Awesome! Let me know what you need from me. I think I have all the text below unless someone has feedback or suggestions on it.
Thanks, Stormy On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Andreas Nilsson <nisses.m...@home.se>wrote: > Hi! > I would like to help out with this. > - Andreas > > Stormy Peters wrote: > >> As I work to recruit companies as GNOME Foundation sponsors, it would be >> really helpful to have a brochure that describes what GNOME is, the GNOME >> Foundation, why they should sponsor and what is entailed. It should be >> something that looks good online as well as printed on a single sheet of >> paper. (Either one or two sided, or folded in three like a brochure.) >> >> I've put together some text, but could really use some help with the >> layout and graphics. I'm thinking we could even reuse the GUADEC type look >> and feel. >> >> While this might not go to hundreds of companies, every company that we do >> recruit is at least $10,000/year for the GNOME Foundation. That pay for a >> lot of travel for developers or with a handful of those we could hire a >> system administrator. >> >> Thanks in advance to anyone that can help! >> >> Best, >> >> Stormy >> >> *GNOME* >> >> The GNOME Project is an effort to create a complete, free and easy-to-use >> desktop environment accessible to all, a powerful application development >> framework for software developers, and a set of free software applications >> for mobile devices. GNOME is part of the GNU Project <http://www.gnu.org/>, >> is Free Software <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>, and >> developed as Open Source <http://www.opensource.org/> software. >> >> >> The GNOME project encompasses many applications from the desktop to >> multimedia applications for end users to development tools. See >> http://projects.gnome.org/ for the entire list. >> >> *The GNOME Foundation* >> >> The GNOME Foundation supports the GNOME project goal of creating a >> computing platform for use by the general public that is completely free >> software. >> >> To achieve this goal, the Foundation coordinates releases of GNOME and >> determines which projects are part of GNOME. The Foundation acts as the >> official voice for the GNOME project, providing a means of communication >> with the press and with commercial and noncommercial organizations >> interested in GNOME software. The foundation may produce educational >> materials and documentation to help the public learn about GNOME software. >> In addition, it may sponsor GNOME-related technical conferences, and >> represent GNOME at relevant conferences sponsored by others, help create >> technical standards for the project and promote the use and development of >> GNOME software. >> >> The Foundation has over 400 members, all contributors to GNOME, who vote >> once a year to elect the GNOME Board of Directors who run the Foundation. >> The Foundation has two people on staff, an executive director and an >> administrator. >> >> The Foundation also has 20 corporate sponsors and a board of advisors that >> represent the corporate sponsors. Corporate sponsors include Access, >> Canonical, Debian, Free Software Foundation, HP, Google, IBM, Igalia, >> Immendio, Intel, Motorola, Mozilla Foundation, Nokia, Novell, OLPC, >> OpenedHand, Red Hat, Software Freedom Law Center, Sugar Labs and Sun. >> >> *Why join the GNOME Foundation as a sponsor:* >> >> 1) Open source technologies are forming the building blocks of desktop and >> mobile computing platforms. By using open source technologies, companies can >> focus on adding their value add, branding both the open source pieces and >> their applications, in a unique solution for end users. >> >> 2) The foundation provides a conduit to the developers. Developers working >> on GNOME technologies whether they work at large corporations, small >> consulting firms or as hobbyists. >> >> 3) As an advisory board member, through regular phone meetings and an >> annual face to face meeting, you will have a high-value communication >> channel with the GNOME community, through the board of directors. >> >> 4) The advisory board also provides the ideal forum for improved >> collaboration on areas of common interest among distributors of the GNOME >> products. Many of our members value the chance to speak and collaborate with >> partners and competitors about GNOME technologies. >> >> 5) The foundation invests in tasks which the community has done well, >> including a comprehensive program for independent software developers. We >> currently have a part-time assistant and a full-time director who will >> support the GNOME community and grow interest in the desktop and the >> platform. We are looking to hire a system administrator in the near future. >> >> 6) As you know, the more you work with the community and the more >> awareness they have of your plans, the more supportive they will be when you >> need help. By joining the GNOME Foundation and sponsoring GNOME, you will >> create good will among GNOME developers. They know that the GNOME Foundation >> fees go towards things that help GNOME developers like hackfests, sponsoring >> travel to conferences, and system administration resources. >> >> 7) General press. If you agree, we would like to issue a press release >> announcing your support. It would reach a large number of international >> press people, technologists and businesses. We would of course follow up >> with press coverage of GNOME related initiatives and announcements >> throughout the year. >> >> Sponsorship fees are $10,000/year. Most sponsors are also invited to join >> the GNOME Foundation Board of Advisors. The advisory board meets in person >> annually at GUADEC and holds regular teleconference calls throughout the >> year. >> >> Most sponsors also provide additional funding for specific programs like >> events and programs targeted at specific technologies. >> >> >> During 2008 the GNOME Foundation was able to help bring a free >> and open source desktop to the world by doing the following: >> >> * Participated in Google Summer of Code in which 30 students and >> mentors participated. They worked on improving f-spot (an >> application to manage photos), improving anjuta (integrated >> development environment), improving cheese (webcam application, >> similar to photobooth), and working on avahi to support LLMNR >> (which is the Windows technology similar to zeroconf, iirc). See >> a complete list of projects here >> <http://code.google.com/soc/2008/gnome/about.html>. >> * Ran an Accessibility Outreach Program that resulted in >> improvements in documentation, magification and mouse control >> through a webcam. In addition, several smaller tasks like bug >> fixing were accomplished as well. See a complete list of the >> tasks here <http://www.gnome.org/projects/outreach/a11y/tasks/>. >> * Held a GTK+ hackfest that was widely seen as successful for >> >> getting the GTK+ developers together and was essential for >> planning the future of GTK+. We plan to build on this success by >> using the hackfest model for other GNOME technologies. We are >> currently planning hackfests around topics like usability, >> desktop search, internet/desktop integration, GNOME Mobile, >> accessibility, profiling, and performance. >> * Held several world wide developer conferences to enable >> developers to collaborate effectively and to educate new users >> and developers. In Europe, our volunteer run conference, GUADEC, >> brought 300 GNOME developers together. This year we had the >> first GNOME event in Asia, GNOME.Asia, that was held in October >> 18-19th in Beijing with 300 Asian attendees. >> >> >> In 2009, we could use your help to accomplish the following: >> >> * Produce more end user and need focused technology and features >> through technology specific hackfests. Hackfests are an event >> where a core team of project developers get together and spend a >> week in the same place, discussing plans and writing code. They >> are particularly useful for getting new projects or large >> features launched (like GTK+ 3.0) or getting a large amount of >> code written. >> * Ensure a free and secure desktop environment for everyone. >> * Continue to provide a place for our sponsors to come together to >> discuss their GNOME technology related plans. >> * Organize a usability study focused on GNOME technologies used by >> all people including children, users in developing nations and >> people with accessibility needs. >> * Provide travel subsidies to bring our world wide community of >> volunteer developers together. This enables them to work on >> existing projects, plan new projects and work with partners and >> companies that use GNOME technologies. >> * Have more active dialogs between our sponsor companies and our >> developers through monthly advisory board meetings. This is one >> way to bring end user and distribution company needs to GNOME >> developers. >> * Hold a joint GUADEC/Akademy conference, a Free Desktop Summit, >> in order to encourage collaboration and common specifications. >> * Ensure that there is a free and open source stack for mobile >> devices by working with other mobile groups to define and >> produce GNOME Mobile. >> * Hire a system administrator to manage the GNOME infrastructure. >> The GNOME community has 1000s of volunteer contributors. The >> infrastructure to support them from mailing lists to bug >> tracking system to source code repositories is all maintained by >> volunteers. A contract system administrator could provide the >> on-call support that would give our volunteer developers and >> volunteer administrators with the resources they need to keep >> the GNOME project moving forward its mission of a free and open >> source desktop for all. >> * Support local conferences like GNOME.Asia, GUADLAC (Latin >> America), Boston Summit, GNOME.conf.au <http://gnome.conf.au/> >> (Australia) and Forum GNOME as a forum for community building, >> technology sharing, and bringing developers, companies and users >> closer together. Start an internship program aimed at exposing >> business students to the free and open source software world and >> bringing their expertise to some of the marketing and business >> challenges we have. >> * Support the community on defining and executing a release plan >> for GNOME 3.0. >> >> Thanks for your interest. >> >> To follow up, please contact: >> >> Stormy Peters >> Executive Director >> GNOME Foundation >> sto...@gnome.org <mailto:sto...@gnome.org> >> 970-481-2076 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> -- >> marketing-list mailing list >> marketing-list@gnome.org >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list >> >> > >
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