[ale] [Fwd: Advertising on ale.org]

[Beddingfield, Allen]

Since recruiting membership is getting harder for Linux user groups, I think charging dues may be counter-productive.  I can’t really think of any Linux group (that I have been associated with) doing this.
As for corporate sponsors, Red Hat (and SUSE) would want to skew everything toward their distro for sure…  
Just my $0.02 worth…
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Allen Beddingfield
Systems Engineer
The University of Alabama









On 8/7/15, 5:38 AM, "ale-bounces at ale.org on behalf of Wolf Halton" <ale-bounces at ale.org on behalf of wolf.halton at gmail.com> wrote:

>Corporate sponsors would probably be interested in paying in a little to help us out. It really isn't fair thay Jim is paying everything out of pocket. Maybe we should consider a dues structure, if we can find a way not to add to Jim's current workload. 
>System 76, emperor linux, redhat etc may already have funds set aside for enthusiast groups. 
>Are the expenses disclosed anywhere we could see them and has there ever been a "business plan" that would layout future expenses and possible interesting things to do?
>
>Wolf Halton
>Atlanta Cloud Technology
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>> On Aug 5, 2015, at 11:18 AM, Phil Turmel <philip at turmel.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm with JD on this.  Static ads from reputable linux-oriented
>> businesses are fine with me.
>> 
>>> On 08/04/2015 07:29 PM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
>>> Whoa there.  Which website?  What advertising?  Something static from a
>>> Linux aligned company - perhaps.  Dynamic ads - NO WAY.
>>> 
>>> There is a reality here folks.  We have monthly obligations to meet and
>>> wouldn't it be nice to have a lite snack as some of the meetings? We
>>> don't need much, but  ... some minimal income from the right companies
>>> wouldn't hurt.
>>> 
>>> Right now, Jim is paying these bills out of his pocket. I don't think
>>> that is fair.
>>> 
>>> Am I completely out of line here?  There are many Linux groups which
>>> have multiple corporate sponsors. As long as they are aligned, I don't
>>> see the issue.
>> 
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