[Coco] Glenside CoCo~123 Newsletter

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The  Glenside Color Computer Club is the last club in the United States that 
still  supports the Tandy Color Computer. As our own numbers dwindled, we 
realized that  we would have to modify our mission if we were to help maintain 
interest in the  Color Computer both locally and around the world. We decided to 
be the one club  that would serve all the users of the Color Computer that had 
become orphans do  to the dissolving of their local user groups.  
We began  by adding to our membership anyone that came to our sixteen 
CoCoFEST!s, whether  they became a financially contributing member or not. Those that 
contributed  helped defray the cost of services we also provided to those 
that didn’t  contribute. Communication was deemed to be the best way to stay 
connected,  disseminate the news of what is happening in the CoCo Community and 
help those  having difficulty with their hobby. 
When the  OS-9 group dissolved, Glenside vowed to support those orphaned 
users by adding  their names to our membership. Later, when a special interest 
group within our  club designed and sold the Glenside IDE Interface at a cost of 
just cost and  shipping, we added their names to our database vowing to send 
them newsletters  as long as Glenside stayed alive. When our member Dave Keil 
created and sold his  CoCo emulator, we again stepped forward to support his 
customers. Bottom line –  we called them members of Glenside just to keep them 
informed and provide the  community with one show each year where users could 
come to see the latest in  technology developed for their Color Computers. 
Again,  we never insisted these folks pay for the newsletters we provide. 
However, some  of these folks sent in contributions from time to time to defray 
costs Glenside  has for these mailings and the rising cost of our yearly show.  
Just this last month we  provided the newsletter in PDF format to all our 
members so that they  could enjoy a better looking newsletter in color than the 
one we normally mail  in B/W. Of our present 144 members, 35 were able to 
download the PDF attachment  and enjoy the color printout. This did save us 35 
stamps and a reduction of  printed documents – folding – envelopes – labels – 
work – time. 
If you  are offended by what we are trying to do for the CoCo community, 
please send an  email to me, Bob Swoger, at  _rswoger at aol.com_ 
(mailto:rswoger at aol.com)   and we will remove you from the our  list. If, on the other hand, you 
believe in what Glenside is doing for the  community, send an email and we 
will add you to the list.  
Just as  Dennis has provided this forum for CoCo users, we also wish to serve 
the CoCo  community as best we can. 
Bob  Swoger, Secretary



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