Name Who They Are

Val Golding President for many years, Editor of the Newsletter and magzine until 1984 and the founder of A.P.P.L.E..  The users group was established in 1978 and was run from the now infamous "Basement" of Val's home in Seattle.  In 1979, the group was moved to Renton where it was until the final issue of the magazine in 1990.

Today, Val is mainly working with his Daughter's school and writing a newsletter for the school.  (And also giving us a bit of his time in order to have completeness to this project.)

Dick Hubert Dick joined A.P.P.L.E. in 1978 and became the Executive Director of the organization which formed.  He was with the group until the end in 1990.  He continues to reside in Renton, Washington to this day.

Bob Huelsdonk Really the 2nd member of the group.  Bob was an engineer who had his Apple done up in a portable fashion so that he could take it to the meetings in order to help with the copying of the software tapes.

Bob also wrote the first Apple II word processor available anywhere which was sold through the users group.  

Today bob is very active with the Mac user's group in Sequim, Washington where he lives.  He and his wife also run a Bed and Breakfast on their ranch.

Mike Thyng The right hand man of Val and Dick through the years.  He is one of the original founding members and continues to be a good friend to the group today.

Don Williams      Don was one of the early members and the founder of the Apple Program Developers Association (APDA).  He designed one of the first 256K memory cards for the Apple II and continued to be involved in the goings on of the group until 1990 when he closed down production operations.  He performed tasks as the group treasurer at the end.

Charles Stillman  Charlie was another early member of the group and was active in the magazine well into the mid 1980's.  He was manager of Member Services when the group began to close operations in 1990.

Dr. David A. Lingwood David was the Communications Manager and the Publisher for MacTech Quarterly as well as an early member who proved his worth to the group over and over again over the years with his informative articles in Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine.