[Aust-NZ] WALIS OSGeo Stand sponsors

[Tim Bowden]

On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 22:08 +1100, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Make that 4 companies. LISAsoft will contribute too.

Ok, that's great thanks Cameron.  Looks like we will now have enough
funds to replace the marketing material we will distribute.

Regards,
Tim

> 
> Yes, we should have prominent advertising for sponsors for 2 reasons:
> 
> 1. It will encourage receiving sponsorship and hence stands are funded.
> 2. It demonstrates commercial support for OSGeo. Lack of commercial 
> support is often quoted as a major reason for not pursuing an Open 
> Source solution.
> 
> Tim Bowden wrote:
> > We've now got three companies who have stepped up to the plate and
> > offered sponsorship for our stand at WALIS;
> > * Gaia Resources
> > * Lat/Lon GmbH
> > * Maunsell
> >
> > In addition, we also have Autodesk who have already provided
> > considerable resources in terms of printed material, T-shirts and
> > signage.
> >
> > In return, we need to provide an opportunity at the stand for sponsors
> > to show their support.  As we don't have a policy on what's acceptable,
> > I'd like to put my ideas to the list for your thoughts.  At the least, I
> > feel we should have have a  sign (about A1 size?) on the back wall of
> > the booth with sponsors names and logos.
> >
> > Given we will be running demos of open source geospatial software, It
> > would probably be a good thing to allow sponsors to run branded demos on
> > a laptop (subject to booth space) showing how they use open source in
> > their business or in the case of sponsors like Autodesk open source
> > products they provide or support.
> >
> > In the absence of a demo (or in addition to?) should we also allow each
> > sponsor an A4 brochure at the stand that outlines their services/
> > products?  Does if matter if those services/products don't include any
> > open source?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tim Bowden
> >
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