[TriLUG] META - Red Hat Censorship? (was: TriLUG Venue)

Matt Frye mattfrye at gmail.com
Mon Aug 13 17:14:58 EDT 2007


On 8/13/07, Matt Frye <mattfrye at gmail.com> wrote:
> 1) Red Hat is nice enough to sponsor our meetings every month.  They
> don't have to.  We don't pay them.  They just do it because it's nice.
>  It's basically a donation.  Red Hat has every right to say "No,
> thanks."
> 2) This wouldn't have been a regular meeting.  It would have been a
> Google sponsored event complete with schwag, etc.  Google sees this as
> a recruiting opportunity for Lenoir.  Again, Red Hat has every right
> to say "No, thanks."
> 3) Google has essentially dropped the ball on this event, so it looks
> like it's not going to happen anyway.
> 4) Red Hat has no editorial control over our content.  Remember the
> Jeff Waugh meeting?

5) Google wasn't really into having it at Red Hat anyway.



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