The Return of The Best Damn Newsletter in NJ™!
CHALLENGE The Newsletter of the Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County Serving New Jersey’s GLBTI Communities Since 1972
Volume 41, Issue 1, May 2015
So, Where Have You Been? by Allen Neuner I’ll try to keep it simple. Right after the Winter 2014 issue was completed, I was hit with two big problems, both of my own doing. I was cut off from my Internet access by the supplier, Optimum. And my faithful Apple iMac’s hard drive gave up the ghost. Making things worse was my stubborn belief that I would be able to “fix things” by myself. Why I should believe that, when that belief had been proven wrong time and again, never fails to amaze me. Oh, yeah, and remember when you’re told always to back up your computer files? Nope, didn’t. At least, not in any usable kind of file. I create Challenge as a Pages file on Apple, then convert it to a .pdf to take to the printer and send to Suzanne to be uploaded. My brilliant move was to save time and disk space by saving only the .pdf files. Anyway, when the miracle of restoration and publication failed to appear – in January, and February, and March – only then did I start to reach out to my network of friends. Lo and behold, they did not let me down. With major help from Andy Skurna and Ron Kennedy, and my sister Penny in Florida – and the support of Bill, my Tower of Bearitude –- this issue of Challenge appears before you now. Granted, this is a cut-down version, without many of the bells and whistles you’ve come to expect from Challenge. They’ll be back in the months to come. Until then, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your patience and understanding.
Inside Challenge Challenge Information .......................... page 2 GAAMC Events for May......................... page 2 Bulletin Board ....................................... page 3 Getting Personal -- classified ads .......... page 3 Gleanings Queer news from around the world ..... page 4 May Calendar -- LGBT events in and around New Jersey ................... page 5 GAAMC Board Meeting Minutes .......... page 9 GAAMC Information .......................... page 10