[Board] sponsorship proposals

[Jody Garnett]

I have updated the wiki page.

For the record, email conversations with potential sponsors have focused on
organization size being a sensitive factor. This was offset by solid
enthusiasm for recognizing sponsorship of OSGeo events.

Perhaps this can be a topic addressed by the foss4g conference, for OSGeo I
anticipate we can provide better traction by recognizing participants
(rather than adjusting sponsorship level based on size).

--
Jody Garnett

On 24 November 2015 at 07:09, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay I will drop the small business idea, and lower the bottom price point
> to 500.  I would still like to maintain the other aspects of Option A and
> will combine the proposals.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 24 November 2015 at 07:00, Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at mapgears.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I agree with Jeff that we should not bring number of employees or
>> revenues into the equation. That is just too complicated. Option B is just
>> fine, it maps well to what we've done for FOSS4G for years, and as long as
>> their is a 500-1000$ entry level option for small businesses, that is
>> enough from my point of view.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2015-11-24 2:37 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jody,
>>>
>>> If you ask my opinion: there is no need to worry about number of
>>> employees, which is why I proposed OptionB (1).  As I mentioned earlier,
>>> my company sponsors another association at the same price point as Esri
>>> - there is nothing wrong with this, in fact, it benefits both of us.
>>>
>>> However I'm only one voice, I am sure you get better feedback from your
>>> phone conversations with the sponsors.  Please proceed with however you
>>> wish.  At this point, since past sponsors haven't been invoiced since
>>> 2011, anything is better than nothing.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -jeff
>>>
>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_2015_Sponsorship
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2015-11-24 9:27 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>>
>>>> Breaking working group discussion
>>>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/2015_Sponsorship_Drive_Working_Group> into
>>>> a distinct email thread (formally was sponsorship contacts).
>>>>
>>>> I am starting to get feedback from parties interested in sponsoring:
>>>>
>>>> * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_2015_Sponsorship
>>>>
>>>> Thus far feedback has been very positive, a little bit of tension
>>>> between sponsoring local events and sponsoring OSGeo.
>>>>
>>>> One question I was not able to handle to my satisfaction was what OSGeo
>>>> would consider a "small business".  My response was based on the country
>>>> an organization resides in. This has not held up in practice
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_and_medium-sized_enterprises>
>>>> Europe 1-50 people, Canada 1-100 people, USA 1-500 people!
>>>>
>>>> I liked the idea of leaving the "small business" with the local tax
>>>> office -
>>>> Jeff if you have a moment what did you want to consider a "small
>>>> consulting shop"
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Daniel Morissette
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>>
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