23-10-2009, 09:45 AM
Great. I agree about the Rosetta business and Dallas, I just don't want to rain on anyone's parade (though perhaps the deeper Rosetta Stone is an understanding of the post-WWII transition from OSS to CIA and the creation of the National Security Council, and the players thereof). I certainly don't mean to exclude or demean that topic or its importance, especially when -- to this bystander -- things seem to be heating up a bit.
I've been not-for-profit-oriented for most of my professional life and ran such conferences for two organizations. While I'd certainly endorse a very tight review and restriction on "advertising" and acknowledge that there are potential pitfalls, I also appreciate that growth and improved functionality for accomplishment of DPF's mission, whatever the DPF leadership determines that ought to be, requires income. Properly done, such an event might not even require a formal structure or incorporation of DPF but could piggyback off a publisher or another willing ally or organization. But let's set this aside for a different means of communication and time.
I've been not-for-profit-oriented for most of my professional life and ran such conferences for two organizations. While I'd certainly endorse a very tight review and restriction on "advertising" and acknowledge that there are potential pitfalls, I also appreciate that growth and improved functionality for accomplishment of DPF's mission, whatever the DPF leadership determines that ought to be, requires income. Properly done, such an event might not even require a formal structure or incorporation of DPF but could piggyback off a publisher or another willing ally or organization. But let's set this aside for a different means of communication and time.
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