I really think we be clear about separating TAUG from commercial interests.
Maybe rather than business cards we should have a ballots with some opt-in type wording on it. This may be for the plain reason that some hobbyists won't have business cards. For example: 1) I'd like to recieve more information about joining the TAUG - check Y/N 2) I'd like to recieve more information about implementing Asterisk in my home. - check Y/N 2.1) Prefered contact method: (check one or more) Home Phone, Office Phone, Email, Postal 3) I'd like to recieve more information about implementing Asterisk in my office - check Y/N 3.1) Prefered contact method: (check one or more) Home Phone, Office Phone, Email, Postal 4) The role I play in purchasing/deployment decisions is: Recommend, Approve, Select etc. ... We don't want to go too crazy but we can ask whatever. I think it's important to separate 3 groups at least: casual hobbyists, home users (some may not be hobbyists - "I just want it to work") and the business users. Then we just have to leave blanks for each type of contact info. I can make up the ballots and run them through my paper cutter. How many would we want? A couple hundred? On 3/24/06, Jim Van Meggelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been contemplating the fact that we are planning on collecting > business > cards at VON, and I think this raises an interesting question: How does > TAUG > handle the relationship between the user group, and the business > opportunities which stem from our community work? > > The fact is that as a business man, I would love to have a list of > potential > clients, but as someone who represents TAUG, I want to be ethical in how I > use information that properly belongs to the group. > > So I'm going to look at this from the perspective of someone visiting our > booth, and surmise that some of them would want to make contact with > asterisk-related businesses, and others are only interested in the group, > and might in fact be angered by getting sales calls. > > Perhaps we need two jars, one for the draw (which is TAUG-sponsored, and > will not trigger a sales call), and another for people interested in > receiving calls from the business folks among us (which will have nothing > to > do with any contest). > > Any cards that make it into the biz jar can be scanned. We can then email > that info to any member of the list who emails TAUG and asks for it > (within, > say 60 days of VON, after which I think the info should be considered > stale). > > I'm just brainstorming here. Ideas welcome. > > Jim. > > -- > Jim Van Meggelen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2177 > > "A child is the ultimate startup, and I have three. > This makes me rich." > Guy Kawasaki > -- > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.1/291 - Release Date: 24/03/2006 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- David Donovan Consultant Fulcrum Solutions
