[Board] [FOSS4G2016] sponsor contacts

Wed Nov 18 02:04:22 PST 2015

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Jody,
no worries, please go ahead with contacting all existing / past OSGeo
sponsors (especially the likes of GeoCat who are sponsors but do not get
properly recognized right now). I just wanted to avoid an overlap of an
extended / broad call for sponsorship.

I very much like the idea of cross referencing FOSS4G and OSGeo
sponsors. Makes total sense and would probably be a nice thing to also
bring more continuity into the sponsor relationships (we are currently
compiling yet-another-sponsor-list from the lists kindly provided by
previous conference chairs).

Cheers,
Arnulf

On 16.11.2015 17:29, Jody Garnett wrote:
> Hi Arnulf,
>
> I am happy to limit the current sponsorship drive to prior sponsors
> (since I am uncomfortable listing sponsors on the OSGeo website ...
> who are not currently sponsoring). We can take up a wider callout to
> sponsors (say from the service providers database) until later if
> that provides you some breathing room.
>
> Any other suggestions Arnulf? My own take is that the numbers
> associated with sponsoring the foundation are not in keeping with
> sponsoring a foss4g event (or even sponsoring the QGIS project).
>
>
> -- Jody Garnett
>
> On 16 November 2015 at 10:47, Seven (aka Arnulf) <seven at arnulf.us
> <mailto:seven at arnulf.us>> wrote:
>
> Board, glad to see renewed efforts on getting sponsors for OSGeo and
> also believe it is a good idea to somehow couple OSGeo / FOSS4G
> support. But the timing may not be ideal as we (FOSS4G Bonn LOC) are
> about to start the first sponsorship drive for FOSS4G 2016 and know
> nothing of the new OSGeo sponsor activities so far. I just found this
> thread after being a week offline and apparently nobody else at the
> FOSS4G team was included (now copying the list). We must make sure
> that we do not dilute sponsorship efforts or even confuse people
> about what and who they will sponsor.
>
> Thoughts on how we can deal with this?
>
> Cheers, Arnulf
>
> On 13.11.2015 23:13, Jody Garnett wrote:
>> Good suggestion, and appropriate for our international undertaking.
>> wa
> nt
>> to edit the wiki and see what that looks like :) On Fri, Nov 13,
>> 2015 at 3:48 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>
>> 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 U
> S
>> 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.c
> om
>> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com <mailto: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 you
> r
>> local government? If so sponsorship is available at a discount
> ed
>> 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 t
> o
>> $3000 / $750.
>
>> (So gateway geomatics - is that like a gateway drug getting yo
> ur
>> customers hooked on freedom?) Jody On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 3:18 PM
>> Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>>> wrote
> :
>
>> Thanks Jeff, in transit now (afraid of making typo on phon
> e)
>> but I also would like to nail down these levels promptly.
>
>> You have my feedback (trying to reduce the number of level
> s
>> 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 sponsorsh
> ip
>> 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
>> <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
>> <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>> <mailto: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 possibl
> e
>> for both organizations and individuals.  I actually feel that t
> he
>> money amount isn't as important, as it is for OSGeo to give a
>> chanc
> e for
>> organizations and individuals to be promoted by OSGeo (as you know,
>> I consistently show slides now on OSGeo sponsors and OSG
> eo
>> 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. An
> d
>> 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, t
> o
>> 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 mak
> e
>> a point, of let us give the opportunity to our community members to
>> ha
> ve
>> a stage, on our marketing materials and promotions).  Again, I feel
>> th
> e
>> 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 tod
> ay.
>
>> If you reject this, well then, I sure tried to get thi
> s
>> moving :)
>
>
>
>> -jeff
>
>
>
>
>
>> On 2015-11-12 6:34 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>> I would like a hand collecting sponsor email address
> es
>> - for everyone on
>>> this page
>>>
>> <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/2015_Sponsorship_Drive_Wor
> king_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
>>> contac
> t
>> the organizations
>>> on the service provider
>> <http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile> page?
>>> -- Jody Garnett
>>>
>>>
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