The OAS -- What Is It?
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  The Online Atlanta Society
  Post Office Box 561
  Decatur, GA 30031-0561

The OAS is for YOU, the modem user of the Atlanta metropolitan area!

The OAS is an organization, founded in 1985, of sysops, modem users and
others in Atlanta's online community, dedicated to mutual self-protection 
and the general furtherance of shareware, public domain software and BBS'ing
as a hobby.

The group meets on the first Wednesday of each month, at 7:30 p.m.
Meetings are open to the public, and feature a variety of interesting
computer and tele-communications related topics, as well as offering a prime 
opportunity to meet others involved in BBS's in Atlanta.  We also have a 
variety of give-aways, raffles and other exciting special events.  

In the past, we have given away as much as $10,000.00 worth of software, 
hardware and services in a single year at OAS meetings.  We also have other 
members-only meetings at other times during the month, to conduct club 
business.  The logoff screen will always contain the exact date and time of 
the next meeting.

The group also periodically publishes a newsletter, also called The OASis,
that features news and information of vital interest to BBS users and
operators. We also have several other publishing projects in the works.

You can join OAS for $25.00 per year. This gets you a subscription to the
newsletter, participation in giveaways and other special events (such as
our annual picnic at which we gave away a couple of thousand dollars
worth of prizes last year), and much more. You can join at any OAS
meeting, or send a check (payable to OAS) along with your completed
membership application to the mailing address listed on the application.

Members of the OAS also have full access to all file directories here on
the OASis BBS as well as a more generous daily time and byte limit.

We hope to see you at the next OAS meeting!