On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 02:40:30PM -0400, Pablo Duboue wrote: >Hi, > >In the 'thank our sponsors' thread people raised issues regarding the >'permanent sponsors' category. > >Before, that category was restricted to our network hosting partners. This >year I extended to one of our key media partners but I still think we can >profit from it much more. > >Permanent sponsors are featured in http://www.debconf.org/ rather that just in >http://debconf99.debconf.org/. They are also featured in each >http://debconf99.debconf.org/ page in the *left side*, which IMHO is bad as it >is further down the page that the regular sponsors, so it is easy to miss. > >Instead of the current process, what about we do the following: > >* At the DebConf99 website level, there is no distinction between regular and >permanent sponsors. They are bracketed and ranked according to the the dollar >value of their contributions to that year DebConf. > >* After two years of DebConf sponsorship, we can invite a sponsor to become a >permanent sponsor. What that means is that (1) their logo is featured in >http://www.debconf.org/ (and, something extra, e.g., rotation on the video >stream or something less, maybe on the line of "bracket benefits upgrade") and >(2) they are willing to consider sponsoring DebConf(N+1) with a decision >earlier in the year (we contact them in January and they decide by March). > >* To keep the permanent sponsorship, they have to sponsor DebConf every year, >but they don't need to sponsor at the same level every year. > >* Their ordering in the home page reflects the accumulated dollar amount of >their donations. > >* This way we further solidify the link with our long term sponsors plus speed >up our cash flow at the beginning of the fund raising cycle. > >What do you think? Feel free to plainly reject or counter-propose something >completely different. Permanent sponsorship is an important matter so don't >remain quiet if you object.
Sounds broadly sensible to me, yes. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] "I suspect most samba developers are already technically insane... Of course, since many of them are Australians, you can't tell." -- Linus Torvalds _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
