<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style='font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;'>I'd go a bit further than Till here. Where Till says:<br>'Perhaps the issue is more: "How could we enable also small companies to present themselves on a FOSS4G?"'<br><br>which I agree with, I'd also ask:<br>"How can FOSS4G be made more accessible to exhibitors (& delegates) from lower-GDP-nations"<br>(for clarity - I'm in the UK, so wouldn't fall under that). I note the travel-grant (which is good), but that only covers travel.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Jonathan<div class="zmail_extra"><div id="1"><br>---- On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:09:33 +0100 <b><till.adams@fossgis.de></b> wrote ---- <br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid #0000FF; padding-left: 6px; margin:0 0 0 5px">Dear Conference committee,<br><br>I suggested Jonathan to make this a topic in the CC. Before that, I <br>clearly explained that we (FOSS4G 2016) can't change our terms,<br>because a lot of sponsors already accepted our terms and prices and <br>that we can't make difference for companies depending on where they come <br>from.<br><br>Just wanted to add, that also on former FOSS4G conferences you never <br>had the chance to hire a booth without being a sponsor. The only thing <br>we changed was, that<br>sponsorship and exhibition was decoupled. We did so because we didn't <br>want to waste sparse room for exhibition for sponsors that don't man <br>their booth anyway.<br><br>Perhaps the issue is more: "How could we enable also small companies to <br>present themselves on a FOSS4G?"<br><br>For us, as said, looks like that it's too late for Jonathan, I only can <br>hint on the demo-theatre we want to revive.<br><br>Regards, Till<br><br><br>Am 2016-04-14 13:35, schrieb Jonathan Moules:<br>> Hi List,<br>> I was interested in potentially exhibiting at Bonn, but it seems <br>> that<br>> this is only available to >= Bronze sponsors, maybe opening up to<br>> Supporter level in the future if spaces remain empty.<br>><br>> While Till was explained clearly why this was, this seems to me to <br>> be<br>> somewhat exclusionary for smaller organisations given the sponsorship<br>> costs for Bronze level isn't cheap - it's 5-10% of the annual income<br>> of a one-man band. For an organisation that's not from a high-GDP<br>> country these sums would be even more prohibitive.<br>><br>> Till also pointed out this was still quite cheap and competative, <br>> but<br>> it doesn't seem to be. Assuming I'm reading it right, compare this to<br>> GeoBusiness for instance<br>> <br>> (<a href="http://geobusinessshow.com/wp-content/uploads/GEO16_ExhibitorBro.pdf" target="_blank">http://geobusinessshow.com/wp-content/uploads/GEO16_ExhibitorBro.pdf</a>)<br>> - £350/m2 (so about the same as the €500/m2 as Bonn) - but no<br>> sponsorship requirement *and* a potentially much larger audience<br>> (albeit not OpenSource focused) who themselves also get free<br>> attendance.<br>><br>> I'd like to suggest it may be worth considering how to facilitate<br>> exhibitions at FOSS4G from smaller organisations, and organisations<br>> from lower-GDP countries.<br>><br>> Cheers,<br>> Jonathan<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Conference_dev mailing list<br><a subj="" mailid="Conference_dev%40lists.osgeo.org" href="mailto:Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">Conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev</a></blockquote><br></div><br></div></body></html>