[SGVLUG] Anyone want to sell our souls?

[Bourbon Odenthal]

Agreed.  I'm not in

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> wrote:
> <Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> wrote:
>> I've received a solicitation from a company that sells memory -- they
>> would like to be a "sponsor" of our user group.  In his words, this
>> means, "...Our sponsorship
>> for user groups is different for each one and is dependent on what the
>> group
>> and us agree upon, but usually consist of a product giveaway or an
>> exclusive
>> group coupon from us."
>>
>> [I suspect this "sponsorship" is "in consideration for allowing them to
>> advertise to us / on our website"...]
>>
>> So, do we bite on this dangling bit of bait?
>
> Nope.  IMHO the best thing about Linux user groups is that they
> are free of entangling corporate alliances...
>