[Coco] Glenside Club Meeting: Thursday August 8, 2024 @ 7:30PM Central

Tue Aug 6 21:43:18 EDT 2024

Summer is drawing to a close, and with it with start of the Fall/Winter 
show schedule.

Probably the biggest news in 2024 classic computer events is the 
expansion of the Vintage Computer Festival – Midwest, or VCF-MW. 
Obviously, Glenside is proud to see CoCoFEST! grow in the past decade, 
from the basement at Heron Point in a single room, to taking pretty much 
every square foot of space at the Carol Stream Holiday Inn. We’re also 
proud to represent the Tandy Color Computer (and friends) at VCF-MW, 
which has grown from the same venue (Heron Point) to now holding its 
2024 show at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center. The 2024 show 
will now encompass 50,000 square feet of exhibitor and vendor space, 
which is roughly 10 times the size of our most recent CoCoFEST!. As with 
our fest, admission is free, and we hope to see our membership stop by 
the CoCo Contingent during that weekend. More details are available at 
vcfmw.org <https://vcfmw.org/>.

At the end of September, Tandy Assembly will kick off in Springfield, 
OH. The Color Computer and Glenside will be represented, as will many of 
the other Radio Shack offerings, including the Model I/III/IV and the 
business-focused Model II/12/16/6000 line. By my calculations, this will 
be the 7th Tandy Assembly. More details on the show are available at 
tandyassembly.com <http://www.tandyassembly.com/>.

At this month’s meeting, I’d like to start discussions on holding 
another virtual color computer festival/show in January 2025. The CoCo 
Nation (TCN, when CoCoTALK!) held one in 2020 after we were forced to 
cancel CoCoFEST! that year, and I enjoyed folks sharing their efforts in 
a low effort/low prep fashion. TCN and GCCC held a followup in 2024, and 
I’d like to continue the trend in 2025.

Please join us this Thursday. We will open the call a bit early at 
7:00PM to chat and address any Zoom connections issues folks might have.

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-- 
Jim Brain, 2023-24 President
Glenside Color Computer Club (GCCC)
president at glensideccc.com
www.glensideccc.com