THIS YEARS SPONSORS
		M.E.Minarik marches to the beat of his own drum, and more importantly for guitar aficionados, the strum of his own guitar After years of forging a new path across an old industry, Minarik accomplished what many said couldn't be done: he manufactured a guitar for the new millennium. An instrument of the finest quality and materials. A guitar that surpasses anything the industry has ever seen. That's what visionaries do.
		Atari is a publisher of video game software that is distributed throughout the world and a distributor of video game software in North America. Atari publishes, develops (through external resources), and distributes video games for all platforms, including Sony PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PSP, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Game Cube, Wii and DS, and Microsoft Xbox and Xbox 360, as well as for personal computers, or PCs.
		KVMY is a television station in Las Vegas, NV that serves the Las Vegas television market. The station runs programming from the My Network TV network and identifies itself as "MY LVTV". KVMY is a full-power television station that operates with 2570 kw of power and is owned by Sinclair Broadcasting. My LVTV is a major sponsor if Rock Against Diabetes 2008.
		No one needs to give a big introduction to one of the leaders of music distribution world wide. Warner Music Canada has been a solid sponsor and friend to the Rock Against Diabetes event for the past 2 years, with the supplying of many, many cool autographed items that are one of the biggest hits in our auctions. WMC is part of the Warmer Music Group.
		With a mission to help readers discover new metal music, MetalUnderground.com has been faithfully serving mainstream and underground metal news since 2001. In addition to comprehensive news coverage, the site also features reviews, interviews, band info, live concert reports, photos, and more, updated daily by a dedicated staff of die-hard metal heads.
		PikCARD's company president, a professional musician, invented this unique set of plectrums in order to solve a common problem shared by guitarists everywhere: keeping guitar picks conveniently at hand. The PikCARD® was officially introduced to the public at Nashville Summer NAMM 2004. After very successful showings at Frankfurt Musikmesse 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008 the PikCARD® has rapidly gained popularity around the world.
		Spectraflex has been providing the best for almost 20 years. Spectraflex Cables are the "Original Braided Cables" used by musicians the world over. Spectraflex will be supporting this years events by providing limited edition numbered cables for auction, and giving a percentage of all online cable sales to R.A.D. for a set period of time.