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FeBRuaRY 1997 --- ReLeaSe 29!
"We Stick To The Roof Of Your Mouth"

Looks like another busy month for FLiP Productions.  I hope all of
you had a good February. Anyhow, a lot of things have been going on
behind the scenes and they are definitely big changes.  FLiP is
taking some big steps forward in 1997.. .  .   .

First of all, we'd like to welcome back Maldoror(502), the very
creative and talented writer and past lit departmental coordinator
from Kentucky.  We hope he brings another productive year for FLiP.
Also we welcome back mixmaster Caduceus(313), who has found some time
between treating his patients to bring us a couple of music tracks.
One of his songs, All I Want (part 2), is up on the ftp site
because it was too large to fit in the pack, but please check it
out!

Next, we'd like to welcome the new members to the group:
Concisis(401) joins the ever growing FLiP Courier Department, he
is sysop of Divine Intervention in Rhode Island.  Another new
member we'd like to welcome is a seasoned Quake veteran named
Rockit(313) to the FLiP sponsored Clan.

Speaking of FLiP's Quake clan headed up by Surge!(313)... We are
on the verge of officially registering the team to join the Clan
Ring.  Surge! is working on the official clan webpage as well as
recruiting members, and ensuring that we meet the Clan Ring
requirements. If you are a talented and frequent i-net Quake
player, you are welcome to try out for the team. Please
email him at his NEW email address (surge_flip@hotmail.com).  He
requests that if you wish to try-out for the team, you must submit
a personal quake-demo of yerself in action, as well as any screen
shots you may have.

Faust(904) has become our new communications coordinator and he's
been doing a LOT for flip lately.  Most recently, he operates the
main bot [tweeter] on #flip on efnet.  Be sure to come and visit
sometimes.  He is also working on a mailing list for the group,
which should be in effect very soon.  (please email both him and
Catastrophe with your email corrections). All of this helps to make
FLiP a more cohesive group, especially in terms of communication
which was perhaps the largest problem in the group during recent
years.  We commend him on his contributions to FLiP and encourage
the use of the new IRC channel.

Starvo(815), the FLiP web coordinator, has been working on a new
FLiP internet site. It will be up very soon and we look forward
to it. Thanks to him and all of those who have helped make the
site a reality.  He is currently in the process of registering
flip.org (read more about it from him further down the nfo file).

Redcoat(+61), the FLiP emag coordinator has come back from his
Mt. Everest hike in one piece<g>.  Currently he is working on a
scene-related emag for FLiP in addition to several coding
projects for FLiP (namely FLiPseeV2).  If you think you can
help/contribute work, please email him (redcoat@singnet.com.sg)

The Warden(306), the Literature Department Coordinator is
working on a new departmental webpage.  It will be up very soon
and be on the lookout for it.  (read more about it from him
further down the nfo).

Let's see... what else???  Oh yeah... Just recently, Surge!(313)
represented FLiP at Quakefest 97 held at Purdue University in
Indiana this past Valentine's Day weekend. If you are curious
how he did, here are some quick stats (8 rounds total btw)...
Round 1A-38/50pts(3rd/8players), 2I-19/50pts(6th/8),
3E-50/50pts(1st/7), 4C-50/50pts(1st/8), 5B-41/50pts(3rd/8),
and 6A-41/50pts(6th/8).  It was his first tourney, but he came
home with prizes (a Quake Hint book and T-shirt). Congratz.
(If anyone participates in any tourneys or compos, leave a
senior member mail about the results, we'd love to hear about
it!)

We'd like to urge ALL members to get involved!  Aside from
releasing material every month, there are a number of coordinator
positions still open in FLiP as well as other FLiP projects
you can partake in.  We also ask that current coordinators get
to know those in your department and take an active role in
recruiting for FLiP.  NEW recruitment is down in ALL departments
with the exception of the new gaming division (currently accepting
Quake clan members and original level designers and game utility
programmers) and the courier department of FLiP.  New recruitment
is necessary for the survival of any group, it also adds new
ideas to the group's collective mind.

That'll be it for this month.  Enjoy the pack.;}

Catastrophe (FLiP Senior)Dinugz (FLiP Senior)
catastrophe@hotmail.comcriscokid@hotmail.com

Here's my Info For the Release, (Maybe I am too LAte?)
It's February, and It Cold (At least Here in Chicago-Land)

But I have more to Blather about than the shitty weather, I Bring
Good/Great news about the FLiP WWW Site!!!

First off, Let's get everything straight:
-flip.org Has not Been Reg'd yet, we NEED to Get it Reg'd ASAP!!!
-To reg this, We Need $100.00 (US Money) NOW!
-I have a Server to Host flip.org (On a T-3 No less :-)
-If Worse comes to Worse, I already have starvo.com Reg'd, and we could
Pretty easily shove flip.starvo.com under it
-Possibly, I am Considering Running Everything Off a The Server
(WWW, FTP, Member pages, Private WWW Boards, Etc..)
-If You Haven't got the flip.org Questionere yet in Yer Email, Request
it from me (Starvey@hotmail.com OR starvo@mc.net)

As Far As WWW Site design has gone, I haven't done Much, I haven't had
really to Much time to, (I switched jobs, Started to move out, and Buy
a new car, and Got a New GF all in the last few weeks)

So... I Need a Co/Primary Webmaster for our New site. I can Do Most of
it, But We'll need some nice FLiP Graphics.. (Preferably 20K or smaller)

For Now, If you want to see a "Virtual Map" Of the Proposed FLiP.org
Site, Check out http://user.mc.net/starvo/flip (Also Check there for
More Nfo).

Well That's MY update for now, PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE, contact me with
your Comments! starvey@hotmail.com (<--Pref) or starvo@mc.net

Starvo/flip webmaster
starvey@hotmail.com

As I'm sure you all know that I'm the new lit coordinator.
I have big plans to change the way lit is presented each
month. I will be doing this via the Internet making a new site
called "FLiP's Monthly Literature Showcase". There you will be able
to read all the literature that has been submitted each month. You
will also be able to read the old literature and learn more about
the authors. So I will be contacting all writers in FLiP to request
for some information. To make things easyer please contact me
A.S.A.P. via e-mail at thewarden@geocities.com or as a last
resort at thepenn@hotmail.com, FidoNet 1:140/150.8, or FireNet
603:1/1. I have other ideas for FLiP in general, such as a t-shirt,
put more information on the web about the members, monthly/weekly
contests, etc. but I'll go into further details at a later date. We
finished 1996 with a bang so why not start the new year with a
bang!

... The Warden [FLiP'97] ...
FLiP Literature Coordinator
thewarden@geocities.com