GALLERY OF HONOR 1994


I know it is rather early to be thinking of the 1994 GALLERY OF 
HONOR but it has been bothering me for some time that the 
following have NOT been inducted into the GOH and I thought I 
would publically post MY SELECTIONS for 1994.

I feel these individuals should have been inducted long ago and 
that the oversight of omitting them should be corrected in the 
next GOH induction.

I recommend that you vote for and support the following:

l.  A person I do not personally like but the GOH is not meant to 
be a popularity contest and what is right is right.  This 
individual deserves to be in GOH, without him there may well have 
NOT been an Adam community.  This person was THE early source of 
Adam hardware and software, nationally known.

His catalog a collector's item, a virtual dream book of adam 
items.

Of course I mean JAY FORMAN (or however he spells his name).
JAY FORMAN, RW RUTH & CO.  was the source for Adam for some 
period of time during its early tenative days.  He should be 
elected either as an inactive adamite or whatever categories they 
have this year.

l.  JAY FORMAN

2.  The next individual I DO like very much.  I admire him 
personally and his technical ability is without question.  
Further he has a willingness and desire to share this knowledge 
with expert and novice alike, although he holds the novice with a 
particular fondness.

He has written for several adam NLs, he has written several adam 
books, he was my CO-EDITOR on the ADAM SURVIVAL GUIDE and while 
we would have had a ASG without him, it would have been of much 
poorer quality, less technically correct and accurate.  Only he 
and I know the tremendous amount of time he devoted to ASG.  He 
MADE ASG the fine publication it is.

MEL OSTLER deserves to be in the GOH.

Another person where I feel we should have honored him while he 
was more active.  

Why the adam community would rather wait until someone leaves or 
becomes inactive to give them the just honors they deserve, why 
we would rather lament their departure rather than giving them 
incentive to stay, I have never been able to understand.

IF YOU VOTE FOR ONLY ONE PERSON, THAT PERSON SHOULD BE MEL 
OSTLER.

2.  MEL OSTLER

3.  The third person has also worked long and hard for Adam.  An 
Adamcon chairmen, a newsletter editor, an AUG officer, and now a 
source of Adam supplies, hardware and software.

He is person who was in on ANN at the early stages and who helped 
both by his support of my ideas as well as his probing 
questioning of other ideas of mine.  While I usually rush madly 
ahead without looking, he among others exerted an influence of 
caution and moderation.  I consider him a friend, a friendly 
face.

He has written well and often in adam NLs.

I recommend RICH CLEE as an inductee for the 1994 GOH.

3.  RICH CLEE.

These are the three which stand out for induction and for whom I 
request your support and votes.

As the actual rules come out and the number to be inducted is 
known, I will name others.

It has been my custom to publically announce who I am supporting 
and why and I shall continue in this custom.

As usually I also offer to oppose any of those I have named if 
they think that will get them more support from the adam 
community.  :) :)

Barry Wilson
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