<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Stephen Walsh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steve@nerdvana.org.au" target="_blank">steve@nerdvana.org.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 07/20/2012 03:34 AM, Chris Neugebauer wrote:<br>
> Indeed, this option was mooted in the previous centi-thread. There<br>
> are two counterarguments here:<br>
><br>
> 1) Such a method would generate an unreasonable paperwork burden upon<br>
> the council, given that this approach would need to be made available<br>
> to every LA-run conference. If it's not offered to every conference,<br>
> then it strikes me as counterproductive.<br>
<br>
</div>it's about 4 sheets of paper to open up a 'child' bank account with<br>
Westpac.<br>
<br>
Compare this with the paperwork to create the Parent Organisation Not<br>
Called Linux Australia, then moving Linux Australia under PONCLA,<br>
shuffling bank accounts around to be owned by relevant orgs, creating<br>
new ones, making sure the audit trail is clear for LA getting seed<br>
funding from PONCLA for <a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a>, but handing back 4 or 5 times<br>
that funding to the parent org when it's all done, and this argument<br>
doesn't really hold much weight.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm not sure where this process came from. Why wouldn't we just be updating the name on our existing account? </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im"><br>
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><br>
> 2) It's counterproductive, as we'll then lose the brand recognition<br>
> that comes from multiple conferences being run under the same banner.<br>
> If PyCon AU is run by PyCon AU, then selling e.g. LCA onto PyCon's<br>
> sponsors becomes a more difficult task, rather than an easier one as<br>
> it currently is.<br>
<br>
</div>Bank accounts don't give you brand recognition. Conference Name and<br>
Reputation is what gives you brand recognition. Continual Sponsor<br>
contact and Proper handoff can solve the problem of prickly sponsors who<br>
don't understand the landscape.<br>
<br>
<br>
my 2cents<br>
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