What about inviting MemEx to Linuxfest that's in the works? Give 'em a free table to push their wares and we all benefit.
~Mike On 9/8/05, bogi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, you got to understand, the hardware market is very rough these days, i > find their reasoning quite understandable. I would suggest an olive branch, > that is, let's invite them to some events we have coming, let them show their > stuff and/or bring some of their techs to gain practise. Springs into the > mind, the installfest, Let them bring some boxes (with Linux on them) to show > off, springs into the mind, our other sponsors should also be notified about > the event, they may want to show up or present themselves. I would tend to > think, the relationship between Clug a sponsors should be mutual, in the > sense the sponsors should also get a kick from associating with Clug not just > the Clug members getting the usual discounts and free books ans stuff. > > Cheers > Szemir > > On September 7, 2005 15:13, Shawn wrote: > > I was in Memory Express today and they informed me that they no longer > > offer CLUG members a discount. This was news to me, and I let them know > > that I'm the guy who should really know these things... > > > > So, a phone call was made to one of the owners to confirm this. So, > > effective immediately, we no longer get a discount. They say the margins > > just aren't there anymore. > > > > We may do something with them in the future, but they want us to come up > > with a proposal and submit it to them. The exec will put this right at the > > top of our priority list.... maybe... maybe not.... :) > > > > Shawn > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > -- Mike Bougie http://mikeandrose.blogspot.com Linux User 394239 697D3 F03C9 455B5 98819 9A83A 10F5C 4A710 34A0A _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
