[Fundraising] First Meeting - May 9th

[Michael P. Gerlek]

I like this a lot -- I can see something like a web page on the OSGeo
site of (nice-looking) ads for each sponsoring company that offers
OSGeo-related work in some way.

It also goes nicely with the idea someone (Frank?) said about getting
contractors/consultants to become sponsors, and by extension having
OSGeo recommend to companies that they should "look for the OSGeo label"
when out-sourcing work to someone.  (I note this is a way of having the
foundation be able to provide a "preferred provider" list, without
getting into any nasty conflict of interest situations.)

-mpg
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave McIlhagga [mailto:dmcilhagga at dmsolutions.ca] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 9:44 AM
> To: fundraising at fundraising.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Fundraising] First Meeting - May 9th
> 
> Something else for consideration,
> 
> I think one of the best ways to get an organization to sponsor (in 
> particular smaller organizations) is to provide a degree of marketing 
> benefit such as a restricted space for organization X to 
> describe their 
> involvement in open source, and related services they might offer.
> 
> So for instance, an organization who provides application development 
> services around mapserver, mapguide, geoserver, etc... could 
> state this, 
> experience, etc.. and include a link to their website.
> 
> This way we offer potential sponsors something very tangible, 
> while not 
> compromising the arm's-length direction of the organization.
> 
> This allows us to tap into Marketing & Advertising budgets 
> which tend to 
> be more accessible then Technology budgets where the direct 
> benefit of 
> sponsorship would be less tangible.
> 
> It would also help raise profile and credibility for OSGeo through 
> sponsorship numbers.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
> Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> > Gary Lang wrote:
> > 
> >> Michael,
> >>
> >> I am in concurrence about the 'general use' comment below. 
> Personally, I
> >> am of the mind that the board should clearly decide what 
> to do before
> >> deciding how to raise money to pay for "it", and so I'm 
> hoping to work
> >> with everyone to nail this together over the next month.
> > 
> > 
> > Gary,
> > 
> > This seems quite reasonable.  I have added an agenda item for the
> > Friday board meeting for this topic.
> > 
> > Best regards,
>