RE: IIUG Funding

The UK IUG gets no funding from the IIUG - should we ? I am not aware of any funding to help in administering the user group either from the IIUG or IBM, although IBM does allow us to use its facilities. If funding were available for web maintenance, meetings and administration then I believe that it would have a very positive impact on the user group activities. David Linthwaite -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Hamilton, Jerry Sent: 27 April 2004 16:48 To: 'gw_@hotmail.com'; informix-list@iiug.org Subject: RE: IIUG Funding The IIUG IS helping out at local users groups. So is IBM and many other vendors. What websites and meetings are you asking about? I was just at the largest IIUG local user group meeting in Washington D.C. last week. About 150 people attended and there wasn't a shortage of funding that I could see. What group are you a part of or which one would you like to help start? Jerry -----Original Message----- From: gw_@hotmail.com [mailto:gw_@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:12 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: IIUG Funding So the IIUG is supposed to be helping out the Local User Groups? Why is this not evident in the majority of the websites and meetings? The User Groups seem to be substantially under-funded. "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message news:<c6l2lt$db1r9$1@ID-162943.news.uni-berlin.de>... > "Jason" <gw_@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:2b7deec6.0404261939.63998ee1@posting.google.com... > > Hi, > > > > I was wondering what the IIUG funding from IBM is spent on? Someone > > told me that IBM donates a substantial amount of money to the IIUG > > every year, but I can't seem to find any information on how this > > funding is spent. > > > > Thanks. > > It is true that IBM is a generous supporter of the IIUG. IBM does not > "donate" money to the IIUG to do with as it pleases, but helps to fund > various IIUG activities. The actual amount of IBM support and its > disbursal is kept strictly commercially confident by IBM - even as a > member of the IIUG Board of Directors I have no access to this > information for example - which is why you will find no information. > However it is apparent that significant sums are spent on the design, > maintenance and upkeep of the IIUG website; providing IIUG presence at > Local User Groups and IBM events such as Infobahns; establishing > worldwide user groups; providing speakers for user group events; > supporting special interest groups; enabling various lobbying and > representative groups such as the Leadership Council, and on the > administration of a worldwide Board of Directors. sending to informix-list sending to informix-list