[sci.military] The Military Amateur Press Association

dirtybob@blake.acs.washington.edu (Wendell Joost) (11/04/89)

From: dirtybob@blake.acs.washington.edu (Wendell Joost)

The Military Amateur Press Association is looking for writers and
artists who are interested in any or all of the following
subjects:  Military history, firearms, self-reliance and do it
yourself projects, backpacking, skydiving, hunting, fishing and
other outdoor activities, computers and computer gaming, game
design, military strategy and/or tactics games such as:
Diplomacy, Panzer Leader, Squad Leader and Sniper, Science
Fiction and Fantasy role-playing games:  Aftermath, Battletech,
Bushido, Cyberpunk, GURPS, Morrow Project, Traveller, Twilight
2000, live Action gaming, paintball, lazertag, homebrewing and
reloading.
     An APA is a magazine written mainly by its subscribers.
Members must maintain "minimum activity" (minac) to remain in
good standing.  Minac is achieved by contributing an average of
two or more pages of original material per month.  By "original
material" we mean writing or art which pertains to the subjects
discussed in TMAPA.
     In your first contribution you should try to tell the other
members a bit about yourself.  Some of the things you might want
to discuss are your military experience (which branch, how long,
specialty, any interesting "war stories" you have) or experience
with things military, your academic background (high school and
college(s) attended, fields studied) and your general fields of
interest.
     Contributions (contribs) generally consist of three parts.
An introduction (What you've done sincearticle (the subject you're discussing this issue) and mailing
comments.  Mailing comments

Yargh, this verdammt editor ... Anyway, if you're interested in joining,
or have any questions, zip me a reply and I'll try to answer any questions.