However, LINC does no legislative lobbying of its own. Ventures Inc. The organization may choose to change that in the future, if the membership wants to. But until then, the organization is more concerned with connecting the 60,000 people involved in life sciences in Orange County, Kazemi said. People at small companies can learn about regulatory issues, learn how to avoid mistakes made by others, and gain support from their peers. Large companies that are members of LINC supply a lot of that support.
Members also gain strength in pure numbers.
That means group buying power for both production supplies and office supplies. Group health care insurance is also in the works, but not activated yet. Kazemi pointed out that the organization is primarily interested in having pure life science companies join at this point, rather than support firms from the legal or PR arenas. Service providers will be attracted to the organization anyway, so we don't actively recruit them. LINC's itinerary of activities is impressive, considering it's a volunteer organization.