[Theforum] community vs. corporations (was: funding options)

[Martin Burns]

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On Sunday, May 26, 2002, at 03:13  am, Lachlan Cannon wrote:

>> This is an interesting idea. Is this like people who do a 5K run for a
>> charity ... sponsorship, except by only one sponsor instead of a group
>> of sponsors?
>
> Basically, yeah. I suppose you could also, if you wanted, make someone
> able
> to be sponsored by a corp - the corp could work out details with the
> member,
> such as a 'supported by ibm' (or whatever) badge on every page of their
> account. Dunno whether that's a good idea or not though.

That would only work if it were the *member* who the co. supports, not
*evolt*.

Otherwise we get evolt failing to get (example) the $5k donation from
IBM because they've already supported a member to the tune of $10.

Cheers
Martin
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