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The OSAPAC Committee Over the last 18 years, the following Ontario Educators have served terms on the OSAPAC Committee. Ron Millar Gayle Broad Robert Mandel Carol Lyons Keith Wan Jim Mangan Lise Gadoury Al Maddox John McDonald Jacques Thèoret George MacRae François Richard Daniel Merritt Jeannine Piette Michelle Patry Ross Isenegger John Palbom Kerry Withrow Daniel Gaulin Richard Laferriere Don Dorst Ray Cote Guy Lafontaine Claire Charette Jim Naida Françoise Ouellete Laurie Fountain Lorraine Lemieux-Terrick Mary Storey Constance Legentil Wendy Young Marilynn Wong John Hindle Gilles Cuillerier Tim Hawes Stewart Nutt Martin Serre Nazreen Motiar Hélène Montfort The following were Ministry of Education Representatives to the Committee Bill Mitchell Bill Lipischak François St. Pierre Francine Martineau John Smith Denise Doré Some of the ground breaking accomplishments of these groups include: Software for the Icon computer - imagine networking in the classroom in the early 1980's! Development of software evaluation forms to compare software A with software B with connections to curriculum! Not just software for the sake of software. Development of rubrics to evaluate software Creation of the OSAPAC Software Catalogue, first on paper and then on the new paper saving medium --- diskettes! Defining Desktop Publishing in the Ontario context with the licensing of Microsoft Publisher Licensing of First Class software to promote communication among educational professionals Licensing of professional software tools - WordPerfect Office, CorelDRAW!, Filemaker Pro Moving the industry to recognize two radical concepts: unlimited licensing for a province, and teacher takehome rights