Ben's concerns are valid and apply for me - he just beat me in finding the words that expressed my thoughts.
Their web site seems OK. If they address Ben's concerns in a positive way, and their terms are reasonable, I'd say "sure, go ahead; put them on the ThanksTo page" - but I'm not on the board, and haven't recently read the policies of the board, so I don't know if my affirmation means much! --Bruce Ben Scott wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Ted Roche <tedro...@tedroche.com> wrote: > >> Sponsorship would consist of providing giveaways at the meetings (flash >> drives) ... >> > > They tell you what sizes? If they're smaller than 1 GB, they're > prolly just trying to get rid of old stock they can't sell at any > price. Not that I'm opposed to free stuff, but it's good to put a > value on it. > > Gift horse, mouth, Greeks, gifts, etc. > > >> ... a discount code available for our user group members ... >> > > How much is the discount worth? Does it expire? > > >> ... in exchange for posting a sponsorship link on our web site. >> > > A link/banner/button on the "ThanksTo" page would seem okay for this > kind of thing. More than that would require more than some flash > drives, I think. :) > > Any other terms? For example, can either party withdraw from the > agreement at will? > > >> GNHLUG has a Limited Commercialization Policy: >> > > While this is dancing close to the edges, I think it's within the > spirit of the above. Besides, nothing is written in stone. We can > tweak the policy, or withdraw from the agreement, as appropriate. > > >> Comments? >> > > The only other thing I can think of would be that this could turn > into a slippery slope, leading to too many sponsors to properly > acknowledge. But I'd also say that I eagerly look forward to having > that problem. ;-) > > -- Ben > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-org mailing list > gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/ > _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
