Amiga 25th Anniversary???

[amigadave]

I haven't seen any talk here about plans for any meetings, celebrations, or even online events for the Amiga's 25th Anniversary this Summer.

Are there any plans for anything to celebrate this anniversary here on A.org?

Also, this thread might be a good place for members here to place information about any meetings, parties, or other kinds of celebrations of the Amiga's 25th Anniversary that they are planning, or planning on attending.

I would like to plan something at my house if any are interested in joining me for a day or a weekend of Amiga fun.  I'll have to do some research to find which date would be most appropriate, but I am guessing the announcement date where Commodore did the press release on July 24th, 1985 at the Lincoln Center in New York City would be the best date to choose.

A quick look at the calendar shows me that July 24th falls on a Saturday this year, which is perfect for an Amiga get together, either for the day, or for the whole weekend.

Anyone wanting to come to Big Bear Lake, California for an Amiga celebration contact me through my email address shown in my profile here on A.org. (see the "about me" tab)

[amigadave]

I am all for a gathering in the south-east or east-coast area.  I believe a few more would be on board with this.  I have not been to an AmiWest, ever, though every year I pledge to make it -- the cost in money or time has just been too much for me.

Anyone else?  I think a 25th year party would be great, especially if surrounded by a convention showcasing the entire history, from start to present, demonstrating what imagination, creativity, sweat and tears can do.

Great, try to put something together with as many Amiga users you can find to attend.  Have a party, take some pictures to post here afterward and maybe we can all meet on IRC, and/or a free Skype group video call from several different Amiga parties for a few minutes.

It would be fantastic if we can encourage people to get together on the same day at the same time and document how many people still enjoy using, emulating, developing new hardware/software for, or at least fondly remember the Amiga computer.  Let's spread this idea to all Amiga related websites and perhaps even some non-Amiga computer related websites and see how many people World wide we can get to celebrate the Amiga's 25th Anniversary on July 24th, 2010.  Party and celebrate in what ever way you will enjoy the most on that day with as many Amiga user friends as you can gather together and send the number of attendees to this thread so we can get a count and publish it for all the World to see just how many people still use, emulate, or think fondly of their past use of the Amazing Amiga that was ignored in almost all histories of the computer revolution of the 1980's.

I am sure I can get at least two Amiga friends to attend and might be able to talk another 3 to 5 into coming to my home to celebrate.  How many can all of you get to commit to getting together on that date to celebrate the Amiga?

Party like it's 1999!:laughing:

[amigadave]

Wow, this is disappointing nobody noticed :-)

http://www.amiga25.com

Will put announcements up there.

I did a search here for "25th" and nothing came up about the Amiga's 25th Anniversary?

When did you put up that website and how much reaction have you had so far?

I would like the Amiga community to make as much noise over the next 5 months leading up to July 24th, 2010, so much so that we could actually get noticed in some non Amiga news agencies and computer websites and have them acknowledge that we are still here, small as we might be, and that work continues on AmigaOS4.x, MorphOS2.x and AROS.

Not that it will make any difference, but it would be so nice to get some recognition and raise awareness and respect for what the Amiga was and less so what it continues to be.

[amigadave]

Dave, at our April SCCAN meeting, it was agreed we could have our next meeting at your house.  How does the June 12-13 weekend sound?

I know... I know... an early 25th anniversary
Amiga celebration,  
Robert Bernardo
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.sccaners.org
July 24-25 Commodore Vegas Expo 2010 - http://www.commodore.ca/forum
and click on ComVEX

That might work out, contact me via email at my earthlink.net email address and we can discuss the possibility of having the SCCAN meeting here.  That will not replace the actual 25th Anniversary Amiga Party I am planning to have on July 24th & 25th, but any of the SCCAN members that want to attend both are welcome to do so.