[FOSS4G-Oceania] process for sponsor-submitted talks at F4G SotM 2019

[Jonah Sullivan]

I put this question to the promotions team at geoscience Australia. They
said that conference sponsorship is much more attractive if there is a
guarantee of direct promotion of the organisation.

The promotion opportunities include a booth and logos on swag.

The person I spoke to thought that sponsorship should buy a keynote speaker
spot. I disagree, I prefer a keynote speaker chosen based on merit.

On Sun, 24 Mar. 2019, 13:37 adam steer, <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> In our latest FOSS4G SotM 2019 committee meeting there was a short
> discussion about how to manage talks submitted by sponsors (minutes will
> come soon, the 2019 conference wiki page at osgeo.org is just being
> started)
>
> In 2018, we decided that sponsor-submitted talks should go through the
> normal process - that is, there is no guaranteed talk slot for sponsors;
> and any talks submitted by sponsors need to go through the normal community
> review + committee filter.
>
> On reflection, we failed to communicate this adequately to some sponsors,
> and this year will aim to do so in the prospectus. However, in an
> open-ended feedback survey, none of the sponsors who responded indicated
> that they would prefer ‘guaranteed content’.
>
> Before we go ahead and set words in stone for 2019:
>
> Do you think that we should stick to the 2018 model - meaning that
> sponsor-submitted talks should go through the normal review process; and
> there are no guaranteed talk slots for sponsors?
>
> +1 says ‘yes’; and that’s my personal vote/preference as programme
> coordinator.
>
> Please vote, ask questions if you need more clarity, discuss - our next
> conference committee meeting is scheduled for early April; and we’d like to
> have a prospectus nearing ‘ready’ shortly after that.
>
> Thanks, and regards
>
> Adam
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