The new Commodore Computer Club UK is up and running! Having had its first meeting recently, the CCC(UK) is open to all in the United Kingdom and the rest of the world. The club's aim is to support all Commodore 8-bits, as well as the DTV.
The current club officers are Shaun Bebbington, club secretary; Nigel Parker, treasurer; and Allan Bairstow, the club chairperson.
Club rules state that there must be at least one meeting a year. CCC(UK) will also be attending events, such as http://www.byte-back.info , which will be held in March 2009.
Membership fees start from £3 for six months and up to £30 for life membership.
At the moment, all news is delivered via private members areas of the club forums and through the club's own (again private) Google group. Commodore Free magazine is being phased in as the club newsletter and will soon be released to members first and everyone else second.
The CCC(UK) has access to "spares" (when 'in stock'), such as chip or keyboard replacements and so forth, and can provide easy fixes and maintenance; these will usually be free to members, but will always have a charge for non-members. The CCC(UK) would like to organise workshops, such as using GEOS or Wheels, or using Slang, or even just general 6502 coding. Club members will get first approval on anything that is in the club shop (still to be set up), and any items listed will be cheaper to members than to non-members. For instance, the shop will soon be acquiring some 1541 disk drives; these will be 10% cheaper to members.
Contact either contact@CommodoreComputerClub.co.uk (Shaun Bebbington), or shop@CommodoreComputerClub.co.uk (Nigel Parker)
The CCC(UK) website is http://www.CommodoreComputerClub.co.uk or http://www.SuperCPU.co.uk
Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/