[Board] sponsor contacts
Massimiliano Cannata
massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch
Thu Nov 19 01:10:03 PST 2015
The idea of linking sponsor with FOSS4G events is nice but it means that
OSGeo shall fully control the agreement with the FOSS4G organizers.
Which to me is not the case at today.
But correct me if I'm wrong.
I agree with Jeff that we should give also space to those companies that
already sponsor OSGeo, even if not with a subscription, by providing
resources for the OSGeo projects.
And if they are small, then they cannot afford high additional expenses.
Not sure how to handle this, maybe we could give a label to these companies
as OSGeo friend company for 500 USD ?
Best,
Maxi
2015-11-19 8:07 GMT+01:00 Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>:
> A small business cannot sent a person to a code sprint, and also sponsor
> that code sprint, and then also sponsor OSGeo. I think we are not speaking
> of the same size of company. I think you are aiming at larger companies,
> which is great, but, remember who mostly fills our ecosystem.
>
> I think we need to focus right on the Gateway Geomatics, the Spatialys,
> the GeoLabs..... I want to give these hard working companies the spotlight.
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
> On 2015-11-19 7:34 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>
>> I managed to write up the 25% discount based small business, repeated
>> sponsorship, region - resulting in the following two examples.
>>
>> Examples:
>>
>> * A bronze OSGeo sponsor ($1000 USD) from France chooses to sponsor
>> Paris Code Sprint silver ($1600 USD) and foss4g 2016 supporter
>> ($1600 USD) and is listed as a Silver Sponsor (final total $4200 USD)
>> * A small business form India sponsors a local event ($100 USD) and
>> decides to obtain an OSGeo bronze sponsorship ($462 USD) using two
>> 25% discounts (final total $562 USD).
>>
>> I understand and respect your hesitation with respect a $500 target, I
>> feel the discounts above and ability to count local and code sprint
>> sponsorship towards OSGeo will help offset your hesitation. When I tried
>> the numbers $500 was too low given the amounts listed for paris code
>> sprint and foss4g 2016.
>>
>> So for small Canadian buisness your target is $750, sponsor a local
>> event or code sprint and you have brought the cost down to $500. And for
>> a subsequent year you start out at $562 ... so I think this will work
>> out fine.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>> On 18 November 2015 at 22:14, Jeff McKenna
>> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for contacting sponsors Jody. I still feel that the $500
>> price point is perfect for the majority of our community (small
>> business), so I hope you get good feedback on that optionB proposal
>> (whereas 1,000 USD would be too high for my pockets). 500 would
>> match what I pay for another association.
>>
>> By the way, something brand new is email notifications from the wiki
>> (for some reason when Martin upgraded the MediaWiki software
>> recently, all of a sudden, the original e-mail address when
>> registering is used for magical notifications) See below for an
>> attempt by the wiki to send to jgarnett at refractions.net
>> <mailto:jgarnett at refractions.net> ha! You can update this by:
>>
>> - login to the wiki
>> - after login click "Preferences" in the top right
>> - mid-way down the page see "Email options" and beside that a link
>> to "change email address"
>>
>> Enjoy :)
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2015-11-18 11:41 PM, Mail Delivery System wrote:
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>> <http://wiki.osgeo.osuosl.org>.
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>> >
>> > <jgarnett at refractions.net <mailto:jgarnett at refractions.net>>:
>>
>> host ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM <http://ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM>[74.125.20.27]
>> said:
>> > 550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not
>> exist. Please
>> > try 550-5.1.1 double-checking the recipient's email address
>> for typos or
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>> gsmtp (in
>> > reply to RCPT TO command)
>>
>> On 2015-11-19 5:01 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>
>> I have updated the draft sponsorship page based on the feedback
>> in this
>> thread:
>>
>> * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_2015_Sponsorship
>>
>> I find the result much easier to understand, the two proposals
>> are now
>> very close to each other which a good result of this discussion.
>> I will
>> be contacting prior sponsors tomorrow, in part to solicit feedback
>> between proposal A and proposal B.
>>
>> Thank you for your patience and participation.
>>
>> Jody
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>> On 12 November 2015 at 14:34, 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:
>>
>> 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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*Massimiliano Cannata*
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