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<font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I wonder which organisation was behind this - because it reads </span></font><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">like the corporate, for-profit interests of sponsors have
been prioritised over the goal of fostering a NOG community… and all for what? </span>
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<div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Spite? Jealousy? Ego?</div>
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<div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It sure has heck isn’t sponsorship, because sponsorship implies you’re helping to grow and promote the community as much as the event, which this action certainly does not. </div>
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<div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Hopefully anyone who’s already ordered merch (are the lads from FlexOptix on here - at least you can now save on baggage, if you’re still coming?) can give it away at another event instead.</div>
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<div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kind regards,</div>
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<div>-Brad Peczka</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On 2 Aug 2022, at 12:20 pm, david@hughes.id wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span>Afternoon all,</span><br>
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<span>We've been contacted by one of the sponsors of our conference in April about companies who aren't sponsors handing out promotional material, in particular branded t-shirts etc. While everyone likes getting a bag full of free merch, we ask that attendees
respect the financial commitment that our sponsors make towards funding the conference. They cover almost half the cost and in return they get the right to promote themselves to all of you who attend.</span><br>
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<span>If you are not a sponsor please do not distribute swag to delegates at the conference.</span><br>
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<span>David, on behalf of the Board</span><br>
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