[Board] new Sponsors page draft

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Venka,
One thing I would not like to see happening is that OSGeo starts competing with companies on FOSS4G support, workshops and training (maybe, if given at commercial rates, I would consider this).
Cheers,
Jeroen

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> Op 23 okt. 2015 om 01:48 heeft Venkatesh Raghavan <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Apart from the above we could also consider a mechanism wherein,
> tickets filed for bug fixes and request for new features in OSGeo Software
> products by Sustaining and Principal Sponsor will be given a fast track
> treatment. OSGeo Board will liaise with the  PSC chair to deal with such
> priority tickets. A certain % of the sponsorship funds will be reserved
> for paying developers  if/when necessary to deal with issues related to
> such prioritized tickets.
> 
> Sustaining, Principal and Supporting sponsors will be permitted to
> conduct training sessions with OSGeo Software and such workshops
> could use OSGeo Logo on banners and course completion certificates
> issued to the participants. Sustaining sponsors could hold 6 "OSGeo Approved"
> training sessions per year, Principal Sponsors 4 and Supporting Sponsors 2.
> 
> Sponsors will also have access to list job opportunities, internships and
> fellowship openings in their respective organizations on the OSGeo Website.
> 
> Wild thinking, perhaps.
> 
> My 2JPY,
> 
> Venka