Respectfully, and only in the 'for what it's worth' capacity, Alexandro's
dilemma is an excellent illustration of why it is so important to allocate
budgets in advance. And generally, if there is agreement to this concept
(which I have heard support for but no one spoke against -- unless I've
missed it which is certainly a possiblity) that some sort of annual 'in
advance' budgeting/funding process be adopted, then it would be good to plan
to 'draw a line in the sand' so to speak; to establish a demarcation point
where funding requests subimtted prior to that time will be considered and
allocated a budget in accord of historical practices...
And that from that point forward, funding requests will be prioritized for
projects which are (for example) 'planned at least 6 months in advance'
and/or meet other criteria as spelled out in our cohesive marketing strategy
<grin>.
I further suggest that 'now' would be a good time to (do more than) consider
such a change of procedure by (for example) funding all requests now on the
table which would recieve funding in terms of established practice and then
declaring a hiatus until such time as a new process is convened.
Additionally, it would seem highly prudent (during this time of hiatus) to
focus our collaborative attention on providing 'marketing support' to those
projects granted funding with a major portion of this energy invested in
promoting our annual conference -- by providing those who are doing the
hosting and/or exhibiting with support materials, strategic planning
guidance, and promotional networking capacity.
Anyway, John, whereever you are <smile>, hope you are having some
well-deserved fun.... ~Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Florian Effenberger" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [marketing] Request for funding to go to Scale in Los Angeles
Hi,
Alexandro Colorado wrote on 2010-01-19 12.04:
have we reached an agreement for this, I really need an approve from
John since the event will be in less than a month and I am not sure I
would be able to find a price under the 500 that I initially found at.
he's not online at the moment due to his move. Maybe you drop him a text
message (SMS) on his mobile phone if he can look into it?
Formally, he has to approve, no on else can.
Florian
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