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<p>Re Featured Sponsor:</p>
<p>I think it a good idea for encouraging more sponsors. I'm open to
showing all sponsors on rotation on the web page, weighted by how
much the sponsor pays.</p>
<p>A Platinum sponsor pays 40 times more than a Bronze sponsor, and
so should get at least 40 times more imprints. (Probably 80 times
more imprints as a sweetener).</p>
<p>With regards to who we select as sponsors. My first reaction is
to suggest that any company prepared to pay OSGeo money should be
allowed to sponsor. (That process should be reasonably self
selecting). However, Eli makes good points about caring about a
Sponor's business.</p>
<p>I'd be inclined to work on a principle of ensuring sponsors "Do
no evil (to OSGeo's reputation)". If a software hosting company
which doesn't seem to be obviously using much OSGeo Software, but
still wants to sponsor us, that should be ok.</p>
<p>So I'd suggest Eli's selection criteria for OSGeo sponsors could
be couched as "Expectations of OSGeo sponsors":</p>
<p><i>We are aware that OSGeo sponsorship effects the reputation of
both the sponsor and OSGeo, usually in a positive way. That is
why you are considering sponsorship. In order to ensure the
relationship is a positive one, we have the following
expectations of our sponsors: ...</i></p>
<p><i>* Add in "do no evil" type points</i><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 25/06/2016 3:30 AM, David Percy
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<div dir="ltr">I like Eli's suggestion to refund the donations and
remove the unrelated sponsors.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">We could also choose to just list silver and
above sponsors in rotation on our main page?</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On 24 June 2016 at
02:00, Jeroen Ticheler <span dir="ltr"><<a
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on not accepting unrelated sponsors. The current
Bronze sponsors listed seem to be advertising
totally different stuff. No good marketing for
OSGeo.<br>
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> Op 23 jun. 2016 om 21:11 heeft Eli Adam
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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target="_blank">eadam@co.lincoln.or.us</a>>
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> Hi Jody and all,<br>
><br>
>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 11:39 AM,
Jody Garnett <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com"
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>> Question for the marketing committee,
since it is a bit about the messaging<br>
>> on our website.<br>
>><br>
>> With a revised sponsorship approach
we are collecting more sponsors (yay!)<br>
><br>
> Great, good work. If we have stable
revenue from something other than<br>
> FOSS4G, that makes it easier to take
different approaches with the<br>
> conference. And additional diversified
foundation revenue is always<br>
> good.<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.osgeo.org/content/sponsorship/sponsors.html</a><br>
>><br>
>> One surprise this year is collecting
bronze sponsors (this was at the $500<br>
>> USD level) that are not directly from
our industry. Is this something we<br>
>> should care about from a
marketing/branding perspective?<br>
><br>
> Yes, we should care. Our focus is open
source geospatial software;<br>
> we're not an advertising platform. The
reason that we are getting<br>
> unrelated sponsors is that we are selling
a really good page rank at a<br>
> very low price. I think that other OSGeo
project have had to decline<br>
> sponsorships from adult or other
non-related websites.<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> Background: The original intension
here was to have a way for small business<br>
>> to be represented in our organization
by offering a lower price point. The<br>
>> cumulative sponsorship (combining
support of OSGeo events, projects,<br>
>> initiatives) also meets this need.<br>
><br>
> If we raised our prices so that bronze
sponsorship was no longer an<br>
> incredibly good deal for the page rank,
then this would end. (i.e. We<br>
> won't ever have an over abundance of
unrelated platinum sponsors.)<br>
> However, the goal is to raise sponsorship
and a reasonable entry point<br>
> for small businesses which often make
substantial contributions to<br>
> OSGeo projects.<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> One idea (for next year) is to ask
sponsors for a link to their open source<br>
>> landing page (example, example,
example, example).<br>
><br>
> I think that we should have a requirement
that sponsors be at least<br>
> related to the geospatial industry. This
requirement can easily be<br>
> applied with just a bit of thought. If
denied sponsors don't like<br>
> their denial, they can appeal to the
Board and make their case that<br>
> they are geospatially related. I would
be in favor of returning those<br>
> unrelated sponsors' money and removing
them. At least no more<br>
> unrelated sponsors and no option for
renewal for the existing<br>
> unrelated sponsors if we don't refund and
remove.<br>
><br>
> My thoughts, Eli<br>
><br>
>> --<br>
>> Jody Garnett<br>
>><br>
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