#: 17973 S1/General Interest
    24-Apr-93  06:08:38
Sb: New Magazine
Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
To: All

                       Announcing a New Magazine for the
                          CoCo/OS-9/OSK Communities


    Beginning on 1 May, a new publication will debut at the Chicago
    Fest.  This magazine will be my attempt to bring together the CoCo
    OS-9 and OSK communities under one publication and try to give all
    the readers the articles, columns, and departments they have been
    asking for over so many years.  This magazine will serve the
    CoCo, OS-9 and OSK communities equally.  Advertisers for products
    geared for each of these areas will be contacted.  Column writers
    you are familiar with will be there.  Articles that you would like
    to see will be written.  In short, I hope to make this magazine
    what none of the others have done, and to pick up where The
    Rainbow left off.

    The magazine is unnamed at this point, which is where you, the
    potential readers come in.  The first issue will announce the
    "Name that Mag" contest.  The contest rules are this:  You send
    in your entry for the magazine name via e-mail or US mail,
    including your name and address with your entry.  All entries must
    be received before the 15th of May.  In the next (June) issue of
    the unnamed magazine, the top 5 selections will be announced.
    Voting for the winner will then commence in the same manner as
    the entries were made, e-mail or snail mail.  The winner by the
    popular vote will be announced in the July issue.  The winner will
    also receive a set of Labtec Stereo Computer speaker and a free
    one year subscription.  The runner-up will also receive a free
    one year subscription as well as some other goodies to be announced
    later.

    Starting with the May issue, the new magazine will be offered free
    to anyone who wants a copy, and will continue on with three more
    free issues.  After that time, I and my wife (who will be the
    managing editor) will decide if enough user responses were made to
    warrant continuing with the effort.  At the same time, the readers
    can decide if what they had seen so far was worth their time and
    money.  If we both want to continue, then, at that point,
    subscriptions will be gathered and a new magazine, mandated by the
    community members, will be born.

    The first issue will be very small and subsequent issues will grow
    as support grows.  I believe when the first four issues are done,
    we all will have a better idea of what direction this publication
    will take.  I sincerely hope that the reader response is large
    enough to show support for continuing.  I think we can make this
    magazine something that the readers would be proud of.

    Submissions for the contest can be sent to the following:

    Compuserve - 76070,41

    Delphi     - MARKGRIFFITH

    Internet   - Either address above (internet addressing) or
                 mark@datapage.com

    US Mail    - Mark Griffith
                 1368 Old Hwy 50 East
                 Union, MO 63084

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