Re: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter

2007-11-26 Thread Simon P. Ditner
A two tiered membership system seems like a nice simple way to go. Outside of leveraging our numbers for discounts, what do people expect out of being part of a professional association? On Nov 23, 2007 12:12 PM, Keith Major | Aquarius Telecom Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think developing

Re: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter

2007-11-24 Thread Martin Glazer
PROTECTED] Sent: November 23, 2007 12:22 PM To: biz@taug.ca Subject: RE: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter 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

RE: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter

2007-11-23 Thread Jim Van Meggelen
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

RE: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter

2007-11-23 Thread Keith Major | Aquarius Telecom Inc.
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

Re: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter

2007-11-23 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Thursday 22 November 2007 20:27:06 Shidan wrote: reflects that we are more than Asterisk would only help. Something like the Ontario VoIP list makes much more sense for who we are now, Actually I think oVoip is kind of catchy... oh-voip... I like it. :-) -A.

[biz] fundraising / business newsletter

2007-11-22 Thread Simon P. Ditner
It's fun been doing everything with shoe-string budgets, but it would be nice if we had a bit of cash coming in to cover incorporating the group, and then be able to properly accept sponsors for larger events. So I'm just testing the waters ... would anyone be interested in a) advertising in a

Re: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter

2007-11-22 Thread Reza - Asterisk Enthusiast
or heavily discounted service plans for non-profits and/or charities, such as Scotia Bank. My 2 cents. Best, Reza. - Original Message - From: Simon P. Ditner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biz@taug.ca Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 2:05 PM Subject: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter It's fun

RE: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter

2007-11-22 Thread Jim Van Meggelen
-6111 x6001 877-CORETEL x6001 (Canada) www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2177 http://downloads.oreilly.com/books/9780596510480.pdf -Original Message- From: Simon P. Ditner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 22, 2007 2:05 PM To: biz@taug.ca Subject: [biz] fundraising / business

RE: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter

2007-11-22 Thread Chuck Mariotti
is. My 2 cents. Regards, Chuck -Original Message- From: Simon P. Ditner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November-22-07 2:05 PM To: biz@taug.ca Subject: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter It's fun been doing everything with shoe-string budgets, but it would be nice if we had a bit

Re: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter

2007-11-22 Thread Mike Ashton
of benefit. As well, could always start this without TAUG at the heart of it but linked... but not sure where your vision is. My 2 cents. Regards, Chuck -Original Message- From: Simon P. Ditner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November-22-07 2:05 PM To: biz@taug.ca Subject: [biz] fundraising

RE: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter

2007-11-22 Thread Jim Van Meggelen
3:35 PM To: biz Subject: Re: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter I'd be in for providing some funds to get things moving, this group is an invaluable resource. Chuck brought up, about linking to TAUG, and this brought on the thought that Are we morphing? Have we evolved?. Maybe

Re: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter

2007-11-22 Thread Shidan
- From: Simon P. Ditner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November-22-07 2:05 PM To: biz@taug.ca Subject: [biz] fundraising / business newsletter It's fun been doing everything with shoe-string budgets, but it would be nice if we had a bit of cash