[foss4g2014] Sponsorships

[Wm Leler]

Perhaps I should tell Deb we aren't interested after all.

I wanted to get her involved in the conference not just because of the sponsorships, but because I thought we could take advantage of her experience running GOSCON for many years.

Oh well.

--wm

On 23 Aug 2013, at 10:52 AM, David Percy <percyd at pdx.edu> wrote:

> Yeah, I was too eager to pay someone, for sure!
> And too much :-)
> I am also worried about volunteer burnout, though...
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Darrell Fuhriman <darrell at garnix.org> wrote:
>> Steven from nottingham indicated that they were able to get most sponsors on board without too much effort.
>> 
>> That makes me wonder if we shouldn't hold off on paying someone until/unless we decide we've picked up the low-hanging fruit and want to keep it going.
>> 
>> d.
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 22, 2013, at 20:28, "Revello, Neil (BES)" <Neil.Revello at portlandoregon.gov> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Subject: [foss4g2014] Sponsorships
>>> 
>>> What did we put into the budget for sponsorship coordination?
>>> 
>>> Because we want to get sponsors committed early, I think we might want to consider a (sliding) commission scale vs. time.  Then a performance payment based on total sponsorship review.
>>> 
>>> Neil Revello GISP
>>> neil.revello at portlandoregon.gov
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: foss4g2014-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:foss4g2014-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of David Percy
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 12:03 PM
>>> To: foss4g2014
>>> Subject: Re: [foss4g2014] Sponsorships
>>> 
>>> Deb would be an awesome addition to the team. She has charisma, connections, and energy that are invaluable. We have discussed a 10% cut on the sponsorships. This would mean, for example, $20,000 on a sponsorship of $200K, which is likely. I think we should offer a minimum of something like $5K...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 11:59 AM, David Percy <percy at pdx.edu> wrote:
>>>> Deb would be an awesome addition to the team. She has charisma,
>>>> connections, and energy that are invaluable. We have discussed a 10%
>>>> cut on the sponsorships. This would mean, for example, $20,000 on a
>>>> sponsorship of $200K, which is likely. I think we should offer a
>>>> minimum of something like $5K...
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Wm Leler <wmleler at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I contacted Deb Bryant and it sounds like she would be interested in doing this job.  Here is my email to her and her response.  How do we get her answers to her questions? I think she would make a good addition to the team putting on this conference.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Portland was recently picked as the location for FOSS4G in September 2014! We met last monday to celebrate and to figure out what we need to do ASAP.  One of the big items on the list was to get sponsors.  We totally need someone to take charge of this.  We even discussed paying someone to help do it (e.g., pay them a portion of what they are able to raise).  I mentioned your name and everyone thought you would do an awesome job of it.  Are you interested?  We can get the sponsor lists from both this year's conference (in Nottingham) and from the last time it was held in the US, plus give you contacts in other organizations, etc.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Congrats!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Am interested, could be a fun project to take on.  What I need to know to decide for sure (because sponsorship raising would be something I'd want to do for a fee) is:
>>>>> 
>>>>> attendance numbers for Nottingham
>>>>> sponsorship list from there you mentioned including how much what
>>>>> consideration was given sponsors (big high five, signs, free concert
>>>>> tickets, speaking slots??) who is your fiscal agent?
>>>>> what is your target budget?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Strong maybe! let me know the rest and let's talk.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Deb
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