Linux World / Network World 2006

[William Park]

On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 02:46:55PM -0400, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> What is yet to be determined is whether the brain-trust of GTALUG can
> wrap it collective head around the reasonable insistence that a free
> booth be primarily used to show off the LUG rather than its members.
>
> This is only a contentious issue for those those who primarily want to
> use TLUG to sell their own wares. Within mosts non-profit bodies and
> other LUGs, such interests are held by sponsors rather than members.

If I sponsor GTALUG, am I a sponsor, a member, a board member, or all of
the above?  


> Within GTALUG, they appear to be the prevailing agenda, resulting in a
> lack of collective work and vision. Damn shame.
> 
> >The conditions aren't unacceptable for a "free" booth given Evan's 
> >explanation and his offer to help find an acceptable solution.
> 
> To that end, I've scheduled an in-person meeting with Plum for later 
> this week. As William said in the message that started this sub-thread, 
> "stay tuned".

Arrrgh... Evan, you're not helping here.  Please don't speaking on
behalf of GTALUG or impersonate GTALUG officier without proper authority
(ie. board's written approval).  Be assured, we're in negotiation with
tradeshow organizers, so matters will be settled quickly.

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