plexiglas. There was an Alto that either had the worst case of screen burn, or the CRT replaced with a plastic slide. In either case it wasn't illuminated. There was an IBM PC and Mac 128k, behind plexiglas, turned off. This is one of the main things I like about VCF: We are able to present systems that work, systems you can touch, systems you can experience. Having a static display of "Oh, look at this hunk of metal and beige plastic" just doesn't do it for me. If elected to the board, I'll continue this tradition of making the full experience of a system available to our guests. Thanks, On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 9:13 PM Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Update! The following is the list of current nominees:
Ian Primus - Nominated by Adam Michlin Alex Jacocks - Nominated by Jeff Brace Tony Bogan - Nominated by Dean Notarnicola Dave McGuire - Nominated by Chris Fala Jason Perkins - Nominated by Evan Koblentz
Nominees should feel free to make statements in support of themselves, if desired.
Please keep the nominations coming!
Regards, Dean
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