[Board] sponsor contacts

Fri Nov 13 14:11:33 PST 2015

The one thing this missing is adjusting based on economy, kind of like how
foss4g had a reduced rate based on UN economy rankings.

Get a bit of that with small biz definition changing between the US and
Romania. Perhaps this is something to work on for next year.

If anyone has brain cells left over to think on the problem please
contribute.

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 3:40 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Darn I really want to get this sorted and cannot edit the wiki. I feel a
> lot of your concern is about the low price point, and my concern is about
> the number of confusing levels sending a confusing involvement / marketting
> message.
> (ie we may just be conflicting over different points)
>
> So let me try again, and apologize for email typos.
>
> Small or nonprofit - are you a small business according to your local
> government? If so sponsorship is available at a discounted rate.
>
> Principle Sponsor: $10000 (small business $2500)
> Supporting Sponsor: $2000 (small business $500)
>
> Are you an active member of the community sponsoring local,national or
> international OSGeo events? Please let our treasure know and your
> sponsorship invoice will be adjusted accordingly.
>
> Please think over the above, if you consider Gateway Geomatics sponsoring
> local events perhaps you can bump the category up to $3000 / $750.
>
> (So gateway geomatics - is that like a gateway drug getting your customers
> hooked on freedom?)
> Jody
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 3:18 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Jeff, in transit now (afraid of making typo on phone) but I also
>> would like to nail down these levels promptly.
>>
>> You have my feedback (trying to reduce the number of levels as they are
>> complicated, and adjust price based on size or revenue of sponsor to allow
>> more parties to take part). I am uncomfortable with a low price point
>> (since I also want to respect donations).
>>
>> I actually have one more nifty idea since our priority as a community is
>> involvement. Could we count an organization sponsoring foss4g and local
>> events towards their sponsorship total reflected above? You could limit
>> that to just events where OSGeo is providing backing/recycling profit.
>>
>> Aside I like your proposed levels - I am simply trying for a different
>> take on things :)
>> --
>> Jody
>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 2:46 PM Jeff McKenna <
>> jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jody,
>>>
>>> Related to sponsors, I would like to finalize the sponsor levels.  When
>>> I review the wiki (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_2015_Sponsorship), I
>>> would like to suggest the following levels:
>>>
>>> Previous Levels
>>> ---------------
>>>
>>> Sustaining Sponsor      $50,000
>>> Principal Sponsor       $20,000
>>> Supporting Sponsor      $10,000
>>> Associate Sponsor       $3,000
>>>
>>> New Levels
>>> ----------
>>>
>>> Sustaining Sponsor $25,000
>>> Principal Sponsor $10,000
>>> Supporting Sponsor $3,000
>>> Associate Sponsor $500
>>>
>>>
>>> Discussion:
>>>
>>> I'm for making sponsorship of OSGeo as easy as possible for both
>>> organizations and individuals.  I actually feel that the money amount
>>> isn't as important, as it is for OSGeo to give a chance for
>>> organizations and individuals to be promoted by OSGeo (as you know, I
>>> consistently show slides now on OSGeo sponsors and OSGeo service
>>> providers during my talks), as well as for giving them an opportunity to
>>> proudly show that they are official sponsors of OSGeo, that they
>>> officially help grow Open Source geospatial projects.  This promotion
>>> really helps these companies and individuals, and it also helps the
>>> community realize that we have a healthy ecosystem. And yes I don't see
>>> the need to limit sponsorship by how much revenue I or any other company
>>> earns. (note that our one existing sponsor, thinkWhere, would be changed
>>> from an Associate Sponsor, to a Sustaining Sponsor, because of the
>>> amount they paid).  I also propose that we give past sponsors, the
>>> perfect example is GeoCat, a one-year 50% off offer, to renew now (the
>>> following year would be fullprice).
>>>
>>> Am I still not convincing you?  Well then: Gateway Geomatics would like
>>> to kick off these new levels, with a new Associate Sponsorship for $500
>>> level.  (yes, tricky tactics by me, but this is to make a point, of let
>>> us give the opportunity to our community members to have a stage, on our
>>> marketing materials and promotions).  Again, I feel the money amount
>>> means much less to OSGeo, than this promotion is for these companies,
>>> and the benefits to the community overall.
>>>
>>> I do commit to this proposal.
>>>
>>> I also wonder if the big process of creating a working group, then
>>> making the levels, and then changing the benefits for each level, and
>>> then contacting all previous sponsors, is too much to chew at once, for
>>> us volunteers.  I propose we change to the levels I propose here, change
>>> the website amounts, and start contacting sponsors today.
>>>
>>> If you reject this, well then, I sure tried to get this moving :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -jeff
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2015-11-12 6:34 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>> > I would like a hand collecting sponsor email addresses - for everyone
>>> on
>>> > this page
>>> > <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/2015_Sponsorship_Drive_Working_Group>. If
>>> > you note any likely candidate please add them to the list.
>>> >
>>> > Two questions:
>>> > - It is not the best to collect email addresses on a wiki page - any
>>> > suggestions?
>>> > - Wanted to ask if it would be rude for us to contact the organizations
>>> > on the service provider <http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile> page?
>>> > --
>>> > Jody Garnett
>>> >
>>> >
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>> Jody Garnett
>>
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> Jody Garnett
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