[Board] Fwd: Bronze sponsors who seek SEO improvements

[Marc Vloemans]

(Not sure if I can post on boardlist)
Removing SEO sponsors from previous sponsor section....not necessarily in present site. I consider that a waste of volunteer energy as the new site and brand is consuming some people's time already.
A nice-to-have IMO not must have.

Kind regards,
Marc Vloemans


> Op 23 jun. 2017 om 17:40 heeft Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> I would like the board or marketing committee to direct me in that, I personally like that idea. 
>> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 8:27 AM Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 4:45 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > It is now June and I am removing our last SEO sponsor entry.
>> 
>> Can SEO sponsors also be removed from the previous sponsors section?
>> 
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jody Garnett
>> >
>> > On 6 April 2017 at 05:42, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I double checked, two of the organizations is question have now been
>> >> removed; the last one get's removed in June.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Jody Garnett
>> >>
>> >> On 5 April 2017 at 23:54, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I am waiting for their year to be up before removing, they did sponsor
>> >>> for a year and we took their money.
>> >>> On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 11:49 PM Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hi Andreas,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Andreas Neumann <andreas at qgis.org>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Hi OSGEO board / officers,
>> >>>>> I would like to investigate about the OSGEO sponsors policy. Especially
>> >>>>> in the light that we had and have similar requests from "dubious" sponsors
>> >>>>> in the QGIS project. Also maybe to align our policies.
>> >>>>> I am relating to the bronze sponsors listed at
>> >>>>> http://www.osgeo.org/content/sponsorship/sponsors.html
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> ChameleonJohn
>> >>>>> Apps4Rent
>> >>>>> Dealslands
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> These companies are not active in the geospatial domain. The sole
>> >>>>> purpose of their sponsorship is to get search engine optimizations by
>> >>>>> getting increased trust from a popular Open Source project. They are willing
>> >>>>> to pay such small sponsorships and get an awful lot of value from it. It is
>> >>>>> simply advertising for their business that has nothing to do with "geo".
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I would suggest the OSGEO board to not accept such sponsorships in the
>> >>>>> future and remove the existing "dubious" ones completely, once they expire.
>> >>>>> Since they are 2016 sponsors - maybe they can be removed already?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thank you for reminding us about this issue! You'll be happy to know
>> >>>> that the OSGeo board already voted to not accept this kind of sponsors
>> >>>> anymore, see
>> >>>> https://www.loomio.org/d/RmDdysre/update-sponsorship-instructions-to-restrict-search-engine-optimization-companies
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Concerning removing 2016's questionable sponsors, maybe Jody knows if
>> >>>> removal now is ok with our agreements.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Best wishes,
>> >>>> Anita
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
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>> >>> --
>> >>> --
>> >>> Jody Garnett
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
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