[vox] Further LUGOD sponsorship of Atari Party 2010?

[Michael Cheselka]

Hello Bill,

OK, I just read through all my old emails and see that this is a
repeat of last year.

Why don't you form a AUGOD?  LUGOD is still lending the projector and
still gets free advertising.

The Atari Linux Emulators provide enough of a tie in.

GP2X Wiz can run Atari 2600 games via an emulator.  There's also a new
F200 version of this device.

Regards,
Michael Cheselka
650-488-4820




On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 07:58, Michael Cheselka <cheselka at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello ,
>
> Am I understanding, the Atari people want LUGOD to pay $600 and one of
> the benifits is "free advertising"?
> Are the Atari people not able to sponsor their own event?  If they
> can, then why do they need LUGOD?
>
> Regards,
> Michael Cheselka
> 650-488-4820
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 00:20, Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 08:48:46PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
>>> Ok, so renting two rooms for one day at the Vet Mem Ctr
>>> (as an individual, Davis resident) will cost a boatload
>>> (about $1200).  Doing it as a community group costs
>>> literally half.
>>>
>>>
>>> One long-time LUGOD member I was talking to, when he
>>> heard me complaining about the price, suggested I ask
>>> if LUGOD would be willing to make it a LUGOD event.
>>> (He pointed out the fact that the club would get some
>>> free advertising, and it could be a 'thanks' for all
>>> my years of hard work.  I won't argue. ;^) )
>>
>> I'm hearing crickets so far. :)  So I guess I'll bring it up
>> for a vote at the next meeting...?
>> (if people feel that's the way to go)
>>
>> To reiterate, it's a request for LUGOD to sponsor the
>> event by acting as the umbrella organization that works
>> with the City of Davis to rent a facility. The event would
>> benefit from the club's non-profit status (community
>> group rental rate), and LUGOD would receive free publicity.
>>
>> This would not cost LUGOD anything, and any extra
>> contributions mqde toward the event (beyond the venue
>> rental cost) would go to LUGOD.
>>
>> (I, of course, need to figure out from where that money will
>> come. Idead
>> welcome. ;) )
>>
>> Thanks for the consideration!
>>
>> (I got my first programming experience on an Atari A1200XL,
>> by the way. That's what led me into Comp Sci, and hence
>> Unix, and therefore Linux ;) )
>>
>> --
>> -bill!
>> Sent from a device with only an onscreen kybd :-/
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