MCMS 2001 and AutoSession

Hi all, 
i have the following

A template named "model" inside the site builder.  
The code for the template has the following two lines,
  1) including the NR/.../Access/Resolution.inc
  2) including the /templates/model.asp

I can access the model posting via the browser and response.write "hello 
world"

the problem is that if I try to use the AutoSession, I get "Object
required 
error".  By that I mean AutoSession is not set.  Can anyone help me 
understand why this object is not set in this context?

thanks in advance,
A.