On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 04:04:34PM -0500, Chip Childers wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 02:39:53PM -0500, Mark Hinkle wrote:
> > I have the Lanyard sponsorship for #ChefConf this year on April 24-26:
> > http://chefconf.opscode.com/
> > I was planning on donating the sponsorship to Apache CloudStack to help
> > raise the project profile I know we have quite a few Chef users too.
> > Basically we get the CloudStack logo on the lanyards and a 50 word blurb
> > for the ChefConf#13 website.
> >
> > Any thought? Mark
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> Thanks for bringing this to the list. David recently posted a Draft
> brand management guideline document [1], which I think we should use in
> responding to this request (helping determine if it's reasonable and
> useful for the project with a real-live test case).
>
> I believe the relevant section is:
>
> Sponsoring Events:
>
> Sponsoring events can provide good visibility for the project, however it
> frequently
> requires funds that the project does not have access to. Many outside
> organizations
> wish to provide this type of visibility.
>
> In addition to gaining the approval of ConCom the following is required:
> * Sponsorship discussed and approved on the cloudstack-marketing list.
> Approval is given by the (P)PMC.
> * Sponsorship must be provided with no additional affiliation - and only
> project provided marks used.
> * At least one committer must be planning to represent the project.
>
>
> So given those draft requirements, obviously this is the first one (although
> we'll
> need to approve after discussion). Can you comment on the affiliation
> question? And
> is a committer going to be present?
>
> Thanks for working with us on this, as we are trying to get a handle on our
> project's
> brand management responsibilities.
>
> -chip
>
>
> [1]
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Trademark+Guidelines+(DRAFT)
I also realized that you mentioned the lanyard itself! That triggers
another relevant section:
Non-software goods
* Without explicit written permission, goods bearing any of the
CloudStack marks may not be sold.
* Designs for non-software goods require both PMC approval and
approval from trademarks@.
Since this is a give-a-way, obviously it's not a for-sale item.
However, we're asking to approve the design (and trademarks@ would need
to be involved as well).
Thanks!
-chip
