Our
number One Honorary Charter Chipster
As the Forum
Master of our Chips Newsgroup, it was Jay who not only provided
the Chipsters with a safe haven, but who guided us through our
initial growing pains.
As a group,
when we first found each other, we were cyber-babes in the woods.
Showing the patience of a saint, Jay introduced us to whole new
concepts such as uploading and downloading, what winzip was,
where to get it and how to use it, the superiority of Paint Shop
Pro for our map creations and the basics of netiquette. The
latter was done by example.
Each time our
board was moved, Jay took extra measures to be sure a new home
was provided for us and took us by the hand (via his shortcuts)
to show us how to get there. While Jay has many other Newsgroups
he's responsible for, he's always let us know he's there for us.
The Charter
Chipsters are very appreciative of all the Jay has done, and
continues to do for us. Thank you Jay.
A short bio
of Jay that I borrowed from the msn Compuer Games Forum's page
:
Jay has served as the Computer Games Forum
Manager for the Microsoft Network (MSN) since
September, 1995 and is an active member of the Association
of Online Professionals.
Prior to that, he spent 16 years in broadcast
television, working as a Writer-producer and Creative Director at
CICT-TV in Calgary. Since going freelance in
1990, he's written columns and game reviews for magazines like Omni
, Compute and Computer Gaming World
; alternated roles as Managing Editor and Games columnist for LiveWire
(GEnie's online Multimedia Magazine); reviewed game sites for
Lycos The Point ; edited a player newsletter for
GemStone III (Simutronics online multiplayer RPG); worked as a
Sysop in GEnie's LiveWire
and Multimedia RoundTables, taught an
Advanced Writing course at the Southern Alberta
Institute of Technology , and served on the
Advisory Board for Mount Royal College
for several years. Not necessarily in that order.
He has been working and playing with computers
for nearly 15 years -- from the Commodore-64 in
the early 80's, to the Amiga in 1985, and IBM
-compatibles in 1989 and has been an active participant in online
communities for over a decade, starting with small local BBS
services in 1986. He also found time to take a series of courses
in Electronic Publishing and Production Management on the Macintosh.
Jay is a fourth-generation Canadian, born and
raised in the prairies and foothills of Alberta. Married 24 years
(to the same woman); proud father of two daughters ages 13 and
16, and adoptee of a large, grey Maine-Coon cat. His interests
include computer games, computers, online networks, multiplayer
gaming, Martial Arts (trains in the Bujinkan school of Togakure
Ryu Ninjutsu, Science Fiction, guitars, motorcyles (owns
a Kawasaki 450), books (writing and reading) and...computer
games.
Link to Jay's ComputerGames Forum :
http://computingcentral.msn.com/topics/computergames/default.asp
midi : "Crowded Head" - Collective
Soul, from Disciplined Breakdown
not that we're
counting or anything, but... 
.
(Since 10-02-98) :)