Slim pickings in the ICANN 40 schwag bag
Kevin Murphy,
March 13, 2011, 15:42:47 (UTC),
Gossip
Perhaps I checked in too early, before all the sponsors have showed up, but the schwag bag for the ICANN San Francisco meeting seems to offer surprisingly slim pickings.
Here’s what you can expect to clutter up your luggage if you’re in attendance at ICANN 40.
- Baseball-style executive stress squeezy toy (VeriSign, .net)
- Black polo shirt (IronDNS)
- M&Ms-style candy (NameMedia)
- Coffee mug (RegistryPro, .pro)
- Badge/button (.green)
- Mini beer-flagon-style shot glass thing (United Domains, newdomains.org)
- Pack of tissues (.SO Registry, .so)
- Post-it notes (VeriSign, .net)
Given the high sponsorship fees and the anticipated turn-out of 1,600 to 2,000 delegates, I was expecting much more. Perhaps some gold-plated breath mints or Armani cufflinks.
Never mind.
Still, nice to see .SO Registry pushing the boat out there. Tissues are always useful, but I was expecting at least a branded eye-patch.
I shall re-register under a fake name in a day or two to see if the quality of the schwag improves.
Pack of tissues (.SO Registry, .so)
Are the tissues for the people who registered during the landrush (the one that got extended for being so popular) ? 😉