Re: [Interlug] LUGs: Get calendar magnets, Advance Programs, and more

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Jeff
 It  shows- your not happy  with common.
this a value  or  administrative statement on marketing operations
many  user groups  don't meet in the summer most meet in September

Attendance is falling off everyplace. look at your own user group and others
around you.
 Complain about lack of marketing from IBM and common but we  help  drown it
too with all the negative  marketing we do collectively.

Jeff Silberberg wrote:


Hey Pete,

        I have a more basic question, who is she. I don't find here name
here before today, and I don't remember hearing it in Nashville ?  An no one
seems to have introduced her to the crowd ??  Although, maybe my hearing
aide was just not turned up enough..

        Additionally, this is unfortunately another example of to little to
late from HQ in my opinion. I think the majority of us schedule our meetings
on the same day of the week every month during the 2nd or 3rd week.
Therefore, any opportunity to market for Common has been missed for August,
and will be after the conference in October. So we have one and only one
opportunity to get the word out where it will do any good.  Hope not much
was spent here special for this purpose.

        Sorry to be so negative, but it's been awhile since I have seen much
to be positive about when it comes to Common's marketing, and unfortunately
this showed in Nashville's numbers.

        Latter,
        JMS...

PS: Andrew I never use magnets on the Ice Chest just a big nail :-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Massiello" <pmassiello@os-solutions.com>
To: <interlug@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Interlug] LUGs: Get calendar magnets, Advance Programs, and
more


> Andrew,
>
>     Perhaps we need to put out a word of caution with the magnets that
> says if you plan on holding a disk to a Fridge door with this magnet,
> then upon receipt of the magnet, please put it back in the envelope and
> return it to sender, because you must be too technically challenged to
> operate a magnet.
>
>     I would bet these are the same people that use the Mouse attached to
> the PC as foot pedals or the CD drive in the PC as a cup holder.
>
>     Hope all is well, stop annoying Jennifer she is trying to do some
> good things for the LUGs.
>
>         Pete
>
>
>
> Andrew Borts wrote:
>
> >DON'T DO IT - I USED ONE OF THESE MAGNETS TO HOLD A DISK TO MY FRIDGE DOOR
> >IN THE OFFICE , AND IT RUINED IT!!!!
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: interlug-admin@midrange.com [<A 
>HREF="mailto:interlug-admin@midrange.com";>mailto:interlug-admin@midrange.com</A>]On
> >Behalf Of Jennifer_Alten@common.org
> >Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 5:03 PM
> >To: Interlug@midrange.com
> >Subject: [Interlug] LUGs: Get calendar magnets, Advance Programs, and more
> >
> >
> >COMMON believes in working together with the LUGs through co-marketing,
and
> >here
> >are several ways we can help each other:
> >
> >2003 COMMON CALENDAR MAGNETS:  Order these free giveaways for your Fall
LUG
> >meetings.  Calendar magnets should be available the week of September
16th,
> >and LUG membership in COMMON is required.  To receive them, e-mail
> >jennifer_alten@common.org and give your Name, Local Users Group, Street
> >address,
> >E-mail address, Phone, Date of the meeting, and Quantity desired.
> >
> >40-PAGE ADVANCE PROGRAMS FOR COMMON
> >