oakley@cgowgs.dec.com (Fixed in Previous Release... 24-May-1991 0948) (05/24/91)
Posted on behalf of the Amiga Computer Expo '91 organizing committee.
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Amiga Computer Expo '91 - The Finale
Well it is over. History. Memories. Choose your metaphor. Only the
Mastercard and Visa bills remain to come!
Whatever it was the consensus appears to be that it was indeed a very
special happening and that without exception the feedback has been extremely
positive. The bargains were grand. The seminars superb. The atmosphere
electric. And the experience was something else.
If you missed it ... tsk, tsk. If you were there, then you know. People came
from Pennsylvania (GVP), New York (Nikon), Montreal, Toronto, Regina,
Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Edmonton, Red Deer, Rocky Mountain House,
Calgary, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Jasper, Banff, Revelstoke, Port Coquitlam,
Vancouver and Victoria to experience this high class act.
Thanks are in order all around. Over 70 volunteers from the Amiga Users of
Calgary made this show possible. The numbers are still being crunched but it
is safe to say that we did not lose money, attendance for the day was
somewhere over 1100 and over $70,000 in sales took place. An estimated 20%
of our guests were new to the Amiga and of those about 35% were
professionals with potential business applications in mind.
Eighteen door prizes worth over $5000 were awarded (the prize list closes out
this article).
Commodore reps were caught by surprise at the very high interest level
shown in the Unix platform. They tried to cope with having to be in several
places doing several things at once. All things considered they managed rather
well. A valiant effort under interesting circumstances and a special thanks to
Duncan Fraser, Western Regional Sales Manager for Commodore (Vancouver
office and our MC for the day among other things) and Jeff Evans, National
Product Manager-Amiga of Commodore Toronto.
The seminar speakers provided a full day of very high quality, professional
presentations and were all very well received. Many attendees have
commented on the quality and the ridiculously low prices for 6 hours of the
best in Amiga knowledge. It will not be quite as good a bargain next year.
Finally, a very special thank you to a super team of people that pulled
together in a way only we on the committee will ever know. Literally
thousands of manhours spent, hundreds of long distance phone calls,
thousands of sheets of paper spent, tons of miles driven and tens of
thousands of details to be dealt with to pull it off without a hitch. Believe
me when I say they all did a hell of a job. Hats of to all of you guys. It has
been a true learning experience. If any reader is interested in finding out
more about next year's show either as an attendee, exhibitor or presenter,
please contact Geoff Lawrence at 223 Midvalley Way SE, Calgary, Alberta,
T2X 1J7
Here are your prize winners.
Donor Prize Winner
Adita Video Producing Videos with the Stephen Fritz, Edmonton
Toaster
ASDG The Art Department Graeme Earle, Calgary
The Art Department Liam Mearns, Calgary
The Art Deparment Draha Neverly, Calgary
The Art Department John Sewall, Calgary
The Art Department Jason Melnyk
Art Department Professional Ian Knight, Calgary
Art Department Professional Ian Gunn, Calgary
CBM A500 Deluxe Kit with E. Gallant, Calgary
Colour Monitor
Dr. T Tiger Cub with sweatshirt Dorothy Merkley
Gold Disk Hyperbook Ellis Bartkiewicz, Calgary
GVP Scala Fred German, Calgary
Inovatronics Cando 1.5 Darryl Krenzler, Lacombe
Newtek DigiView 4.0 Lance Taylor, Calgary
Saxon Ind. Saxon Publisher Ramona Oucher, Calgary
Soft-Logic Pagestream 2.1 Andrew Wong, Calgary
Computer Shop Express Paint/Beetlemouse Marilyn Bedard, Airdrie
of Calgary
Your First Mini-Megs Ram Expansion David Braun, Port Coquitlam
Computer Co.