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5-B-14. f. (5) Care must be taken to ensure all companies of a
product category are given an equal chance to
participate in sponsorships. All interested
companies must be sent a complete proposal
package if requested.
90 All USCG employees (military and civilian) must
refrain from informal sponsorship solicitation.
(1) Informal sponsorship solicitation is completely
contrary to those guidelines, and MORE
IMPORTANT, may cause someone to inadvertently
violate the Government's Standards of Conduct
regulations.
(2) A businesslike arms' length relationship must be
maintained between the local command and
prospective sponsors.
h. Commercial sponsorship of an event is not a program
where a corporation gives the command a gift or
donation.
(1) Corporate sponsorship is an equal exchange of
value agreed upon by the command and the
corporation.
i. Without an equal exchange,
gift or donation.
at best what you have is a
(1) Solicitation of gifts or donations is prohibited
by law and regulations.
(2) Commanding officers do not have the authority to
accept any gift or donation on behalf of the
Department of Transportation, USCG. (Except
under the guidelines set-forth in Chapter 6-N.)
j. The specific intent of the commercial sponsorship
program is to permit local MWR programs to obtain
funds to offer events or services that otherwise we
would not be able to offer.
(1) Commercial sponsorship may not be used to
underwrite the cost of a local command's MWR
program other than for the events authorized by
this guidance.
(2) Sponsorship profits may be used for other
similar programs or as seed money for future
sponsorship efforts.
(3) Sponsorship profits, if any, should not be used
to cover MWR general and administrative expenses
beyond those costs directly attributable to the
event.
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