[Board] Sponsorship Go To Person

[Frank Warmerdam]

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Daniel Morissette
<dmorissette at mapgears.com> wrote:
> Board-priv,
>
> Do we have a go-to person for sponsor-related questions and to work with new
> and existing sponsors?
>
> If no then I think it is a priority that we name someone responsible for
> this role, and below is a first request to deal with.

Daniel,

Specific sponsorship omitted here on the public list.   I've taken the
liberty of pushing the generic portion to the public board list.

> (The treasurer has enough to deal with at this point and should be involved
> in sponsorships only at time of invoicing and processing payment.)

I think it is desirable for at least all board members to be prepared to
pursue sponsorship conversations.  I can see it might be helpful to have
a sponsorship support person who can address details of the sponsorship
program and possible work to ensure that the sponsor contain is maintained.

Perhaps we can discuss this Thursday.  Follow up isn't really my strong
point, but I have fairly strong opinions on the mechanisms of the sponsorship
program so I would potentially be willing to be the "sponsorship support"
guy as long as it is understood this does not mean doing all the selling
of sponsorship - something that I believe needs to be broadly based
(even well beyond the board).

Best regards,
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