[FOSS4G2016] Web site: Sponsors

[Arnulf Christl]

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Haha, well said, good points. My experience with media is extremely
mixed, sometimes it is really great to have them on board, sometimes one
cannot even tell. Anyone with a silver bullet?

On 17.11.2015 14:03, Steven Feldman wrote:
> From the 2013 experience we gained no benefit from so called ‘media
> sponsors’ - if you are short of space I would suggest reconsidering
> media sponsorship. 
> 
> If you do have media sponsors, be clear about what your minimum
> expectations from them are e.g. number of banner ads, commitment to
> publish articles/interviews about the event prior and post, etc. Be
> prepared to remove them from the web site and other publicity if they 
do
> not meet their commitments and let them know that.
> 
> Cheers from a grumpy media sponsorship cynic :)
> ______
> Steven
> 
> 
>> On 17 Nov 2015, at 11:55, carmen.tawalika at googlemail.com
>> <mailto:carmen.tawalika at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Arnulf,
>>
>>
>> the structure of the whole page will change this weekend, extending
>> the menu to not only be a one page design. Therefore only little
>> effort was made for now to present the Sponsor Page.
>> What is important for you to change before going broader public? Woul
d
>> it be sufficient to only show the headings, where we already have
>> Sponsors?
>> All your ideas from above will be considered this weekend.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Carmen
>> Arnulf Christl (FOSS4G) <arnulf at foss4g2016.org
>> <mailto:arnulf at foss4g2016.org>> schrieb am Di., 17. Nov. 2015 um 11:3
2:
>>
>>     Follow-up:
>>
>>     Please call the extra category "Institutional Partners" (for UNOS
A
>>     et.al <http://et.al/>.) and "Media Partners" (for media).
>>
>>     Thanx,
>>     Arnulf
>>
>>     On 17.11.2015 11:25, Arnulf Christl (FOSS4G) wrote:
>>     > Ha. Just reloaded the web site and can see that there is alread
y
>>     a new
>>     > sponsor page. Maybe we can adjust and consider the suggestions
>>     in the
>>     > previous mail (see below) before we go broader public and tweet
>>     and so on.
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Thanks,
>>     > Arnulf
>>     >
>>     > On 17.11.2015 11:21, Arnulf Christl (FOSS4G) wrote:
>>     >> Hi,
>>     >> we need to make space for the sponsors. Can somebody make a
>>     suggestions
>>     >> how to best solve this on our web site?
>>     >>
>>     >> We need at least 5 categories (+ maybe the Diamond option).
>>     Initially we
>>     >> should only make those categories visible which already have a
t
>>     least
>>     >> one sponsor (to avoid "empty space"). Lower levels should
>>     probably have
>>     >> slightly smaller screen space for logos. The logos should be
>>     fair sized,
>>     >> this means total number of pixel, not max width and max height
.
>>     Makes
>>     >> placement more difficult but is more equitable.
>>     >>
>>     >> We will also have a number of institutional supporters like th
e
>>     United
>>     >> Nations, Geogr. Dept of the University of Bonn, etc. We alread
y
>>     have a
>>     >> confirmation from UNOSA and we may NOT to use their logo (says
>>     their
>>     >> legal department, Sigh...) but we may use the following wordin
g
>>     on our
>>     >> web site:
>>     >>
>>     >> "With the support of the United Nations Office for Outer Space
>>     Affairs"
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >> I suggest to make an additional category "Partners" or "Associ
ated
>>     >> Partners" or "Institutional Partners" above "Media Partners"
>>     where we
>>     >> can add this text.
>>     >>
>>     >> Examples:
>>     >> Maybe check out how they did it (at the bottom of the first pa
ge):
>>     >> http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/
>>     >>
>>     >> We should also consider making the Diamond (if we get one)
>>     appear on the
>>     >> very first screen after opening the web site, right beside the
>>     "hosted
>>     >> by OSGeo" "Diamond Sponsor xxx"
>>     >>
>>     >> In 2014 they dedicated a whole separate page:
>>     >> http://2014.foss4g.org/sponsor-foss4g/sponsors/index.html
>>     >> ...but I suggest to make the titles "Gold, Sivler, Bronze...) 
a
>>     bit more
>>     >> apparent, maybe underline them or make discreet boxes around
>>     categories.
>>     >>
>>     >> Portland was very broad with Media sponsors (14), do we also
>>     want this
>>     >> or restrict to less? (I would say we take who we can get,
>>     right?).  We
>>     >> need to know now so that we can start to connect with the medi
a
>>     partners.
>>     >>
>>     >> Thanx,
>>     >> Arnulf
>>     >>
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