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I agree with Kenneth’s comments in their entiret( +1 on video, +11 on stickers).

Here at the OpenStack PDX user group, we’re lucky enough to have great sponsor support and therefore would be happy to see that $$ redirected to some groups who might need a little additional help.

Regards,

Richard

> On May 16, 2016, at 8:19 AM, Kenneth Hui <kenhuinyc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Kendall,
> 
> I think the annual celebration is a great tradition and worth keeping. I wonder though if we can support user groups without having to give $500 per group. The more established groups can probably support the celebration via vendor sponsorship with less established groups using Foundation funds. Also, $500 may be more than is needed for groups with smaller attendance. Maybe we can give groups the option of accepting smaller funds or no funds for their parties?
> 
> What may be more helpful actually would be smaller swag like laptop stickers for each anniversary. Another way that the Foundation may be able to help is to provide a video that celebrates an anniversary with perhaps a message from someone from the board and/or testimonies from community members.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Kendall Waters <kendall at openstack.org <mailto:kendall at openstack.org>> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> For the past few years, the Foundation has contributed funding & graphics for "birthday parties" organized by official user groups around the world. It's something we have celebrated each year in July, and in 2015 we hit a pretty big milestone with the 5th birthday. We typically create and distribute graphics and a presentation, help promote the events and give qualifying groups $500 USD to supplement costs for food / space / etc.
> 
> Since we passed the 5-year milestone, we wanted to start a discussion with user group leaders and the community to see how much value you find in the birthday parties. Are they an important tradition for your local community members, or should we redirect funding and efforts to other user group activities, such as sponsoring speaker travel? 
> 
> We would love your feedback - are the OpenStack birthdays something that you would like the Foundation to continue supporting?
> 
> Cheers,
> Kendall
> 
> PS - User group leaders should also have received communication from your local Ambassador directly about the availability of funding for special activities. If you haven't seen that yet, contact your Ambassador: https://groups.openstack.org/ambassador-program <https://groups.openstack.org/ambassador-program>
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