[Board] In-kind sponsorships

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi all, I actually pretty much agree with Tyler on this point. I can  
see in kind contributions get reckognition of some sort for sponsors  
that also do contribute financially, like some of the Apache sponsors  
do, but those also cover contributions like hardware etc. Pure and  
only in kind sponsorship could quickly result in a long list of  
sponsors and vague criteria to select them.
My 2 cents, Jeroen

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Op 22 okt 2008 om 20:01 heeft Ari Jolma <ari.jolma at tkk.fi> het  
volgende geschreven:\

> 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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