I think developing TAUG into a professional association would be a good idea with a small membership fee of $25-35/year. This would help cover the cost of website bandwidth and tables at conferences like IT360. Being a professional association, we could leverage our member numbers and get preferred rates with vendors such as, car insurance or movie tickets just to name a few. Regarding branding or our group, keep it the same as it is now. It takes a long time to develop a brand and one that is easy to say and unique is something we have going for us; TAUG. Vendors such as Aastra know us and IT professionals who are getting into VoIP know us about TAUG and let's not forget the branding that comes from Asterisk alone. Asterisk is used in multi-national companies and call centres deploying Cisco on the frontend and Asterisk in the backend.
For those who might think about, "What's in it for me?" We could have a text based vendor directory were prospects can view in brief what you offer and click a like to visit your site for more details. I believe this to be a fair and workable proposal. Keith No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.4/1147 - Release Date: 23/11/2007 9:19 AM --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
