[Qgis-psc] commercial support companies to besome official QGIS sponsors?

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
> Tim Sutton ha scritto:
>> By all means ask them, but I be careful to make it clear that its
>> voluntary - some folks may just be starting out or be heavily involved
>> in contributing to the project in other ways and I dont think its good
>> to double tax them.
>
> See if you like it:
> ===
> Dear QGISsers,
> as you know, QGIS is growing stronger. We, the qgis-project steering
> committee, are contacting you because you are listed here:
> http://qgis.org/en/commercial-support.html
> and we believe you are among the most interested in having a bright
> future for QGIS. As you may have noticed, we have started a sponsorship
> and donation program:
> http://qgis.org/en/sponsorship.html
> which we believe is a great opportunity to help and speed up QGIS
> development, and we encourage you to seriously consider it.
> We know that several of you are already heavily involved in contributing
> to the project in other ways, so you should not feel obliged to contribute.
> Also your ideas on how to further improve the support to QGIS will be
> greatly appreciated.
> All best wishes.
> ===
> I would intend to send it to all those listed, including jef and marco,
> but this may sound odd: what is your feeling?
> All the best.
> --
> Paolo Cavallini: http://www.faunalia.it/pc
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My redacted version below:

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Dear QGIS Solution Provider,

The QGIS project is maturing rapidly yet there is still a lot to do.
We, the qgis-project steering committee, are contacting you because
you are listed here:

http://qgis.org/en/commercial-support.html

and we believe you are among those most interested in having a bright
future for QGIS. As you may have noticed, we have started a
sponsorship and donation program:

http://qgis.org/en/sponsorship.html

which we believe is a great opportunity to help and speed up QGIS
development, and we encourage you to seriously consider becoming an
official sponsor. Becoming an official sponsor has multiple benefits.
Firstly it will help to ensure the growth and stability of the QGIS
project which will in turn provide similar benefits to your business.
Secondly, your company name will be listed in the QGIS -> About ->
Sponsors dialog of the QGIS application, increasing your visibility
amongst our users. Thirdly, you can use the official QGIS sponsor logo
on your web site and stationary (for the duration of the sponsorship
period), letting the general public know that you take an active role
in the development and improvement of QGIS.

We know that several of you are already heavily involved in
contributing to the project in other ways, so you should not feel
obliged to contribute. Your ideas on how to further improve the
support to QGIS will also be greatly appreciated.


Best regards

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I think before you send this out we should draw up the sponsors logos
(platinum, gold etc) so that we can show them what they will get. I'll
see if I get some time to do some gimping this weekend to make a
couple of visual proposals on this.

Regards



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