Proposal is done. Who are the right people in product marketing?
Brian Gupta wrote:
On 8/1/07, *Fauzia Saeed* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Where in Sun do I find someone to sponsor it?
Alan Coopersmith wrote:
Fauzia (foz) Saeed wrote:
The Open Solaris Community in San Diego has an opportunity to fund the local SW
council which is a respected non-profit organization with a membership 200 SW
corporations (Oracle, Qualcomm, Accucorp, FAir Isaac etc.) SDIC has a huge
database, is well-connected with UCSD and will help us in promoting our events
through their database of 4000 IT Managers, CTO's and developers. They will
also let us manage their open SW interest group. So what is the hitch?
We do not know how to get the sponsorship money. Please help if you have any
idea.
You'll have to find a sponsor, such as Sun or another company,
who has money - OpenSolaris itself has no money.
I suspect that you would need to put together a proposal outlining a)
the costs involved, b) the direct financial benefits, c) the direct
non-financial benefits, and c) the indirect benefits. (Just what I
would expect, if I were a manager at Sun, with a budget).
Once you have a proposal, either forward it to Product
Management/Marketing, or your direct manager. (Whichever makes the
most sense in your situation.)
In corporate America, the route is generally via a chain of command.
At tech firms, where there is a flatter org structure, you should be
able to go directly to the benefactors.
-brian
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