[Board] Free FOSS4G pass worth it for sponsors?

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Tyler,
It is for me / GeoCat :-) I try to get my whole (small) team to every conference which is pretty costly (obvious, but maybe good to list: passes, travel, hotel, food, salaries, no income for a week), I try to keep up the sponsorship and this simply helps reduce the total cost.
Cheers,
Jeroen

On Nov 8, 2010, at 7:28 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:

> Since a few sponsors (past or present) are on this list, and since it's a good question for the board to know the answer to and discuss... 
> Is having a free conference pass as a bonus for being an OSGeo sponsor worth it?  Is it a useful incentive to encourage more sponsors and to retain current ones?  
> Or perhaps for potential sponsors on this list, would a free pass encourage you to become an associate sponsors ($3k), noting the conference tickets can cost up to ~$700.
> Curious on thoughts as we start to consider sponsorship options for FOSS4G and at the same time I'm doing invoicing for OSGeo sponsorship renewals.
> Thanks.
> Tyler
> Tyler Mitchell
> Executive Director, OSGeo
> tmitchell at osgeo.org
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> See you at FOSS4 2011 Denver in September!
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