Lizette is correct. I have been very involved in CMG for years, which most of you have probably heard of and/or attended. The income provided by vendors/sponsors is very important in keeping YOUR costs of attending down. Imagine what it would cost without them, not to mention your job of justifying attending at a higher price. And these things, CMG as well as SHARE, are pricey enough already.
At CMG we handle vendor emails differently than SHARE, and I understand the spam problem. But as Lizette says, there's a delete key. And we all know how to use it. Dave Thorn * Senior Technology Analyst * SunGard Computer Services * 600 Laurel Oak Road, Voorhees, NJ, 08043 Tel 856 566-5412 * Mobile 609 781-0353 * Fax 856 566-3656 CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorized disclosure or use is prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this e-mail from your system. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: How much do you value Share ( Was Spam from SHARE) Listers - I must now put my two cents in. How much corporate sponsorship do you think Share gets? I would think most of their funding comes from the vendors. And the only reason the vendors provide sponsorship is so they can get at us. If everyone opted out of notification of vendor products - do you think Share would continue to get the funds they need so that they can put on the conferences for us? Or is everything free? The hotel, the conference rooms, the snacks between sessions, the handouts? Or our fees paid enough for all of that? I know how to use a delete key, or say "I am not interested at this time" or pitch something into the waste basket. I am okay with this so long as Share continues to provide the conference at the level it is at currently. Now, I am not on the board and I am not sure how or where the sponsorship funds go to. But it is something to consider. Just my opinion Lizette ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
