Re: Sponsorship of club services

[turnbull@example.com (Stephen J. Turnbull)]

>>>>> "Craig" == C Oda <craig@example.com> writes:

    Craig> It is my belief that the only way for TLUG to continue to
    Craig> prosper is to seek corporate sponsorship of club services.
    Craig> One thing we need is sponsorship for space to have a
    Craig> meeting.  TWICS can get space at the Foreign Correspondents
    Craig> Club if members pay about 500 yen per meeting.  However,
    Craig> this does not strike me as a good long term solution.  It
    Craig> would be better if we could get a corporation to sponsor
    Craig> the meetings long term and have everyone avoid paying
    Craig> membership dues.

    Craig> It occurred to me that this mailing list also requires a
    Craig> commitment from a company.  TWICS now sponsors the list and
    Craig> maintains it mainly because I volunteer for it.  However, I
    Craig> think that this list would benefit from a long-term
    Craig> commitment.  One way to justify this commitment is to have
    Craig> a brief advertisement at the end of the list.

    Craig> The company benefits from having advertising.  The
    Craig> organization benefits from having a stable, supported,
    Craig> mailing list system.

    Craig> In this way, the company can justify things like allocating
    Craig> time to upgrading the mailing list software, clearing up
    Craig> problems, etc.

    Craig> The proposed advertisement should be shown below.

    Craig> If there is criticism of this rational, please let me know.

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Internet and intranet products are available.   info@example.com
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