I strongly agree with John 1. Barcamp theme isn't for marketing. I think it'll disappoint many people and backfire the image of the company itself. 2. And yes, if we don't draw a line clearly. We might see a lot more advertising topics in the next Barcamp. 3. I have organized many camps before, the worst thing I have ever seen is the angry sponsor.
On Aug 24, 9:27 pm, JFXBerns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My opinion: No, it's not OK. > > I am STRONGLY opposed to this. > > That is not what I think Barcamp is about. We have sponsors, but they > contribute money for a small, passive logo on event materials to show > their support for the open source community. I think that is a fair > trade. > > I don't want people there promoting products. I don't want it to be a > commerical event. I don't want barcamp to become a circus. > > There are events for that. They can promote their products there. > > I don' think it's fair to the sponsors that are contributing to > support the event. > > I don't think it's fair for other companies to use sponsorship dollars > of other companies and the hard work of many volunteers to promote > their products for their own profit. > > No. I don't like it. I think that we have to draw a line somewhere > and that's just a bit over the line. > > If they are registered participants there are welcome to join and they > can post a topic and if they get enough votes they can have a room to > present for 25 minutes. Just like everybody else. > > I think we have to say "NO!" here. If we allow a little this time, > it's not long before we have booths with music blaring and it becomes > just another commercial event driven by money and profit. > > I don't want to sell out > > No. No. No. > > But that's just my opinion. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Barcamp Thailand" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp-thailand?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
