[Board] In-kind sponsorships
Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
tmitchell at osgeo.org
Wed Oct 22 10:45:14 PDT 2008
I was asked by a potential sponsor if we would be able to designate
them as a sponsor without paying for a sponsorship position.
Instead, they were hoping to spend significant staff time working
with OSGeo committees or helping organise some local events - and
were hoping for recognition of their efforts.
I explained that there is no current way to handle these kinds of "in-
kind" contributions and that many other people and companies would
also fall under this category. If we went this route we could
potentially stand to lose a lot of the funding we need to cover our
real costs. I promised to discuss it further with the board, so here
I am...
Tyler
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