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I would suggest Amazon locker installation.  We had them installed on our residential campus and the locker has reduced the work load for our student mail operation and the students like the 24/7 access for package delivery and pick-up.  It took some effort to get them installed but well worth the work.  If you want to discuss feel free to contact me. ... Read More

Hello Everyone, At Rockland Community College, we are looking for innovative ideas for our mid-sized (7,000-ish) traditional bookstore operation. We would like to offer excellent services and products for our students and community, but need to generate funds as well. My questions are: Are you self-operated or using a vendor (if so, who)? What ... Read More

Hello all, I am in the process of reviewing a statement of needs paragraph for our coin operated laundry contract. We are a senior military college and provide laundry and dry cleaning services for our cadets' uniforms, however, we also have a coin op laundry available for them to wash their personal (non-uniform) clothes that are not compatible with ... Read More

Good morning, all -   Recent organizational changes at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have resulted in newly assigned auxiliary units.  As the learning curve is tackled to best understand these new responsibilities, I'm asking this group to share best practices and/or highlight what your institution considers Annual Operating Budget, ... Read More

This can be a hard one to get traction on. In my case we had Amazon drivers and subcontractors dropping off packages in our mailroom that should have instead been delivered to offices around campus. I ended up searching for contracts Amazon had with other agencies in the state, found one for a neighboring elementary school district, and used the contact ... Read More

Hi Mark (and all), My experience directly as a conference center professional, is to charge a commission to any approved outside catering company that is equal to the commission rate that the contract company is paying for catering invoices.  For instance, if we were getting 10% commission on all catering as per our contract with our contracted catering ... Read More

The campus catering is is a $5 Million dollar program and $2 million is done through Approved Caterers. So yes it does have an impact on income. The diversity of needs (ethnic) and travel distance (we are 4 campuses spread over Northern VA) makes it difficult to do all of the catering for the campus. We are just looking to recoup some of the lost income. ... Read More

Purdue was doing it at one point. May want to reach out to them? Shawn Dee, Retail Services Manager Guilford Technical Community College Medlin Bldg./Ofc. 150, Level 1 601 E. Main Street, Jamestown, NC 27282 E-mail: sgdee@gtcc.edu Direct: 336.334.4822 ext. 50050 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 309, Jamestown, NC ... Read More

We are interested in pursuing Amazon drop-off services at our location. We are a small community college with a residential population. I am having trouble getting connected with someone at Amazon who could possibly help me.  Any ideas?  Is it worth pursuing? Thanks, ------------------------------ Ellen Ditonto Executive Director Jamestown Community ... Read More

We are in the process of reviewing our policies, but currently and in general we do not allow off site caterers except when we approve an exemption. For culturally specific programs we have offered to bring in as a "consultant" someone from that culture who can assist with the preparation and creation of "authentic" recipes. This appears to be a good ... Read More