[Board] next board meeting & project sponsorship

[Tyler Mitchell]

Were those who met yesterday able to kick around or discuss any of the items I had brought up, below.  Just curious on thoughts from the board...

Thanks Tim for bringing up the project sponsorship related ideas, I think there are some good opportunities there.

Tyler

> Here are the other items I would like to discuss.  
> 1. Paid membership levels - if we could set a suggested level, 
> I'll get the apps in place to make it possible.  I'm thinking 
> $50 minimum, and a second level at $100.  I can work out some 
> kind of thank you gift for both those levels, unless you have 
> some ideas.  It would just be good to get the boards thumbs-up 
> on the levels before I go any further.  Also, we need a name for 
> these special people.  OSGeo Patron or Backer?  I'm sure we can 
> come up with something cool sounding.
> 
> 2. Media Sponsorship - similar to how FOSS4G does it.  I've had 
> one media outlet come asking for an opportunity to become a 
> sponsor for in-kind support.  I explained that I would look into 
> a possibly, but that currently we do not take in-kind support - 
> well, everyone gives in-kind :)  but we don't make them sponsors 
> without cash.  This could be some really great opportunities 
> though - we'd set a rate for a media sponsor, maybe a "Premium" 
> media sponsor too, and they'd give us a certain amount of real 
> advertising.  This could really be useful and with limited perks 
> to them, there isn't much risk/cost from our end (except 
> dilution of sponsor pool, but I'm not sure that's a concern as 
> long as we don't put them up against paying/cash sponsors).  I 
> think we could probably get a couple others to join up as well.  
> Any thoughts on it?
> 
> If you come to a consensus on the above two items, then I can 
> get moving on them pretty quickly.


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