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Apple II convention – July 15–20, 2025

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Committee Meeting Minutes

1/22/26

Attendees: Jay, Chris, Ron, Martin, Peter

  • VCF SoCal support
    • We have signage. Rob is ready.
    • We’ll try to have a similar table at other events, e.g. VCF Midwest.
  • Progress with featured speakers
    • Jay contacted J.E., C.E., and D.K. No reply. Jay heard from C.
    • Ron contacted D.H. for a potential interview. Ron interviewed J. M.
    • Also consider modern GS developers.
      • Chris will contact J.B. to see if he’ll talk about his Apple IIGS emulator.
    • Peter will edit/draft press release with theme.
  • Virtual KFest – No updates. Still planning for one day.
  • Roger Wagner has video copies of prior presentations.
  • Discussed archiving equipment at KFest.
  • UIS
    • Martin will re-check with UIS about dining services availability.
  • Begin thinking about shirt and logo artwork.
    • Jay will ask Jordan about interest.
  • Peter will talk to Sean about storage, museum, and trailer plans.
  • Next meeting: 2/5/2026

1/8/26

Attendees: Martin, Jay, Ron, Peter

Agenda and Minutes:

  • VCF SoCal (Feb 14-15) – Rob Kim has secured a table. We need to order a table sign and standing sign – Chris can do this from VistaPrint – DONE 1/9/2026
    • Peter asked Rob about volunteer needs. We don’t need the table fully staffed – a “we’ll be back soon” sign or a cardboard clock sign should be sufficient with intermittent staffing.
    • We still need to post a call for volunteers. Peter will follow up with Rob about volunteer needs.
    • We approve sign/banner/flyer purchases.
  • KFest Online 2026 – what do we want to do?
    • Mark L. has volunteered to help.
    • We can rethink the virtual event duration and schedule. Consider replaying “best of” recordings from in-person event with a small number of original presentations, aiming for about one day. Keep Discord and online discussions. 
    • Possible joint activity with INIT HELLO? Peter will coordinate dates/timing.
  • Timeline
    • Featured speaker – Announce ASAP
    • Open registration – Plan for April
    • Close registration – End of June
    • Send room list to UIS – Early July
  • J. S. has digitized a bunch of Roger Wagner’s Apple III manuals that are part of the KFest museum collection – maybe we should do a news post?
    • Yes – Chris, can you provide details/links/photos?
    • Overall, we need to show progress with archiving collections we’ve gotten.
  • Peter needs to talk to Sean about trailer, cart, and storage consolidation.
  • Featured speaker updates
    • Jay will try contacts through LinkedIn.
    • Jay will share the e-mails he has already sent so we can reuse content.
  • Next meeting: 1/22/2026, and check-in next week internally about speakers