<div dir="ltr">Hi Arnulf, <div><br></div><div>I am happy to limit the current sponsorship drive to prior sponsors (since I am uncomfortable listing sponsors on the OSGeo website ... who are not currently sponsoring). We can take up a wider callout to sponsors (say from the service providers database) until later if that provides you some breathing room.</div><div><br></div><div>Any other suggestions Arnulf? My own take is that the numbers associated with sponsoring the foundation are not in keeping with sponsoring a foss4g event (or even sponsoring the QGIS project).<div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 November 2015 at 10:47, Seven (aka Arnulf) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seven@arnulf.us" target="_blank">seven@arnulf.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>
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Board,<br>
glad to see renewed efforts on getting sponsors for OSGeo and also<br>
believe it is a good idea to somehow couple OSGeo / FOSS4G support. But<br>
the timing may not be ideal as we (FOSS4G Bonn LOC) are about to start<br>
the first sponsorship drive for FOSS4G 2016 and know nothing of the new<br>
OSGeo sponsor activities so far. I just found this thread after being a<br>
week offline and apparently nobody else at the FOSS4G team was included<br>
(now copying the list). We must make sure that we do not dilute<br>
sponsorship efforts or even confuse people about what and who they will<br>
sponsor.<br>
<br>
Thoughts on how we can deal with this?<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Arnulf<br>
<span class=""><br>
On 13.11.2015 23:13, Jody Garnett wrote:<br>
> Good suggestion, and appropriate for our international undertaking. wa<br>
nt<br>
> to edit the wiki and see what that looks like :)<br>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 3:48 PM Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a><br>
</span><span class="">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> The one thing this missing is adjusting based on economy, kind of<br>
> like how foss4g had a reduced rate based on UN economy rankings.<br>
><br>
> Get a bit of that with small biz definition changing between the U<br>
S<br>
> and Romania. Perhaps this is something to work on for next year.<br>
><br>
> If anyone has brain cells left over to think on the problem please<br>
> contribute.<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 3:40 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett@gmail.c<br>
om<br>
</span><div><div class="h5">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Darn I really want to get this sorted and cannot edit the wiki<br>
.<br>
> I feel a lot of your concern is about the low price point, and<br>
> my concern is about the number of confusing levels sending a<br>
> confusing involvement / marketting message.<br>
> (ie we may just be conflicting over different points)<br>
><br>
> So let me try again, and apologize for email typos.<br>
><br>
> Small or nonprofit - are you a small business according to you<br>
r<br>
> local government? If so sponsorship is available at a discount<br>
ed<br>
> rate.<br>
><br>
> Principle Sponsor: $10000 (small business $2500)<br>
> Supporting Sponsor: $2000 (small business $500)<br>
><br>
> Are you an active member of the community sponsoring<br>
> local,national or international OSGeo events? Please let our<br>
> treasure know and your sponsorship invoice will be adjusted<br>
> accordingly.<br>
><br>
> Please think over the above, if you consider Gateway Geomatics<br>
> sponsoring local events perhaps you can bump the category up t<br>
o<br>
> $3000 / $750.<br>
><br>
> (So gateway geomatics - is that like a gateway drug getting yo<br>
ur<br>
> customers hooked on freedom?)<br>
> Jody<br>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 3:18 PM Jody Garnett<br>
</div></div>> <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>>> wrote<br>
<span class="">:<br>
><br>
> Thanks Jeff, in transit now (afraid of making typo on phon<br>
e)<br>
> but I also would like to nail down these levels promptly.<br>
><br>
> You have my feedback (trying to reduce the number of level<br>
s<br>
> as they are complicated, and adjust price based on size or<br>
> revenue of sponsor to allow more parties to take part). I<br>
am<br>
> uncomfortable with a low price point (since I also want to<br>
> respect donations).<br>
><br>
> I actually have one more nifty idea since our priority as<br>
a<br>
> community is involvement. Could we count an organization<br>
> sponsoring foss4g and local events towards their sponsorsh<br>
ip<br>
> total reflected above? You could limit that to just events<br>
> where OSGeo is providing backing/recycling profit.<br>
><br>
> Aside I like your proposed levels - I am simply trying for<br>
a<br>
> different take on things :)<br>
> --<br>
> Jody<br>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 2:46 PM Jeff McKenna<br>
> <<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a><br>
</span><div><div class="h5">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi Jody,<br>
><br>
> Related to sponsors, I would like to finalize the<br>
> sponsor levels. When<br>
> I review the wiki<br>
> (<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_2015_Sponsorship" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_2015_Sponsorship</a>), I<br>
> would like to suggest the following levels:<br>
><br>
> Previous Levels<br>
> ---------------<br>
><br>
> Sustaining Sponsor $50,000<br>
> Principal Sponsor $20,000<br>
> Supporting Sponsor $10,000<br>
> Associate Sponsor $3,000<br>
><br>
> New Levels<br>
> ----------<br>
><br>
> Sustaining Sponsor $25,000<br>
> Principal Sponsor $10,000<br>
> Supporting Sponsor $3,000<br>
> Associate Sponsor $500<br>
><br>
><br>
> Discussion:<br>
><br>
> I'm for making sponsorship of OSGeo as easy as possibl<br>
e<br>
> for both<br>
> organizations and individuals. I actually feel that t<br>
he<br>
> money amount<br>
> isn't as important, as it is for OSGeo to give a chanc<br>
e for<br>
> organizations and individuals to be promoted by OSGeo<br>
> (as you know, I<br>
> consistently show slides now on OSGeo sponsors and OSG<br>
eo<br>
> service<br>
> providers during my talks), as well as for giving them<br>
> an opportunity to<br>
> proudly show that they are official sponsors of OSGeo,<br>
> that they<br>
> officially help grow Open Source geospatial projects.<br>
> This promotion<br>
> really helps these companies and individuals, and it<br>
> also helps the<br>
> community realize that we have a healthy ecosystem. An<br>
d<br>
> yes I don't see<br>
> the need to limit sponsorship by how much revenue I or<br>
> any other company<br>
> earns. (note that our one existing sponsor, thinkWhere<br>
,<br>
> would be changed<br>
> from an Associate Sponsor, to a Sustaining Sponsor,<br>
> because of the<br>
> amount they paid). I also propose that we give past<br>
> sponsors, the<br>
> perfect example is GeoCat, a one-year 50% off offer, t<br>
o<br>
> renew now (the<br>
> following year would be fullprice).<br>
><br>
> Am I still not convincing you? Well then: Gateway<br>
> Geomatics would like<br>
> to kick off these new levels, with a new Associate<br>
> Sponsorship for $500<br>
> level. (yes, tricky tactics by me, but this is to mak<br>
e<br>
> a point, of let<br>
> us give the opportunity to our community members to ha<br>
ve<br>
> a stage, on our<br>
> marketing materials and promotions). Again, I feel th<br>
e<br>
> money amount<br>
> means much less to OSGeo, than this promotion is for<br>
> these companies,<br>
> and the benefits to the community overall.<br>
><br>
> I do commit to this proposal.<br>
><br>
> I also wonder if the big process of creating a working<br>
> group, then<br>
> making the levels, and then changing the benefits for<br>
> each level, and<br>
> then contacting all previous sponsors, is too much to<br>
> chew at once, for<br>
> us volunteers. I propose we change to the levels I<br>
> propose here, change<br>
> the website amounts, and start contacting sponsors tod<br>
ay.<br>
><br>
> If you reject this, well then, I sure tried to get thi<br>
s<br>
> moving :)<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> -jeff<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 2015-11-12 6:34 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:<br>
> > I would like a hand collecting sponsor email address<br>
es<br>
> - for everyone on<br>
> > this page<br>
> ><br>
> <<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/2015_Sponsorship_Drive_Wor" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/2015_Sponsorship_Drive_Wor</a><br>
king_Group>.<br>
> If<br>
> > you note any likely candidate please add them to the<br>
list.<br>
> ><br>
> > Two questions:<br>
> > - It is not the best to collect email addresses on a<br>
> wiki page - any<br>
> > suggestions?<br>
> > - Wanted to ask if it would be rude for us to contac<br>
t<br>
> the organizations<br>
> > on the service provider<br>
> <<a href="http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile</a>> page?<br>
> > --<br>
> > Jody Garnett<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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