[Aust-NZ] WALIS OSGeo Stand sponsors

[Cameron Shorter]

Make that 4 companies. LISAsoft will contribute too.

Yes, we should have prominent advertising for sponsors for 2 reasons:

1. It will encourage receiving sponsorship and hence stands are funded.
2. It demonstrates commercial support for OSGeo. Lack of commercial 
support is often quoted as a major reason for not pursuing an Open 
Source solution.

Tim Bowden wrote:
> We've now got three companies who have stepped up to the plate and
> offered sponsorship for our stand at WALIS;
> * Gaia Resources
> * Lat/Lon GmbH
> * Maunsell
>
> In addition, we also have Autodesk who have already provided
> considerable resources in terms of printed material, T-shirts and
> signage.
>
> In return, we need to provide an opportunity at the stand for sponsors
> to show their support.  As we don't have a policy on what's acceptable,
> I'd like to put my ideas to the list for your thoughts.  At the least, I
> feel we should have have a  sign (about A1 size?) on the back wall of
> the booth with sponsors names and logos.
>
> Given we will be running demos of open source geospatial software, It
> would probably be a good thing to allow sponsors to run branded demos on
> a laptop (subject to booth space) showing how they use open source in
> their business or in the case of sponsors like Autodesk open source
> products they provide or support.
>
> In the absence of a demo (or in addition to?) should we also allow each
> sponsor an A4 brochure at the stand that outlines their services/
> products?  Does if matter if those services/products don't include any
> open source?
>
> Regards,
> Tim Bowden
>
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