Hey, hey, hey let's BRAINSTORM... 

		 		OKAY! 

			Yes it IS going to happen. 
	
	As we have done in the past we will have 2 major parts to
BRAINSTORMIN'.  First we will have the onsite (that means here at
Atari) sessions which are open to anyone who submits two 1 page
proposals.  Second we will have our 3 day offsite sessions at Boulder
Creek Country Club which 40 people will be able to attend. 

	There will be something NEW this time. Instead of limiting the
BRAINSTORMIN' to PRODUCT ideas we will also be BRAINSTORMIN' on SYSTEM
ideas and ENABLEMENTS. 

	By "SYSTEM" we mean the SYSTEM that we all use everyday to
develop products. The SYSTEM is ATARI. And we will be BRAINSTORMIN' on
ideas that might help make the SYSTEM work better for everyone.

	An "ENABLEMENT" is that which allows or facilitates the
improvement of product quality. This includes but is not limited to,
technological improvements, gameplay innovations, software and
hardware tools. An ENABLEMENT should help solve the need to
continually improve the quality of our products. 

	So here is how it will work.
	
	Onsite BRAINSTORMIN' will be held on the afternoons of two
separate days. 	If you want to participate in these meetings you will
need to submit at least 2 concise written proposals NO MORE than 1 page 
each. 

Proposal #1	A concept and/or outline of PRODUCT or GAME IDEA and
		or an ENABLEMENT. 
Proposal #2	A concept and/or outline of SYSTEM or SYSTEM ENABLEMENT. 
		( Something that would make ATARI a better company.) 

	THIS IS BRAINSTORM! NO IDEA IS TOO SMALL, SILLY OR STUPID! 
		(For you old-timers "PO" still lives)

	Please VAX mail both of your 1 page proposals TOGETHER to this 
address. THE DEADLINE FOR BOTH PROPOSALS IS JULY 17th @ 11:59 pm.

	Once we receive all the proposals we will divide the proposals
into SQUADS of no more than 10 people. Each SQUAD of 10 will be put into 
a GROUP CATEGORY.  We will inform you as to whether your SQUAD is 
GROUP A or GROUP B. Your SQUAD will meet twice onsite. Each SQUAD will 
cover all the proposals of that SQUADS members under the appropriate TOPIC
for that group for that day. 

	DATE		TIME			TOPIC
					GROUP A     :	GROUP B
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Friday July 31st 	2:00 to 5:00 pm	:  SYSTEM   :	PRODUCT	
Friday August 7th. 	2:00 to 5:00 pm :  PRODUCT  :	SYSTEM
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	Offsite BRAINSTORMIN' will be held at BOULDER CREEK country
club on... 	    Sunday August 16th through Tuesday the 18th. 
40 people will be choosen from the group of onsite participants to 
attend the offsite sessions.

Happy 'stormin', go wild...

MSP

That's right 'stormers!  The offsite brainstorming has been extended to include
wednesday August 19th.  We got so carried away planning the event that we
went ahead and added an extra day!

To recap the offsite stormin-time:

Please reserve the 17th, 18th, and 19th of August (please  reserve sunday the
16th as a time to arrive early evening).

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BTW: you still have a chance to send in your Game, System, and Enablement
ideas.  But hurry, time's running out!

			===  Your Stormin' Crew ===