I both understand and agree Chad. For what its worth ATT has my vote. I think a more trustworthy and secure location would be benificial in addition to the aforementioned benefits, especially where attracting new members is concerned. I for one have always been hesitant to attend a meeting 'at the food court by the ATM at 6pm' ;) regardless, content and presentations are usually the more difficult criterio regarding these groups. Hopefully we can settle location so that topics such as an official website, web content, membership and other benefits may be addressed
Chad Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: >For clarity, AT&T measures everything (including themselves) on >metrics, etc. They have X amount of dollars specified each fiscal year >for sponsoring organizations etc, and are always looking for good >opportunities to do so. This gives them tax write offs, and can use >their participation as good PR/advertisement for the company. This is >why it is a win-win situation. A smaller company might have more >trouble justifying the cost of sponsorship. > >For clarity on my reason for saying this, it's only to explain why >AT&T would host and sponsor our meetings. I'm not using this as PR to >get you guys to meet there. As I've said before, I really don't care >where we meet, and do believe it would make a lot of sense to meet at >a different place each time. > >On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Billy Haines <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have only attended one JaxLUG meeting due to a hectic work schedule but I >> do intend to frequent many more. The AT&T location sounds like a good idea >> to me. As has been stated, no illegal activities which means the ID check >> should not be an issue for most and I have also heard of AT&T sponsoring >> such events.
