The situation clearly would not do. So a bit over a year ago, the Amiga Developers’ Association was launched as a concerted effort to correct the Amiga’s credibility ills. In its first year, the ADA established itself as a legal organization in all 50 states, thus setting the stage for a long and hopefully glorious future. A new board has recently been established, and its first meeting took place with the help of an AT&T operator and some of its swell con fere n cecal 1 technolog). This year’s ADA board is raring to go. The new chairperson is A1 Hos- pers, the energetic head of Dr, Ts, the music software maker. The 1st vice-chairperson is Melissa Jordan Grey, who, as president of Blue Ribbon Sound Works, has ignored competitive instincts to work alongside AL Our 2nd vice chairperson is Perry Kivolowitz, who, as head of ASDG, launched the acclaimed Art Department series and who happens to have great taste in Italian restaurants. The secretary is Debbie Miller, from New Horizons, of graphics software fame, and our treasurer is Jerry Wolosenko, of Psygnosis, the well-known game extremists. Associate members of the board include Joe Lowery, of AMI Shows, Inc., Bob Wolter of Micro-Pace, and yours truly of Amiga World. I’ll be the first to admit the ADA is a small organization. The membership is tiny, the coffers nearly empty, and it lacks a professional support staff. But size isn’t everything. Focus is. In order to be effective, the ADA has honed its focus into a single goal; to promote the Amiga. And in this, I believe the ADA will be remarkably successful. The timing couldn’t be better. First, the Amiga's ascendancy in multimedia and its penetration into the video fields have given the machine credibility. We’ve got Mac users drooling (more than usual), for goodness’ sake! And the press has clearly taken notice. Second, Commodore’s new American chief, Jim Dionne, has already broadened distribution, added greater support for small dealers, and worked to lower the price and increase the prestige of the A500, which will turbo-charge that side of the market, Jim had the Amiga going gang- busters in Canada, and there is no reason he can’t do it here, especially with all of us behind him, .And with CDTV about to blow, we've got the big boys like Tandy, Microsoft, and Philips on the run. Finally, readers of Amiga publications have done their part. Nearly every day I get copies of magazines that include letters from readers demanding more Amiga coverage. A recent issue of Publish! Ran one such letter and then pledged to cover the Amiga more aggressively. Hey, we’ve got these folks primed! To maintain the pressure, the ADA is already at work on position papers to be sent to the computer press, and is putting together a major membership drive. It also plans to communicate with its members through a regular newsletter. But most of all, it plans to lobby for our system, so that a decade from now we can load Dpaint 12, which will control our Video Microwave on our tried-and- true, 68090-based Amiga 18000.