I suspect they are more likely to be found on the advocacy-discuss list.. (I don't know.)
On 8/1/07, Fauzia Saeed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Proposal is done. Who are the right people in product marketing? > > Brian Gupta wrote: > > On 8/1/07, Fauzia Saeed <[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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