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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Gernerally, people you pay money will give you vendorwear.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Call up your suppliers and ask for more </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sean K. Finn<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 13 October 2011 11:52 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Eric Pinkerton'; 'Ausnog@ausnog.net'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] OT: Vendorware and associated swag.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Was that the stick of Fibre?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>That’s floating around here somewhere but we had to agree to stop using it as an ICBM (Inter-Cube Ballistic Missile) in case someone got a glass-fragment-needle-stick injury.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I was an unwilling, although happy, participant, in to an attempt to convert the entire Vocus Cache of RedBULL to vendor-swag however from AusNOG.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>You will be happy to know that 3 Cans made it through customs and ended up in our NOC for the team here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>S.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Eric Pinkerton [mailto:Eric.Pinkerton@stratsec.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 13, 2011 1:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> Sean K. Finn; 'Ausnog@ausnog.net'<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: OT: Vendorware and associated swag.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'>Your welcome to the stick of rock that Vocus gave me at Ausnog!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#3F3E29'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#3F3E29'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#3F3E29'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#3F3E29'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#3F3E29'>Eric Pinkerton<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3F3E29'>Principal Consultant</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#3F3E29'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#3F3E29'>STRATSEC.NET PTY LTD<br>Level 6, 62 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='color:#F58025'>M</span><span style='color:#3F3E29'> +61 419 827 312 | </span><span style='color:#F58025'>AU</span><span style='color:red'> </span><span style='color:#3F3E29'>1300 027 001 | </span><span style='color:#F58025'>Intl</span><span style='color:#3F3E29'> +61 2 6260 8878 | </span><span style='color:#F58025'>F</span><span style='color:red'> </span><span style='color:#3F3E29'>+61 2 9251 6393 |</span><span style='color:#F58025'>E</span><span style='color:red'> </span><span style='color:#3F3E29'><a href="mailto:eric.pinkerton@stratsec.net">eric.pinkerton@stratsec.net</a> | </span><span style='color:#F58025'>W </span><span style='color:#3F3E29'><a href="http://www.stratsec.net/" title="blocked::http://www.stratsec.net/"><span style='color:#3F3E29;text-decoration:none'>www.stratsec.net</span></a></span></b><span style='color:#3F3E29'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sean K. Finn<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 13 October 2011 2:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Ausnog@ausnog.net'<br><b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] OT: Vendorware and associated swag.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Guys,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Slightly off-topic (Very).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some of my NOC Guys get presents after we get back from events like AusNOG and other events, in the form of, for example, AusNOG Shirts, Cisco Shirts, Google Pens, Rubix Cubes, Flashy things and Equinix Velcro ties. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Being in the background means that they don’t always get to come along to events, so we try to look after them by bringing back as much ‘swag’ as possible and sharing it around.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>However, sometimes there’s just not enough to go around, and not everyone gets looked after!)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(A notable Exception was an AAPT Event this morning that provided Chocolate covered Coffee beans. We were able to get away with enough swag to deck out the whole office. Thank you AAPT.).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>MY QUESTION to the list is, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Apart from turning up for events, are there any links that anyone is aware of that we can request vendorware, swag and other nicknacks from?<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If any vendors are on the list and would like to send some swag or vendorware our way for the guys in the background, please feel free.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Of course, this is very off-topic, slightly tounge-in-cheek, but I promised the guys that I’d post to AusNOG to find out., and, hopefully score them some swag.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>(And several lurk on this list, too).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU>Sean.</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-AU>Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering.<br><a href="http://www.mailguard.com.au/mg">http://www.mailguard.com.au/mg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><a href="https://login.mailguard.com.au/report/1Djjv4eN82/oc93mGCRK00KaijtPOLsa/0.002">Report this message as spam</a> <br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p>Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering.<br><a href="http://www.mailguard.com.au/mg">http://www.mailguard.com.au/mg</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <br> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>