Re: Fundraising

I have been lucky to get the convention sponsors to pay for all my
trips, but I am not sure that will always be true.  In fact, my LinuxTag
trip in July is being paid for by a PostgreSQL support company in
Germany because the sponsors don't have any money.

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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Elein,
>
> > We should not have a use for advocacy $$$.
> > The only thing I can think of is for printing collateral,
> > however, web publishing should be adequate.
>
> What about Trade Shows & conventions?   For example there was a major OSS
> convention in Brazil last month, and they would have been thrilled to have a
> member of the CORE there if we could have flown anyone.
>
> Or, for that matter, printing CDs and brochures to hand/mail to the
> press/conventioneers?  IME, they really, really like this stuff even if they
> could just download it.
>
> --
> Josh Berkus
> Aglio Database Solutions
> San Francisco
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