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

Sun Mar 24 18:50:07 PDT 2019

Hi Alex, Ed

let’s start a new thread with ‘ideas for sponsors’. My vote on sponsor
content at social events will be the same as last year ;)

Cheers

Adam

On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 12:30, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:

> I mentioned this last year, but at our local SSSI conferences we’ve
> allowed the dinner or drinks sponsor to give an address at the dinner, or
> before the drinks. That could work with the $10,000 tier we have proposed
> here. It could even be at the icebreaker?
>
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 12:28 pm, Edoardo Neerhut <ed at mapillary.com> wrote:
>
>> +1 to an unbiased and fair selection process on presentations.
>>
>> I think we need to be creative and find other ways to add value to
>> sponsors, particularly those who sign on in the higher tiers. Ideas are
>> welcome on this front.
>>
>> On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 11:30, Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Can we also check what is the accepted practice in the general FOSS4G
>>> series ( NA, Europe, global, etc)? This may give us arguments for one
>>> arrangement against another.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My +1 for Adam’s solution still holds.
>>>
>>> M.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From: *FOSS4G-Oceania <foss4g-oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on
>>> behalf of adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com>
>>> *Date: *Monday, 25 March 2019 at 9:08 am
>>> *To: *Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
>>> *Cc: *foss4g-oceania <foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
>>> *Subject: *Re: [FOSS4G-Oceania] process for sponsor-submitted talks at
>>> F4G SotM 2019
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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