On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Attached the announcements for the Desktop Summit Sponsorship. As you know, > Intel, Collabora and SUSE will be the main (Platinum and Gold) sponsors, hence > we'd like to let you know that these announcements will go out on the Desktop > Summit press channels on Tuesday, 15:00 UTC. > > We'd appreciate it if you would either issue your own or echo these > announcements. > > Any input or suggestions are of course welcome. > > Greetings, > Jos Poortvliet > & The Desktop Summit Team
MeeGo is an open source project, hosted by the Linux Foundation and led by a steering group; it is not an Intel project. Thus, the quote from the MeeGo Community Manager speaking for Intel is confusing and should be clarified. Carl > > <p>We are pleased to announce that the Desktop Summit 2011 in Berlin will be > supported by Intel as Platinum sponsor. The event also welcomes Collabora and > SUSE as Gold partners. The organization is delighted with the community > spirit of these generous corporate partners. Mirko Boehm, Lead organizer of > the Desktop Summit, said: <em>"Their support is essential for the Desktop > Summit's efforts to bring together Free Software developers from all around > the world to work in a collaborative spirit on the next generation desktop > technology."</em></p> > > <p>Dawn Foster, MeeGo Community Manager stated: <em>"Intel is happy to > sponsor the Desktop Summit as a way to support the many projects that we use > and contribute to on a regular basis. It's important to us to work closely > with open source projects - and this is one way to do that."</em></p> > > <p>Christian Schaller, Marketing Manager at Collabora told us: <em>"At > Collabora we are excited to support the Desktop Summit as we feel it is one > of the core events in terms of moving the open source ecosystem forward. A > lot of open source innovation happens on the desktop first before being > widely deployed on all kinds of systems and devices. As the leader in the > fields of multimedia and real time communications Collabora are very much a > part of that effort. We look forward to meeting up with and engaging with the > everyone at the Desktop Summit."</em></p> > > <p><em>"SUSE is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Desktop Summit 2011,"</em> > said Michael Miller, vice president of Global Alliances and Marketing at > SUSE.<em> ?Cross > project collaboration is a core value at SUSE and we are committed to wide > interoperability and open communication. Our support of openSUSE at the > Desktop Summit demonstrates our continued commitment to a strong Free and > Open Source ecosystem."</em></p> > > <p>Aside from the Platinum and Gold sponsors, we are happy to welcome the > following Silver sponsors for this event: > <ul> > <li>Canonical</li> > <li>Google</li> > <li>Igalia</li> > <li>The Linux Foundation</li> > <li>Qt</li> > <li>Red Hat</li> > </ul> > </p> > > <p>The following are our Bronze level sponsors: > <ul> > <li>Lanedo</li> > <li>Mozilla</li> > <li>openshine</li> > </ul> > </p> > > <p>Their support is greatly appreciated</p> > > <p>Our media partners for the Desktop Summit will be golem.de and Linux > Magazine</p> > > <p>The organizing team would like to thank our sponsors on behalf of the > GNOME and KDE communities! We are still looking for more sponsors, please > contact us if you are interested (details below).</p> > > <h2>About the Desktop Summit</h2> > > <p>GUADEC (GNOME Users And Developers European Conference) and Akademy (KDE > annual world summit) are the world's largest gatherings of people involved in > Free Desktop and mobile user interfaces. Over a thousand participants are > expected at the Desktop Summit this year, covering both the GNOME and KDE > projects as well as related technologies. Organizers welcome developers, > artists, translators, community organizers, users and representatives from > government, education, businesses. Anyone who shares an interest in a Free > Desktop is encouraged to participate.</p> > > <p>GNOME and KDE are Free Software communities that drive the user interfaces > of many Linux-powered devices--smartphones, laptops, desktops, personal media > centers. 2011 is the second summit organized collaboratively by the two > communities.</p> > > <h2>Contact</h2> > <p>Contact information of the Desktop Summit team can be found on <a > href="https://www.desktopsummit.org/contact";>www.desktopsummit.org/contact</a>. > For press inquiries please contact Jos Poortvliet, <a > href="[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, phone > +31622377545. > > <p>If you would like to discuss sponsorship, please contact us: <a > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a></p> > Intel, Collabora and SUSE to be main sponsors of the Desktop Summit > > We are pleased to announce that the Desktop Summit 2011 in Berlin will be > supported by Intel as Platinum sponsor. The event also welcomes Collabora and > SUSE as Gold partners. The organization is delighted with the community > spirit of these generous corporate partners. Mirko Boehm, Lead organizer of > the Desktop Summit, said: "Their support is essential for the Desktop > Summit's efforts to bring together Free Software developers from all around > the world to work in a collaborative spirit on the next generation desktop > technology." > > Dawn Foster, MeeGo Community Manager stated: "Intel is happy to sponsor the > Desktop Summit as a way to support the many projects that we use and > contribute to on a regular basis. It's important to us to work closely with > open source projects - and this is one way to do that." > > Christian Schaller, Marketing Manager at Collabora told us: "At Collabora we > are excited to support the Desktop Summit as we feel it is one of the core > events in terms of moving the open source ecosystem forward. A lot of open > source innovation happens on the desktop first before being widely deployed > on all kinds of systems and devices. As the leader in the fields of > multimedia and real time communications Collabora are very much a part of > that effort. We look forward to meeting up with and engaging with the > everyone at the Desktop Summit." > > "SUSE is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Desktop Summit 2011," said Michael > Miller, vice president of Global Alliances and Marketing at SUSE. ?Cross > project collaboration is a core value at SUSE and we are committed to wide > interoperability and open communication. Our support of openSUSE at the > Desktop Summit demonstrates our continued commitment to a strong Free and > Open Source ecosystem." > > Aside from the Platinum and Gold sponsors, we are happy to welcome the > following Silver sponsors for this event: > Canonical > Google > Igalia > The Linux Foundation > Qt > Red Hat > > The following are our Bronze level sponsors: > Lanedo > Mozilla > openshine > > Their support is greatly appreciated! > > Our media partners for the Desktop Summit will be golem.de and Linux Magazin. > > The organizing team would like to thank our sponsors on behalf of the GNOME > and KDE communities! We are still looking for more sponsors, please contact > us if you are interested (details below). > > About the Desktop Summit > > GUADEC (GNOME Users And Developers European Conference) and Akademy (KDE > annual world summit) are the world's largest gatherings of people involved in > Free Desktop and mobile user interfaces. Over a thousand participants are > expected at the Desktop Summit this year, covering both the GNOME and KDE > projects as well as related technologies. Organizers welcome developers, > artists, translators, community organizers, users and representatives from > government, education, businesses. Anyone who shares an interest in a Free > Desktop is encouraged to participate. > > GNOME and KDE are Free Software communities that drive the user interfaces of > many Linux-powered devices--smartphones, laptops, desktops, personal media > centers. 2011 is the second summit organized collaboratively by the two > communities. > > Contact > > Contact information of the Desktop Summit team can be found on > www.desktopsummit.org/contact. For press inquiries please contact Jos > Poortvliet, [email protected], phone +31622377545. > > If you would like to discuss sponsorship, please contact us: > [email protected] > > > -- marketing-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
