[FOSS4G2016] Web site: Sponsors

Tue Nov 17 11:04:39 PST 2015

Having fought long-teethed Transylvanian subjects over the years with silver bullets, oak and ash stakes, crosses and garlic;
- pick one Media partner per continent with online and offline presence (check sites like GeoSpatialWorld Forum, INSPIRE conference, LocationTech for titles/names/contacts)
- involve local chapters If needed for additional info
- promise them periodical news blurbs/stories etc (they need to fill space for minimum cost max advert revenue) PR will gather story lines from across the LOC
- negotiate online banner/logo space and per quarter a 2page story space, plus mention in their publicly available year agenda (published online and in print)
- prepare a standard outreach blurb and a mail follow up
- if after one reminder still no answer, leave that one
- PR&Marketing will take over the contact and work once formal media partnership is agreed/signed

My two Euro cents

Vriendelijke groet,
Marc Vloemans


> Op 17 nov. 2015 om 18:12 heeft Arnulf Christl <arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net> het volgende geschreven:
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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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