[Inpycon] Opinions needed : Sponsorship requrements

[Gora Mohanty]

On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:44:51 +0530
Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>    We had some inputs from a potential sponsor who wants a list
> of the registration details of all the delegates. We don't
> officially have a privacy policy on the website but (atleast my)
> general idea is that these details are private.
> 
>    The chap in question has promised not to spam them or misuse
> the details and since this is a reputed company, I think that
> they'll be worth their word. They claim that they ask for this
> information for all the conferences which they sponsor.

Could you ask them to clarify what they will do with the
addresses, and also ask whether they are willing to provide
a privacy policy in writing? With all due respect to the
company in question, this sounds fishy.

>    Do you folks think that this is an acceptable way to go?
[...]

Since I have put in no effort for this conference, you can take
my opinion for what it is worth, but I would be very much opposed
to allowing sponsors access to delegate lists for a community
conference. So much so that I would not normally attend a
conference where I was aware that such a policy was in effect. 

Regards,
Gora