Yeah, I'd rather the money were spent for a scholarship than for a travel mug. I don't need any more travel mugs. Thanks for making this point, Erik. On the other hand, Talis may consider it money better spent to put a mug with their logo into it into each participants hands, than a scholarship. Certainly up to them how they spend their sponsorship money, but since they're asking us... Jonathan Erik Hetzner wrote: > At Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:31:18 -0500, > jean rainwater <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I think the mugs are a great idea -- and thank you for your >> sponsorship!!! >> > > For myself, all the logoified travel mugs, t-shirts, usb keys, etc. I > get clutter up my home until I finally get around to getting rid of > them. Why not use the upwards of $700 that (my estimate) this will > cost to sponsor another scholarship, or just to lower the cost of > attendance? > > best, Erik Hetzner > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ;; Erik Hetzner, California Digital Library > ;; gnupg key id: 1024D/01DB07E3 > -- Jonathan Rochkind Digital Services Software Engineer The Sheridan Libraries Johns Hopkins University 410.516.8886 rochkind (at) jhu.edu