[GLLUG] Re: Commerical Presentations

[Jolyon Michael Vincent]

asenchi at asenchi.com writes: 

> Hello Everyone, 
> 
>       Members of the Board of Directors were curious to know, so I am sending
>       this out as a formal topic that requires discussion, followed by a vote. 
> 
>       What do you all, the GLLUG community, think of allowing commerical
>       presentations.  For those who don't quite get my question, how would you
>       feel if IBM came and gave a sales presentation on blade servers? 
> 
>       Let the conversation begin... 
> 
> -- 
>  * -- Asenchi --
 

I don't personally feel that this particular example is appropriate for our 
group. However, if the good people who make Redhat came out to do a short 
schpeil on Linux for the desktop to enterprise solutions, I think it would 
be acceptable. 

My point in short: 

Its okay for Commercial presentations to exist so long as they are within 
the scope of the Meeting on any particular night. A vendor from Prometric, 
giving us a infomercial on exam testing would be appropriate at the end of 
an LPI exam course night. Not so appropriate at a general business meeting 
to discuss upcoming events. 

A linksys rep selling wifi would be good on any night we're dealing with 
wireless networking, not so good on an installfest night. 

You get the idea.