I have a call on Friday 10/16 at Noon with Sophie to talk about possible Sage participation in the group. I'm not sure if she's the best resource, but it's who they filtered me down to. Originally Mike Ritchie and the Sage 100 VP people were on the email chain but they indicated to talk with Sophie.
To keep things simple, I think Sage has three options:
a. Come as our guest and present at MOTM 2016, have lunch, leave
b. Join as an affiliate member , buy tickets and/or sponsor
c. Same a (b) but also consider working closer in the future with periodic meetings
If I were to guess I'd say either a or b is the way they would go. I'm pretty sure if they consider (c) they'll ask for us to suggest what we'd do. At this point, I'd only give her some broad examples and ask if she is interested that we would fine tune.
I invited Peter to join but haven't heard back. At this point I think it would be wise to see what level of interest Sage has before we put too much effort into the relationship options.