[Board] In-kind sponsorships

[Ari Jolma]

IMO it would be foolish to turn down their offer only because "our 
system does not understand you" (very softwareish, though). Sponsoring 
is not just giving money. We just need an appropriate category for 
sponsors of this kind.

Meanwhile, my sponsor-seeking efforts have not yet produced anything. My 
Nokia contact, however, forwarded the mail to somebody else, but 
commented that perhaps all Nokia's geospatial money went into buying Navteq.

Regards,

Ari

Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) kirjoitti:
> 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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