I would still want to keep the meetings and list membership free. In other words, there needs to be a way to be a part of this without being required to shell out any cash. If you want the t-shirt, bumper sticker or any promotional consideration, fine, but the basic membership needs to have as few barriers as possible.
Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Major | Aquarius Telecom Inc. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: November 23, 2007 12:13 PM > To: biz@taug.ca > Subject: RE: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter > > I think developing TAUG into a professional association would > be a good idea with a small membership fee of $25-35/year. > This would help cover the cost of website bandwidth and > tables at conferences like IT360. Being a professional > association, we could leverage our member numbers and get > preferred rates with vendors such as, car insurance or movie > tickets just to name a few. Regarding branding or our group, > keep it the same as it is now. > It takes a long time to develop a brand and one that is easy > to say and unique is something we have going for us; TAUG. > Vendors such as Aastra know us and IT professionals who are > getting into VoIP know us about TAUG and let's not forget the > branding that comes from Asterisk alone. Asterisk is used in > multi-national companies and call centres deploying Cisco on > the frontend and Asterisk in the backend. > > For those who might think about, "What's in it for me?" We > could have a text based vendor directory were prospects can > view in brief what you offer and click a like to visit your > site for more details. I believe this to be a fair and > workable proposal. > > Keith > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.4/1147 - Release > Date: 23/11/2007 > 9:19 AM > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
