[Makerspace-keymembers] Manning Publications sponsorship

[Gergana Slavova]

That's great, Elizabeth, thanks for letting us know!  I generally don't
have any objections.

We have a Maker Fest meeting tonight as well so we'll discuss the offer in
that context.

Regards,
~Gergana


On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 2:56 PM, E.W. <elliewix at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A rep from Manning Publications recently reached out to me via the Py-CU
> meetup about possibly sponsoring Py-CU as part of a larger outreach effort.
>  I just got off the phone with her as an information gathering meeting to
> discuss what they could offer.  Their basic plan for other groups has been
> to provide them with one book a month to raffle off to generate income.
>  However, when I asked about the possibility of having them donate books to
> seed a small library for the space she was completely on board with it.
>
> She asked me to send her about 5 titles we would be interested in having
> and she would send them to us right away.  They can be any title they
> publish.  I told her I would run it by the keyholders and collect titles if
> we want to accept the offer.
>
> http://manning.com/
>
> Are there any objections to this?  They are trying to get their books out
> there and establish good will with groups like Py-CU (and Makerspace, when
> I told her about it), and didn't have any advert requirements.
>
> I also let her know about the Maker Fest and she is very interested in
> having Manning sponsor it in all possible ways and assist with advertising
> for the event.  I told her I would run the offer by the org group for the
> fest and let you guys get in contact with her if interested.  Her name is
> Candice and her email is cagi at manning.com.
>
> Again, this was just an informational call with nothing agreed to.
>  However, I'm really excited for it and think that this is a partnership
> that could offer a lot for us in the future.
>
> Elizabeth
>
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