Hello Bill, I want to contribute and enhance the community by having more opportunities to gather and be social. I have greatly enjoyed becoming part of this community over the past 2 year and what it has to offer: VCF-East, System Source event among others. This is something that I figured I could handle putting together that wasn’t to much of a heavy lift while starting somewhere. Will it be perfect? Nope. Will it be a learning experience most definitely. I have re-acquired several Amiga’s over this time where I have done restoration on some which I want to share. I am very excited to see and hear what others are excited about and their projects as well so this accomplishes both goals. No more computer wars from the 80-90s just hey what’s that and what neat things are you doing with it. I for one think that any computer 30+ years old that turns on and works in generally neat. I hope that helps answer your question to “What is the occasion?" I look forward to seeing and chatting with people I know and making new friends. Sharing excitement with others if they bring something or not. Thank you -Ryan

On May 6, 2024, at 8:30 PM, Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

Ryan, What is the occasion? Bill

On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 7:44 PM Ryan Stapleton via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

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Hello All,

For those that are in Northern VA or want to travel to Northern VA I am going to host a Vintage Computer meetup followed by dinner.

https://www.bluewizard.net/pages/vintagecomputermeetup/

Where:

Chantilly Regional Library 4000 Stringfellow Rd Chantilly, VA, 20151-2628 We have the conference room (smaller of the 2 rooms)

When:

Sunday 30 June 2024 @ 2-6 PM. Group dinner afterwards at restaurant TBD. We will pick a local restaurant to goto afterwards.

Thank you -Ryan