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Seems like a shitty move but we should also hear from the other side before making judgements.

wccrawford 4y ago
I also feel like I need to hear from the other side, but pulling your sponsorship 4 days before the event needs to have a very, very serious reason. I find it hard to believe that nobody knows why they pulled it if it's that serious.
hgsgm 4y ago
The other side is choosing not to make a statement. There's no reason to wait for Techfest to have to announce it first and get impugned by corpo apologists.
manuelabeledo 4y ago
These sponsorships are finalised months in advance, so there is enough time to print logos everywhere. They are also relatively cheap, especially given that this is held in Spain (have done some volunteer work back in the day there, they usually go for the lower thousands), and Couchbase is trading at Nasdaq. I cannot think of a good excuse to pull out from it at the last minute.
- acdha 4y ago
  I can think of reasons but they’d be the kind of thing that you’d make an immediate public statement about – you’d be talking about crimes where most people would feel the need to warn others in the community.
  - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
    > they’d be the kind of thing that you’d make an immediate public statement about Not necessarily. I could see committing to an event, finding something unsavoury and telling my contact I’m out but won’t make a fuss. They mismanage internal communications which leads to someone else blowing it up, thereby requiring I respond in public second.
    - manuelabeledo 4y ago
      I don’t think this would be the case. The event is organised by alumni of the UC3M, a public university in Spain. This year is their 10th anniversary, it isn’t anything new.
      - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
        > don’t think this would be the case Don’t disagree. But we’re going off reputation priors. Allegations can emerge that make affiliation risky without rising to the standard of public disclosure.
    - acdha 4y ago
      Maybe? It just seems hard to reconcile that with backing out a few days beforehand. If I only noticed that so late, it’d either be minor enough that I’d keep my commitment but tell them that it was the last year or something so big I’d want to warn the community. For a few thousand Euros I’m just not sure what’d be worth the cost & reputation hit for a solvent company of their size.
hgsgm 4y ago
They confessed. They had a problem on their end and decided they could no longer exploit the opportunity as much as they had intended. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34959458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34959458

I also feel like I need to hear from the other side, but pulling your sponsorship 4 days before the event needs to have a very, very serious reason. I find it hard to believe that nobody knows why they pulled it if it's that serious.

hgsgm 4y ago

The other side is choosing not to make a statement. There's no reason to wait for Techfest to have to announce it first and get impugned by corpo apologists.

manuelabeledo 4y ago

These sponsorships are finalised months in advance, so there is enough time to print logos everywhere. They are also relatively cheap, especially given that this is held in Spain (have done some volunteer work back in the day there, they usually go for the lower thousands), and Couchbase is trading at Nasdaq. I cannot think of a good excuse to pull out from it at the last minute.

acdha 4y ago
I can think of reasons but they’d be the kind of thing that you’d make an immediate public statement about – you’d be talking about crimes where most people would feel the need to warn others in the community.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > they’d be the kind of thing that you’d make an immediate public statement about Not necessarily. I could see committing to an event, finding something unsavoury and telling my contact I’m out but won’t make a fuss. They mismanage internal communications which leads to someone else blowing it up, thereby requiring I respond in public second.
  - manuelabeledo 4y ago
    I don’t think this would be the case. The event is organised by alumni of the UC3M, a public university in Spain. This year is their 10th anniversary, it isn’t anything new.
    - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
      > don’t think this would be the case Don’t disagree. But we’re going off reputation priors. Allegations can emerge that make affiliation risky without rising to the standard of public disclosure.
  - acdha 4y ago
    Maybe? It just seems hard to reconcile that with backing out a few days beforehand. If I only noticed that so late, it’d either be minor enough that I’d keep my commitment but tell them that it was the last year or something so big I’d want to warn the community. For a few thousand Euros I’m just not sure what’d be worth the cost & reputation hit for a solvent company of their size.

hgsgm 4y ago

They confessed. They had a problem on their end and decided they could no longer exploit the opportunity as much as they had intended. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34959458 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34959458