scuba4life,
I believe what Steve was saying is that we aren't putting high dollar amounts on sponsorships and giving them names. We are negotiating sponsorship opportunities that work the best for a particular sponsor and emphasizing trades. We felt that this best fit our philosophy of providing the best possible value for everyone involved in MACNA XIX.
As for Houston, I am almost certain all of the following: Euroreef, Jelliquarium, PCL Travel, Nature's Ocean, Ocean Nutrition and ReefCentral, did not pay any money for their sponsorships. They donated services or goods for the raffle.
So, you can subtract AT LEAST $36,000 from your total, leaving them with a fairly modest MAXIMUM of $11,750, but I am fairly certain that many of the other sponsors made similar trades, so even $11,750 is probably high.
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Originally posted by scuba4life
At least we actually went out and did some research to back ourselves up.
Information was laid out in a logical manner, with links and backed up but even though it was sitting there staring everyone right in the face, you come back with some other BS story about how that is not true.
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Your erroneous information about MARSH's sponsorship income is a perfect example of the quality of your "research". Your implication that we will grossly profit from similar sponsorships is a perfect example of the "logical manner" in which you laid out your information. We don't have BS stories. We have accurate information from past MACNA's and our own.
This attempt at a defamation campaign is getting extremely tiresome.
Adam