A two tiered membership system seems like a nice simple way to go. Outside of leveraging our numbers for discounts, what do people expect out of being part of a professional association?
On Nov 23, 2007 12:12 PM, Keith Major | Aquarius Telecom Inc. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
