<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>(Not sure if I can post on boardlist)</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Removing SEO sponsors from previous sponsor section....not necessarily in present site. I consider that a waste of volunteer energy as the new site and brand is consuming some people's time already.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">A nice-to-have IMO not must have.<br><br>Kind regards,<br><div>Marc Vloemans</div><div><br></div></div><div><br>Op 23 jun. 2017 om 17:40 heeft Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> het volgende geschreven:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I would like the board or marketing committee to direct me in that, I personally like that idea. <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 8:27 AM Eli Adam <<a href="mailto:eadam@co.lincoln.or.us">eadam@co.lincoln.or.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 4:45 PM, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> It is now June and I am removing our last SEO sponsor entry.<br>
<br>
Can SEO sponsors also be removed from the previous sponsors section?<br>
<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Jody Garnett<br>
><br>
> On 6 April 2017 at 05:42, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I double checked, two of the organizations is question have now been<br>
>> removed; the last one get's removed in June.<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Jody Garnett<br>
>><br>
>> On 5 April 2017 at 23:54, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> I am waiting for their year to be up before removing, they did sponsor<br>
>>> for a year and we took their money.<br>
>>> On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 11:49 PM Anita Graser <<a href="mailto:anitagraser@gmx.at" target="_blank">anitagraser@gmx.at</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Hi Andreas,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Andreas Neumann <<a href="mailto:andreas@qgis.org" target="_blank">andreas@qgis.org</a>><br>
>>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Hi OSGEO board / officers,<br>
>>>>> I would like to investigate about the OSGEO sponsors policy. Especially<br>
>>>>> in the light that we had and have similar requests from "dubious" sponsors<br>
>>>>> in the QGIS project. Also maybe to align our policies.<br>
>>>>> I am relating to the bronze sponsors listed at<br>
>>>>> <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/sponsorship/sponsors.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.osgeo.org/content/sponsorship/sponsors.html</a><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> ChameleonJohn<br>
>>>>> Apps4Rent<br>
>>>>> Dealslands<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> These companies are not active in the geospatial domain. The sole<br>
>>>>> purpose of their sponsorship is to get search engine optimizations by<br>
>>>>> getting increased trust from a popular Open Source project. They are willing<br>
>>>>> to pay such small sponsorships and get an awful lot of value from it. It is<br>
>>>>> simply advertising for their business that has nothing to do with "geo".<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> I would suggest the OSGEO board to not accept such sponsorships in the<br>
>>>>> future and remove the existing "dubious" ones completely, once they expire.<br>
>>>>> Since they are 2016 sponsors - maybe they can be removed already?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Thank you for reminding us about this issue! You'll be happy to know<br>
>>>> that the OSGeo board already voted to not accept this kind of sponsors<br>
>>>> anymore, see<br>
>>>> <a href="https://www.loomio.org/d/RmDdysre/update-sponsorship-instructions-to-restrict-search-engine-optimization-companies" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.loomio.org/d/RmDdysre/update-sponsorship-instructions-to-restrict-search-engine-optimization-companies</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Concerning removing 2016's questionable sponsors, maybe Jody knows if<br>
>>>> removal now is ok with our agreements.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Best wishes,<br>
>>>> Anita<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
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>>> --<br>
>>> --<br>
>>> Jody Garnett<br>
>><br>
>><br>
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</blockquote></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">--<div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div>
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