P A R T N E R S - W I T H U S ?
PARTNERS -- BENEFICIAL AFFILIATIONS:
Partners involved in computer sales and services have been very helpful in providing programs, space, consulting, recommendations, support, and, sometimes providing door prizes for our general meeting.
FRPCUG currently is in a contractural and partnership arrangement with the Fort Collins Senior Center to provide classes on a regular basis in exchange for scheduled meeting space for monthly General Meetings and for our Board of Directors Meetings. These arrangements have greatly facilitated our educational mission under the 501c3, non-profit status. We have been carrying out these activities over the last five years, beginning in January, 2003.
Partner benefits include listing and links on our website, advertisements in our publications, opportunities to present new hardware and software at our General Meetings, and access to 50 member-customers at an extremely low cost. Our long association with the Data Service Center (DSC) is testimony to our fidelity to the partnerships in the past.
Since DSC has closed we are working to forge an on-going relationship with Run PC. Run PC is a merchant of computers, peripherals, software and service to which DSC has referred its customers and suppliers. Run PC has built the same quality and manufacture of custom computers as did DSC and has two levels of warranties, at three (3) years and at one (1) year for the same products. Though each former customer of DSC should verify the warranty from DSC will be honored by Run PC for their particular purchase, it is our understanding that warranties generally will be honored there.
Jon, the owner at Run PC, "wants to build on the foundation of cooperation and trust built by DSC with our club."
FRPCUG SEEKS PARTNERS
FRPCUG accomplishes much through partnerships with other organizations and businesses. The importance of these relationships is described here on our WEB Home Page. We have had some of these relationships for two decades, others, even longer. The process is about community building for the computer club. Among the benefits are some of the most interesting programs brought to us from outside the club membership, yet coming from member experiences. These Partners assist in our advanced planning, developing programming themes, and providing resources for Club meetings, classes and activities. We honor our Partners.
FRPCUG PARTNERS WITH FORT COLLINS SENIOR CENTER
Over the past several years our club has paid it's rent by teaching a series of courses offered through the F.C. Sr. Center and advertised in the Pathways Magazine. These classes provide opportunities to community members and club members, alike, to hone computer skills and develop courses that have durable appeal to the community. See the Computer Class Schedules link to the right! Jump in and help teach or take the classes to learn and improve computer skills.
