On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 09:45:10AM -0400, Philip Balister wrote: > This is kind of short notice, but I'd like some feedback on this idea ... > > So for the Yocto Dev Day before ELCE in Edinburgh, the Yocto Project is > looking for additional Sponsorship to cover the cost of coffee breaks > (and some other stuff, but these are the least expensive) > > I'm wondering if OpenEmbedded would like to sponsor a coffee break.
What is the amount we are talking about for this particular instance? > Obviously, we'd need to do a quick round of fund raising to make this > happen. I think it would be a good way for us to increase visibility of > the OpenEmbedded brand and gives many of the smaller players a chance to > contribute to some of the larger Yocto Project costs. > > So I'd like to hear two things from everyone: > > 1) Should we sponsor events when it makes sense? Not talking as a Board member, but as an individual member, I would definitely like to see OpenEmbedded getting more visibility, even through sponsoring some smaller portions of the bigger events. > 2) If you are interested in helping sponsor this particular even, send > me a private email with amounts. If there is sufficient interest we have > access to US and EU bank accounts for money collection. > > Long term, I'd like to get a more organized fund raising plan in place > and identify how we can support the needs of the project better. Some > ideas that have been tossed around over the years, travel grants for > people promoting OE, event sponsorship, pay for infrastructure > improvements, contribute to auto builder costs etc. Many of these are > being covered by volunteers working in the community It would be nice to > help them out. > > I'll be semi-afk through Tuesday, but should be able to see email. -- Denys _______________________________________________ Openembedded-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-devel
