Should Sponsors ask to be recognized?

[Collmandoman]

Originally Posted by Steve W

Sponsors can't be recognized if you don't know who they are. It is also the right of someone giving you money to ask to be noticed. It is good for their business. What is good for them helps bring in more money which is good for you as you will continue to get the same or more donations. Like it or not, that's the way it is. Not all sponsors want to be noticed and that is OK too.

Originally Posted by Collmandoman

" You can say.. "well this is just how the world works".. but I disagree.. this is what we've come to expect - We've come to notice a world that is Non-Gp.. and this is Deam Kamens dream to fix it. I think he would very much like for us not to parade around the sponsors names... but rather just thank them.. because we will as a community understand that their monetary sacrifices furthered FIRSTs' ideas. SO instead of having to display their names everywhere.. we thank them when we notice the appropriate times because we are actually gracious."

I do agree with the first part.. because how can you know somebody's name if you've never met them.

Originally Posted by Steve W

Like it or not, that's the way it is."

People seem to not only accept what you've said.. but like it. And that nearly makes my head explode.
This is one way you can look at it.. what if there is a sponsor that cares nothing about FIRST.. but sees.. well I can donate 5k a year and get my name on a wall.. which improve my revenues by about 12k yearly. Is this ok? Personally I feel it isn't, because they aren't doing it for the reason we are applauding them. Which I think you would all agree with me is non-GP.

Another way, what if it is mixed. (Meaning they like the ideas of FIRST and like making money) This is not a win-win situation in my mind, because they are profitting off their own involvement in a organization aimed at in some way making the world better and they would likely not be involved if they were not gaining profit in some way. I don't know how else to say this... but in every way it seems wrong. The money is great, and helps FIRST stay alive.. but I personally would not accept it if I were told.. you only get the money if you display our names this many times or do this other thing so many times. It should then become a matter of choice.. and with us all being gracious professionals I think we'd thank them out of our own intrests instead of basically having to.
Don't tak the things I've said in here too far.. it's all meant in a very nice way. =)