<div dir="ltr">I have updated the wiki page.<div><br></div><div>For the record, email conversations with potential sponsors have focused on organization size being a sensitive factor. This was offset by solid enthusiasm for recognizing sponsorship of OSGeo events.</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps this can be a topic addressed by the foss4g conference, for OSGeo I anticipate we can provide better traction by recognizing participants (rather than adjusting sponsorship level based on size). </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 November 2015 at 07:09, Jody Garnett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Okay I will drop the small business idea, and lower the bottom price point to 500. I would still like to maintain the other aspects of Option A and will combine the proposals.<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 November 2015 at 07:00, Daniel Morissette <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmorissette@mapgears.com" target="_blank">dmorissette@mapgears.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I agree with Jeff that we should not bring number of employees or revenues into the equation. That is just too complicated. Option B is just fine, it maps well to what we've done for FOSS4G for years, and as long as their is a 500-1000$ entry level option for small businesses, that is enough from my point of view.<br>
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On 2015-11-24 2:37 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:<br>
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Hi Jody,<br>
<br>
If you ask my opinion: there is no need to worry about number of<br>
employees, which is why I proposed OptionB (1). As I mentioned earlier,<br>
my company sponsors another association at the same price point as Esri<br>
- there is nothing wrong with this, in fact, it benefits both of us.<br>
<br>
However I'm only one voice, I am sure you get better feedback from your<br>
phone conversations with the sponsors. Please proceed with however you<br>
wish. At this point, since past sponsors haven't been invoiced since<br>
2011, anything is better than nothing.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
-jeff<br>
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<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_2015_Sponsorship" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_2015_Sponsorship</a><br>
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On 2015-11-24 9:27 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:<br>
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Breaking working group discussion<br>
<<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/2015_Sponsorship_Drive_Working_Group" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/2015_Sponsorship_Drive_Working_Group</a>> into<br>
a distinct email thread (formally was sponsorship contacts).<br>
<br>
I am starting to get feedback from parties interested in sponsoring:<br>
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* <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_2015_Sponsorship" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_2015_Sponsorship</a><br>
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Thus far feedback has been very positive, a little bit of tension<br>
between sponsoring local events and sponsoring OSGeo.<br>
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One question I was not able to handle to my satisfaction was what OSGeo<br>
would consider a "small business". My response was based on the country<br>
an organization resides in. This has not held up in practice<br>
<<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_and_medium-sized_enterprises" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_and_medium-sized_enterprises</a>><br>
Europe 1-50 people, Canada 1-100 people, USA 1-500 people!<br>
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I liked the idea of leaving the "small business" with the local tax<br>
office -<br>
Jeff if you have a moment what did you want to consider a "small<br>
consulting shop"<br>
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--<br>
Jody Garnett<br>
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