Arnulf,<br><br><br>the structure of the whole page will change this weekend, extending the menu to not only be a one page design. Therefore only little effort was made for now to present the Sponsor Page.<br>What is important for you to change before going broader public? Would it be sufficient to only show the headings, where we already have Sponsors?<br>All your ideas from above will be considered this weekend. <br><br><br>Regards,<br>Carmen <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Arnulf Christl (FOSS4G) <<a href="mailto:arnulf@foss4g2016.org">arnulf@foss4g2016.org</a>> schrieb am Di., 17. Nov. 2015 um 11:32:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Follow-up:<br>
<br>
Please call the extra category "Institutional Partners" (for UNOSA<br>
<a href="http://et.al" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">et.al</a>.) and "Media Partners" (for media).<br>
<br>
Thanx,<br>
Arnulf<br>
<br>
On 17.11.2015 11:25, Arnulf Christl (FOSS4G) wrote:<br>
> Ha. Just reloaded the web site and can see that there is already a new<br>
> sponsor page. Maybe we can adjust and consider the suggestions in the<br>
> previous mail (see below) before we go broader public and tweet and so on.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Arnulf<br>
><br>
> On 17.11.2015 11:21, Arnulf Christl (FOSS4G) wrote:<br>
>> Hi,<br>
>> we need to make space for the sponsors. Can somebody make a suggestions<br>
>> how to best solve this on our web site?<br>
>><br>
>> We need at least 5 categories (+ maybe the Diamond option). Initially we<br>
>> should only make those categories visible which already have at least<br>
>> one sponsor (to avoid "empty space"). Lower levels should probably have<br>
>> slightly smaller screen space for logos. The logos should be fair sized,<br>
>> this means total number of pixel, not max width and max height. Makes<br>
>> placement more difficult but is more equitable.<br>
>><br>
>> We will also have a number of institutional supporters like the United<br>
>> Nations, Geogr. Dept of the University of Bonn, etc. We already have a<br>
>> confirmation from UNOSA and we may NOT to use their logo (says their<br>
>> legal department, Sigh...) but we may use the following wording on our<br>
>> web site:<br>
>><br>
>> "With the support of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs"<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> I suggest to make an additional category "Partners" or "Associated<br>
>> Partners" or "Institutional Partners" above "Media Partners" where we<br>
>> can add this text.<br>
>><br>
>> Examples:<br>
>> Maybe check out how they did it (at the bottom of the first page):<br>
>> <a href="http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/</a><br>
>><br>
>> We should also consider making the Diamond (if we get one) appear on the<br>
>> very first screen after opening the web site, right beside the "hosted<br>
>> by OSGeo" "Diamond Sponsor xxx"<br>
>><br>
>> In 2014 they dedicated a whole separate page:<br>
>> <a href="http://2014.foss4g.org/sponsor-foss4g/sponsors/index.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://2014.foss4g.org/sponsor-foss4g/sponsors/index.html</a><br>
>> ...but I suggest to make the titles "Gold, Sivler, Bronze...) a bit more<br>
>> apparent, maybe underline them or make discreet boxes around categories.<br>
>><br>
>> Portland was very broad with Media sponsors (14), do we also want this<br>
>> or restrict to less? (I would say we take who we can get, right?). We<br>
>> need to know now so that we can start to connect with the media partners.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanx,<br>
>> Arnulf<br>
>><br>
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