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

Sun Mar 24 19:12:13 PDT 2019

Good idea, although probably best to have this in a doc.

Let's start listing ideas for each tier here
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dzb0WV8Wtn2n4hSkagzV2aWOJOK_Hkkw6rIk8QdagqI/edit#>
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On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 12:50, adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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