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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: Commodore Representative..
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Date: 19 Dec 90 05:33:58 GMT
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In article <39483@nigel.ee.udel.edu> JK829055@pucal.bitnet (Jim Karczewski, Programmer -- TTR Development, Inc.) writes:
>
>        I Called Commodore today, here in Chicago and talked with the
>Sales manager about becoming a Student Representative here at my School..
>He said, " It is not in our budget for your school, we are trying to go
>with schools that are larger, liker the the ones in the BIG 10"  Now I
>go to Purdue University Calumet, And we have 8,000 Students here, Plus I make
>trips at LEAST once A Week down to Lafayette where Pudue's Main Campus Is, I
>could also Do demos and stuff like that down there.. It dfoesn't make sense
>that commodore would even pass up a school... Even if it is 8,000 Stuents, I KNO
>   W
>I could sell a Large amount of systems up here.. People are getting sick of thes
>   er
>IBM's Up here..

	Jim, I'm one of the ASOCCs. (at Columbia U.) I have some
suggestions. Here is what happened with me. After I got to
columbia last year I put up posters at the lobby of each of the
dorms. I got about 15 responses. By the end of the first semester
I/we had a users group going.
	I got in contact with the education department at
Commodore and eventually (after several months) got in touch with
the regional people. As Commodore's educational program grew and
our presence on campus increased, Commodore eventually chose
Columbia for the ASOCC program. It wasn't for one year after the
group first got organized that it happened.
	So my advice? Don't rush things. Get organized on campus.
Poster the campus and try to find out who already owns. I didn't
expect to get as many people as I did. After you get followers,
find out who the best local dealer is, preferably one who'll help
out for things. Then, contact Commodore and try to get a
demonstration on campus. We had an outdoor one right in the
middle of campus.
	If you have other questions, just ask.

>
>                                                Jim Karczewski
	-- Ethan

	Woody Allen on Los Angeles:

	"I mean, who would want to live in a place where the only
cultural advantage is that you can turn right on a red light?"