<html><body><div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>Reaching out as a counter point to the <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2024">osgeo budget 2024</a> call (which committees and projects have responded to right?)</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">OSGeo budget is always intended to be part of the picture, with financial support also being gathered from the community. With that in mind we like to highlight community sponsorship opportunities. Specifically seeking to present ideas and suggestions in January as organizations put together their marketing budget for 2024.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Here are some prior years:</div><div dir="ltr"><ul style="list-style-type:"\002013 ";margin:0px"><li><a href="https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeo-sponsorship-opportunities-2021/">https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeo-sponsorship-opportunities-2021/</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeo-sponsorship-opportunities-2020/">https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeo-sponsorship-opportunities-2020/</a> <br></li></ul><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">I know many projects have standing pages describing sponsorship or donation:</div><div dir="ltr"><ul style="list-style-type:"\002013 ";margin:0px" dir="ltr"><li><font color="#419cff"><a href="http://www.zoo-project.org/new/Get%20involved/Sponsorship">http://www.zoo-project.org/new/Get%20involved/Sponsorship</a></font><br></li><li><font color="#419cff"><a href="https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/sustaining_members/sustaining_members.html#qgis-sustaining-memberships">https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/sustaining_members/sustaining_members.html#qgis-sustaining-memberships</a></font><br></li><li>When looking at these pages I would ideally like to see a reminder for your patrons to be <a href="https://www.osgeo.org/about/how-to-become-a-sponsor/">cross listed to osgeo sponsorship page</a> <br></li></ul><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">While I can hunt some of these links down; I do not wish to miss anyone!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Please reply to this email with a link to share:</div><div dir="ltr"><ul style="list-style-type:"\002013 ";margin:0px" dir="ltr"><li>I will share a draft of the news item before publishing</li><li>Anyone with an OSGeo UserID should be able to make news items; so if your committee / project / event has not setup sponsorship yet you can announce later when such information is available.</li></ul></div></div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>