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Subject: Welcome to the Forth Interest Group
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Date: 21 Feb 91 23:30:18 GMT
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
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Category 1,  Topic 1
Message 20        Wed Feb 20, 1991
JDHALL [John]                at 20:53 PST
 
 ...Beyond His Call to Duty 

     The Forth Interest Group being a volunteer organization means  that
people give of their time and energy to support the organization.  It is often
expected and too often unrewarded. Yet there are some  who give beyond what is
expected, some who seem to not be  satisfied with the normal, some who seek
out the lost and provide  help, some who provide for providing s sake without
thought of  reward.

     Each year since 1979, one person from the Forth community is  selected to
be recognized from the many who are in the category of  having  Contributed
Beyond their Call to Duty  toward the support of  the Forth Interest Group.
The group of other so-recognized people,  known as "The FIGGY s", chooses to
honor, and therefore drafts into  their ranks, the one who in their opinion
conspicuously stands out in  this category.

     The FIG RoundTable on GEnie has grown over the last five years  and has
provided another communication channel besides Forth  Dimensions between FIG
members and others in the Forth  community. The difficult and demanding part
of providing this form  of communication is the job of being a Sysop. The
energy and spirit  of the Sysop is reflected directly in the energy and spirit
of the  network. The job on GEnie is so demanding that several Sysops are 
required, and the Sysops of GEnie hold one of their own in great  esteem.

     So, for his tireless efforts as Sysop of the FIG RoundTable on  GEnie,
and for his patience for the last four years as producer and  host of the
Thursday nights  Figgy Bars  on GEnie, The FIGGY s have  selected and would
like to present to you:


                      The 1990 FIGGY of the Year

                                   Gary Smith
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