[Board] Fwd: Bronze sponsors who seek SEO improvements

[Marc VLOEMANS]

It is CARTO nowadays.

Op vr 23 jun. 2017 om 19:42 schreef Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>

> On second thought I am going to remove the prior sponsors section:
> - We are not planning to bring it forward to the new site
> - It had some value when we did not have many sponsors, but now we have a
> diverse range of visible support
>
> Note that I am way behind on press releases for sponsors with Boundless,
> Azavea and Carto (is it Carto or CARTO) available for review in draft form.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 23 June 2017 at 10:35, Marc Vloemans <marcvloemans1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> (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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>> Jody Garnett
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