[Board] In-kind sponsorships

[Jeff McKenna]

I am not on the board, but I'd be careful with this one.  Imagine all of 
the existing volunteers getting this designation (we'd have no need to 
financially sponsor)....and what exactly is "significant staff 
time"...how is that time tracked...

I'm not a fan of this, even though I could be one of the ones benefiting.

-jeff



Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> 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