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

[adam steer]

Hi Cameron

‘should we have a sponsor pitch session’ is another motion / discussion. I
personally don’t like these - and feel that the plenary intro / sponsor
thanks spiel will point people in the direction of where to find them for
more information. In this case I feel tipping the balance consciously
toward a ‘community feel’ as far as possible is the best approach.

Having said that, there’s a lot of conversation with the sponsorship team
to have over how to operate this stuff for 2019. The programme is still
very much vaporware.

I felt the balance people struck in talks (even from a few
biggishcorporation folks) was about right in 2018; mostly aiming to educate
with a bit of ‘heres the company I work for and what we do’.

It’s a good point to raise, and we can certainly include that intention in
the CfP.

Regards,

Adam


On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 06:20, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is a delicate balance question.
>
> We really appreciate sponsors as they enable us to attract community by
> keeping costs to attendees down, pay for travel grant programs, and cover
> the community day. We should say that ourselves. I think we should follow
> that with a  60 second pitch session for big roller sponsors to pitch their
> company, and then refer back to their booth for more info. (That should be
> at the start of the conference within a plenary).
>
> We should then state that our strong preference for talks (as per our
> selection criteria) is no sales pitches. Yes, you can say where you work,
> yes you can apply a very subtle reference back to you company, but that
> should be it. (Paul Ramsey is very good at getting this balance right.)
>
> +1, For all other talks, we should select based on existing merit criteria
> (and not on how much you pay).
>
> Cameron
> On 24/3/19 1:37 pm, adam steer 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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