Should we seek sponsors?

I'm thinking about keeping things going and had one idea on the way to work two days ago. I use a lot of equipment, reagents and supplies from BioRad as I teach proteomics. What if we presented them with our proposal and asked if they would support us? We could ask them to

1. fund annual get togethers where we could chat, scheme and plan
2. offer equipment, reagents and supplies at reduced cost (or free) to campuses that are under-resourced
3. support curriculum development based on the things that they sell

They in would be connected to students and faculty doing proteomics at the undergraduate level. We could also put their logo and links to their sites on our web resources.

Let me know what you think.

Paul