Hi all, The board has been talking for a while, and companies have asked for, other ways to sponsor GNOME outside of the Advisory Board. Diego kicked off a discussion on the marketing list about a year ago, but I wasn't able to quickly find the email.
First, some background: the GNOME Advisory Board[1] is made up of partners and sponsors who help sponsor GNOME financially. * Companies with more than 50 employees: $20,000 / year * Companies with less than 50 employees: $10,000 / year * Non-profits: $0 We would like to expand corporate sponsorships but we don't want to lessen the benefits for the Advisory Board partners. The major benefits to being on the Advisory Board are monthly Advisory Board calls with other members and the Foundation's board of directors and an annual meeting at GUADEC. (I'm not sure if the ED does anything above and beyond other than normal and expected communication). We've also had feedback from potential partners asking for smaller ways to give. I'd like to get the community's feedback on two additional potential levels: Level 1: $1000 / year Benefits: Logo added to foundation.gnome.org - This will be available to companies to show they sponsor GNOME financially - some companies like the validation to help show potential clients. Level 2: $5000 / year Benefits: Logo added to foundation.gnome.org and quarterly one on one call with the Executive Director. Same as above and an opportunity to share feedback with GNOME's CEO. While the benefits may not seem like much to some, it's a way for companies to give and show they are a part of the community. We'd have to come up with naming conventions for the other levels. Lastly, as part of this, I'd like to revamp the foundation.gnome.org website for both these kind of corporate sponsors as well as those who have donated hardware to the Foundation, such as a potential offer for a new event box, Red Hat and Canonical for hosting our servers in their data centers and other things that are in the works. Anyone have any other potential benefits we could add? Feedback on the costs? Ideas for naming conventions? I look forward to everyone's feedback and ideas! Thanks! Paul -- marketing-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
