Re: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Updates to Sponsorship Levels

[Martin Owens]

On Wed, 2017-03-01 at 01:09 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> Here's where we're at so far with the voting.
> 
> Votes:  1   2   3   4   5   6
> Bryce HarringtonY   Y   Y   Y   Y   Y
> Tavmjong BahY   Y   Y   Y   .   Y
> Josh Andler Y   Y   N   Y   .   Y
> Jon Cruz
> Ted Gould   Y   Y   Y   Y   Y   Y
> Martin OwensY   N   Y   Y   Y   Y
> Krzysztof Kosiński
> 
> Josh and Martin, we should probably hear more from you on your no
> votes
> before we finalize everything.  I'd rather we be in consensus than
> just
> rely on a simple majority.
> 
> For item #5, we are in consensus that there should be (at least) one
> news item, so can limit to that, unless my explanation happens to
> have
> swayed Tav and Josh.

I'm happy with the explanation. So we can deliver the right details to
the future sponsors and there not being any misunderstandings. I think
you've covered my concerns.

Thanks Bryce.

Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Re: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Updates to Sponsorship Levels

[Bryce Harrington]

Here's where we're at so far with the voting.

Votes:  1   2   3   4   5   6
Bryce HarringtonY   Y   Y   Y   Y   Y
Tavmjong BahY   Y   Y   Y   .   Y
Josh Andler Y   Y   N   Y   .   Y
Jon Cruz
Ted Gould   Y   Y   Y   Y   Y   Y
Martin OwensY   N   Y   Y   Y   Y
Krzysztof Kosiński

Josh and Martin, we should probably hear more from you on your no votes
before we finalize everything.  I'd rather we be in consensus than just
rely on a simple majority.

For item #5, we are in consensus that there should be (at least) one
news item, so can limit to that, unless my explanation happens to have
swayed Tav and Josh.

Bryce

On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 08:14:39PM -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> A majority vote of the current board members is required for the following
> proposal to modify the funding levels and rewards for sponsors.  See
> Discussion for explanation of the changes.
> 
> 
> Proposal:
> 
> 1. Reduce the Bronze Level to $500.
> 
> [ ] Yes.
> [ ] No. Keep Bronze Level at $1000
> 
> 2.  Divide Sponsors page by sponsorship level, with increased prominance
> and duration for higher levels than lower.
> 
> [ ] Yes.
> [ ] No. Keep the page layout to discretion of web team
> 
> 3. Merge Platinum and Diamond sponsorship levels for now.  Diamond can
>be re-introduced later when we need it.
> 
>[ ] Yes, merge Platinum and Diamond
>[ ] No.  Keep these two levels as-is.
> 
> 4. Add reward of placement in the website footer for Platinum sponsors.
> 
> [ ] Yes.
> [ ] No. Do not include sponsors in website footer
> 
> 5. Add a Recent News item for Golden level and two news items for Platinum.
> 
> [ ] Yes.
> [ ] No. Provide no guarantee of any news mentions.
> 
> 6. Add mention in all Release Notes for two years for Platinum level
>sponsors.
> 
> [ ] Yes.
> [ ] No. Do not include sponsorship messages in Inkscape's Release Notes.
> 
> 
> Votes:
> Bryce Harrington
> Tavmjong Bah
> Josh Andler 
> Jon Cruz  
> Ted Gould   
> Martin Owens
> Krzysztof Kosiński
> 
> 
> Resolution:
> 
>  ...
> 
> 
> Discussion:
> 
> We have received several donations of $500 in the past and would like to
> better recognize them by reducing the lowest tier to this level.  We've
> only received a single $1000 donation so it seems to not be as popular
> of a denomination.
> 
> A recent Silver sponsor requested inclusion in the website footer.
> Space there is limited and likely would be high demand, so we wish to
> limit it to only higher level sponsors.
> 
> Our original plan did not provide differential benefits for the
> sponsorship levels.  This introduces a few extra perks for the higher
> levels.
> 
> This also merges Diamond and Platinum as a $20,000 level sponsor.  Our
> benefits between these two levels were not differentiated at all, and it
> seems superfluous to have two levels given that we've not yet had a
> sponsor approach us interested in funding near these levels.  We can save
> Diamond for later and re-introduce it (maybe at $50k??) when we better
> understand what such a sponsor would be interested in.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
>   Inkscape Funding Levels For Sponsors
>   
> 
> 
> 1. Principles
> =
> 
>   Inkscape wishes to acknowledge and encourage donations from
>   sponsors. This proposal establishes a set of funding levels with
>   given rewards.
> 
> 
> 2. Levels
> =
> 
>   The following levels are established (in US$):
> 
>   Platinum Pen:   $20,000
>   Golden Brush:$5,000
>   Silver Quill $2,000
>   Bronze Stylus: $500
> 
> 
> 3. Rewards
> ==
> 
>   A.  Bronze Level: Acknowledgement on "Our Sponsor Page" in the
>   "Special Thanks" section (which should be the lower portion of the
>   page).  No logos or links.
> 
>   B.  Silver Level: Acknowledgement on "Our Sponsor Page" (mid-page)
>   with a logo or avatar image and one hyperlink to the sponsor's
>   main website or to a product supplied to the Inkscape project (one
>   year).  We'll also offer thanks to the sponsor in our news feed
>   (1-2 sentences in our Recent News section).
> 
>   C.  Golden Level: Acknowledgement at the top of "Our Sponsors Page"
>   with a logo or avatar image and one or more hyperlinks to the
>   sponsor's website, products, or associated sites (one year).  The
>   sponsor will be listed on Inkscape's homepage as Recent Sponsor
>   until the next Golden or Platinum sponsor.  We will publish an
>   item in our Recent News feed, which will include a link to a full
>   news item 

Re: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Updates to Sponsorship Levels

[Bryce Harrington]

On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 10:01:22AM +0100, Tavmjong Bah wrote:
> On Sat, 2017-02-25 at 20:14 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> > A majority vote of the current board members is required for the
> > following
> > proposal to modify the funding levels and rewards for sponsors.  See
> > Discussion for explanation of the changes.
> > 
> > 
> > Proposal:
> > 
> > 1. Reduce the Bronze Level to $500.
> > 
> > [X] Yes.
> > [ ] No. Keep Bronze Level at $1000
> > 
> > 2.  Divide Sponsors page by sponsorship level, with increased
> > prominance
> > and duration for higher levels than lower.
> > 
> > [X] Yes.
> > [ ] No. Keep the page layout to discretion of web team
> > 
> > 3. Merge Platinum and Diamond sponsorship levels for now.  Diamond
> > can
> >    be re-introduced later when we need it.
> > 
> >    [X] Yes, merge Platinum and Diamond
> >    [ ] No.  Keep these two levels as-is.
> > 
> > 4. Add reward of placement in the website footer for Platinum
> > sponsors.
> > 
> > [X] Yes.  PROVISIONALLY... what does this actually look like?
> > [ ] No. Do not include sponsors in website footer
> > 
> > 5. Add a Recent News item for Golden level and two news items for
> > Platinum.
> > 
> > [ ] Yes.
>   [X] One for each...(I don't see the purpose of a second news
> article, what would its content be?).

It seems one of the draws to being a sponsor is to have the recognition
on our website, so the second news item (which as Ted says would be
spaced 6 or maybe 12 months apart from the first) would be to provide
extra recognition.  I'm imagining it would be in the form of something
like, "Thanks again to XYZ Corp for their sponsorship of Inkscape."
etc.

I believe it's possible to schedule delayed items in Django, so
potentially both news items could be written simultaneously and the
second put on a 12 month delay so it shows up exactly on the
anniversary.

> > 6. Add mention in all Release Notes for two years for Platinum level
> >    sponsors.
> > 
> > [X] Yes.
> > [ ] No. Do not include sponsorship messages in Inkscape's Release
> > Notes.
> > 
> > 
> > Votes:
> > Bryce Harrington
> > Tavmjong Bah
> > Josh Andler 
> > Jon Cruz
> > Ted Gould   
> > Martin Owens
> > Krzysztof Kosiński
> > 
> > 
> > Resolution:
> > 
> >  ...
> > 
> > 
> > Discussion:
> > 
> > We have received several donations of $500 in the past and would like
> > to
> > better recognize them by reducing the lowest tier to this
> > level.  We've
> > only received a single $1000 donation so it seems to not be as
> > popular
> > of a denomination.
> > 
> > A recent Silver sponsor requested inclusion in the website footer.
> > Space there is limited and likely would be high demand, so we wish to
> > limit it to only higher level sponsors.
> > 
> > Our original plan did not provide differential benefits for the
> > sponsorship levels.  This introduces a few extra perks for the higher
> > levels.
> > 
> > This also merges Diamond and Platinum as a $20,000 level
> > sponsor.  Our
> > benefits between these two levels were not differentiated at all, and
> > it
> > seems superfluous to have two levels given that we've not yet had a
> > sponsor approach us interested in funding near these levels.  We can
> > save
> > Diamond for later and re-introduce it (maybe at $50k??) when we
> > better
> > understand what such a sponsor would be interested in.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ---
> > ---
> > 
> > Inkscape Funding Levels For Sponsors
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 1. Principles
> > =
> > 
> >   Inkscape wishes to acknowledge and encourage donations from
> >   sponsors. This proposal establishes a set of funding levels with
> >   given rewards.
> > 
> > 
> > 2. Levels
> > =
> > 
> >   The following levels are established (in US$):
> > 
> >   Platinum Pen:   $20,000
> >   Golden Brush:$5,000
> >   Silver Quill $2,000
> >   Bronze Stylus: $500
> > 
> > 
> > 3. Rewards
> > ==
> > 
> >   A.  Bronze Level: Acknowledgement on "Our Sponsor Page" in the
> >   "Special Thanks" section (which should be the lower portion of
> > the
> >   page).  No logos or links.
> > 
> >   B.  Silver Level: Acknowledgement on "Our Sponsor Page" (mid-page)
> >   with a logo or avatar image and one hyperlink to the sponsor's
> >   main website or to a product supplied to the Inkscape project
> > (one
> >   year).  We'll also offer thanks to the sponsor in our news feed
> >   (1-2 sentences in our Recent News section).
> > 
> >   C.  Golden Level: Acknowledgement at the top of "Our Sponsors Page"
> >   with a logo or avatar image and one or more hyperlinks to the
> >   sponsor's website, products, or associated sites (one
> > year).  The
> >   sponsor will be listed on Inkscape's 

Re: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Updates to Sponsorship Levels

[Bryce Harrington]

On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 12:06:53AM -0500, Martin Owens wrote:
> Thanks Bryce,
> 
> Votes inline.
> 
> > Proposal:
> > 
> > 1. Reduce the Bronze Level to $500.
> > 
> > [X] Yes.
> > [ ] No. Keep Bronze Level at $1000
> > 
> > 2.  Divide Sponsors page by sponsorship level, with increased
> > prominance
> > and duration for higher levels than lower.
> > 
> > [ ] Yes.
> > [X] No. Keep the page layout to discretion of web team
> 
> Do we want to say something about what kind of guarantee a placement
> has on the front page or how many slots there are there if not rotated?

This item is just about the Sponsors page layout, but I'll note there is
text in the Golden and Platinum level descriptions that cover the front
page placements, which specifies the logo will be rotated off when the next
Gold or Platinum sponsor comes along, implying there is a single slot
available.  (We will have a second slot for our current Silver sponsor
as they're grandfathered in via the previous sponsorship level
agreement; when their year is passed we'll reduce to a single slot.)

If you want more specifics or different guidelines for any of this,
please feel free to suggest alternate text.

> > 3. Merge Platinum and Diamond sponsorship levels for now.  Diamond
> > can
> >    be re-introduced later when we need it.
> > 
> >    [X] Yes, merge Platinum and Diamond
> >    [ ] No.  Keep these two levels as-is.
> > 
> > 4. Add reward of placement in the website footer for Platinum
> > sponsors.
> > 
> > [X] Yes.
> > [ ] No. Do not include sponsors in website footer
> > 
> > 5. Add a Recent News item for Golden level and two news items for
> > Platinum.
> > 
> > [X] Yes.
> > [ ] No. Provide no guarantee of any news mentions.
> > 
> > 6. Add mention in all Release Notes for two years for Platinum level
> >    sponsors.
> > 
> >     [X] Yes.
> > [ ] No. Do not include sponsorship messages in Inkscape's Release
> > Notes.

Thanks,
Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Updates to Sponsorship Levels

[Bryce Harrington]

On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 08:14:39PM -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> A majority vote of the current board members is required for the following
> proposal to modify the funding levels and rewards for sponsors.  See
> Discussion for explanation of the changes.
> 
> 
> Proposal:
> 
> 1. Reduce the Bronze Level to $500.
> 
> [ ] Yes.
> [ ] No. Keep Bronze Level at $1000

Y
 
> 2.  Divide Sponsors page by sponsorship level, with increased prominance
> and duration for higher levels than lower.
> 
> [ ] Yes.
> [ ] No. Keep the page layout to discretion of web team

Y
 
> 3. Merge Platinum and Diamond sponsorship levels for now.  Diamond can
>be re-introduced later when we need it.
> 
>[ ] Yes, merge Platinum and Diamond
>[ ] No.  Keep these two levels as-is.

Y
 
> 4. Add reward of placement in the website footer for Platinum sponsors.
> 
> [ ] Yes.
> [ ] No. Do not include sponsors in website footer

Y
 
> 5. Add a Recent News item for Golden level and two news items for Platinum.
> 
> [ ] Yes.
> [ ] No. Provide no guarantee of any news mentions.

Y

> 6. Add mention in all Release Notes for two years for Platinum level
>sponsors.
> 
> [ ] Yes.
> [ ] No. Do not include sponsorship messages in Inkscape's Release Notes.

Y 
 
> Votes:
> Bryce Harrington
> Tavmjong Bah
> Josh Andler 
> Jon Cruz  
> Ted Gould   
> Martin Owens
> Krzysztof Kosiński
> 
> 
> Resolution:
> 
>  ...
> 
> 
> Discussion:
> 
> We have received several donations of $500 in the past and would like to
> better recognize them by reducing the lowest tier to this level.  We've
> only received a single $1000 donation so it seems to not be as popular
> of a denomination.
> 
> A recent Silver sponsor requested inclusion in the website footer.
> Space there is limited and likely would be high demand, so we wish to
> limit it to only higher level sponsors.
> 
> Our original plan did not provide differential benefits for the
> sponsorship levels.  This introduces a few extra perks for the higher
> levels.
> 
> This also merges Diamond and Platinum as a $20,000 level sponsor.  Our
> benefits between these two levels were not differentiated at all, and it
> seems superfluous to have two levels given that we've not yet had a
> sponsor approach us interested in funding near these levels.  We can save
> Diamond for later and re-introduce it (maybe at $50k??) when we better
> understand what such a sponsor would be interested in.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
>   Inkscape Funding Levels For Sponsors
>   
> 
> 
> 1. Principles
> =
> 
>   Inkscape wishes to acknowledge and encourage donations from
>   sponsors. This proposal establishes a set of funding levels with
>   given rewards.
> 
> 
> 2. Levels
> =
> 
>   The following levels are established (in US$):
> 
>   Platinum Pen:   $20,000
>   Golden Brush:$5,000
>   Silver Quill $2,000
>   Bronze Stylus: $500
> 
> 
> 3. Rewards
> ==
> 
>   A.  Bronze Level: Acknowledgement on "Our Sponsor Page" in the
>   "Special Thanks" section (which should be the lower portion of the
>   page).  No logos or links.
> 
>   B.  Silver Level: Acknowledgement on "Our Sponsor Page" (mid-page)
>   with a logo or avatar image and one hyperlink to the sponsor's
>   main website or to a product supplied to the Inkscape project (one
>   year).  We'll also offer thanks to the sponsor in our news feed
>   (1-2 sentences in our Recent News section).
> 
>   C.  Golden Level: Acknowledgement at the top of "Our Sponsors Page"
>   with a logo or avatar image and one or more hyperlinks to the
>   sponsor's website, products, or associated sites (one year).  The
>   sponsor will be listed on Inkscape's homepage as Recent Sponsor
>   until the next Golden or Platinum sponsor.  We will publish an
>   item in our Recent News feed, which will include a link to a full
>   news item describing the sponsor's Inkscape usage, drawing-related
>   products, or other prose/information provided by the Sponsor.
> 
>   D.  Platinum Level: Acknowledgement at the top of "Our Sponsors Page"
>   as per Golden Level (two years).  Inclusion of sponsor name in the
>   Inkscape website footer (two years) with link to the sponsor's main
>   website.  The sponsor will be listed on Inkscape's homepage as
>   Recent Sponsor until the next Golden or Platinum sponsor.  We will
>   publish one news item (as described for Golden) in our Recent News
>   feed and a second followup news item around the one-year
>   anniversary of the sponsorship.  Platinum level sponsors will also
>   receive a thank-you in Inkscape Release Notes of all releases made
>   for a period of two years.
> 
>   

Re: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Updates to Sponsorship Levels

[Josh Andler]

On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Bryce Harrington
 wrote:
> 1. Reduce the Bronze Level to $500.

Y


> 2.  Divide Sponsors page by sponsorship level, with increased prominance
> and duration for higher levels than lower.

Y


> 3. Merge Platinum and Diamond sponsorship levels for now.  Diamond can
>be re-introduced later when we need it.

N


> 4. Add reward of placement in the website footer for Platinum sponsors.

Y


> 5. Add a Recent News item for Golden level and two news items for Platinum.

I'm going with Tav here. So, other.


> 6. Add mention in all Release Notes for two years for Platinum level
>sponsors.

Y

Cheers,
Josh

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Re: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Updates to Sponsorship Levels

[Tavmjong Bah]

On Sat, 2017-02-25 at 20:14 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> A majority vote of the current board members is required for the
> following
> proposal to modify the funding levels and rewards for sponsors.  See
> Discussion for explanation of the changes.
> 
> 
> Proposal:
> 
> 1. Reduce the Bronze Level to $500.
> 
> [X] Yes.
> [ ] No. Keep Bronze Level at $1000
> 
> 2.  Divide Sponsors page by sponsorship level, with increased
> prominance
> and duration for higher levels than lower.
> 
> [X] Yes.
> [ ] No. Keep the page layout to discretion of web team
> 
> 3. Merge Platinum and Diamond sponsorship levels for now.  Diamond
> can
>    be re-introduced later when we need it.
> 
>    [X] Yes, merge Platinum and Diamond
>    [ ] No.  Keep these two levels as-is.
> 
> 4. Add reward of placement in the website footer for Platinum
> sponsors.
> 
> [X] Yes.  PROVISIONALLY... what does this actually look like?
> [ ] No. Do not include sponsors in website footer
> 
> 5. Add a Recent News item for Golden level and two news items for
> Platinum.
> 
> [ ] Yes.
  [X] One for each...(I don't see the purpose of a second news
article, what would its content be?).
> [ ] No. Provide no guarantee of any news mentions.
> 
> 6. Add mention in all Release Notes for two years for Platinum level
>    sponsors.
> 
> [X] Yes.
> [ ] No. Do not include sponsorship messages in Inkscape's Release
> Notes.
> 
> 
> Votes:
> Bryce Harrington
> Tavmjong Bah
> Josh Andler 
> Jon Cruz  
> Ted Gould   
> Martin Owens
> Krzysztof Kosiński
> 
> 
> Resolution:
> 
>  ...
> 
> 
> Discussion:
> 
> We have received several donations of $500 in the past and would like
> to
> better recognize them by reducing the lowest tier to this
> level.  We've
> only received a single $1000 donation so it seems to not be as
> popular
> of a denomination.
> 
> A recent Silver sponsor requested inclusion in the website footer.
> Space there is limited and likely would be high demand, so we wish to
> limit it to only higher level sponsors.
> 
> Our original plan did not provide differential benefits for the
> sponsorship levels.  This introduces a few extra perks for the higher
> levels.
> 
> This also merges Diamond and Platinum as a $20,000 level
> sponsor.  Our
> benefits between these two levels were not differentiated at all, and
> it
> seems superfluous to have two levels given that we've not yet had a
> sponsor approach us interested in funding near these levels.  We can
> save
> Diamond for later and re-introduce it (maybe at $50k??) when we
> better
> understand what such a sponsor would be interested in.
> 
> 
> 
> ---
> ---
> 
>   Inkscape Funding Levels For Sponsors
>   
> 
> 
> 1. Principles
> =
> 
>   Inkscape wishes to acknowledge and encourage donations from
>   sponsors. This proposal establishes a set of funding levels with
>   given rewards.
> 
> 
> 2. Levels
> =
> 
>   The following levels are established (in US$):
> 
>   Platinum Pen:   $20,000
>   Golden Brush:$5,000
>   Silver Quill $2,000
>   Bronze Stylus: $500
> 
> 
> 3. Rewards
> ==
> 
>   A.  Bronze Level: Acknowledgement on "Our Sponsor Page" in the
>   "Special Thanks" section (which should be the lower portion of
> the
>   page).  No logos or links.
> 
>   B.  Silver Level: Acknowledgement on "Our Sponsor Page" (mid-page)
>   with a logo or avatar image and one hyperlink to the sponsor's
>   main website or to a product supplied to the Inkscape project
> (one
>   year).  We'll also offer thanks to the sponsor in our news feed
>   (1-2 sentences in our Recent News section).
> 
>   C.  Golden Level: Acknowledgement at the top of "Our Sponsors Page"
>   with a logo or avatar image and one or more hyperlinks to the
>   sponsor's website, products, or associated sites (one
> year).  The
>   sponsor will be listed on Inkscape's homepage as Recent Sponsor
>   until the next Golden or Platinum sponsor.  We will publish an
>   item in our Recent News feed, which will include a link to a
> full
>   news item describing the sponsor's Inkscape usage, drawing-
> related
>   products, or other prose/information provided by the Sponsor.
> 
>   D.  Platinum Level: Acknowledgement at the top of "Our Sponsors
> Page"
>   as per Golden Level (two years).  Inclusion of sponsor name in
> the
>   Inkscape website footer (two years) with link to the sponsor's
> main
>   website.  The sponsor will be listed on Inkscape's homepage as
>   Recent Sponsor until the next Golden or Platinum sponsor.  We
> will
>   publish one news item (as described for Golden) in our Recent
> News
>   feed and a second followup news item around the one-year
>   

Re: [Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Updates to Sponsorship Levels

[Martin Owens]

Thanks Bryce,

Votes inline.

> Proposal:
> 
> 1. Reduce the Bronze Level to $500.
> 
> [X] Yes.
> [ ] No. Keep Bronze Level at $1000
> 
> 2.  Divide Sponsors page by sponsorship level, with increased
> prominance
> and duration for higher levels than lower.
> 
> [ ] Yes.
> [X] No. Keep the page layout to discretion of web team

Do we want to say something about what kind of guarantee a placement
has on the front page or how many slots there are there if not rotated?

> 3. Merge Platinum and Diamond sponsorship levels for now.  Diamond
> can
>    be re-introduced later when we need it.
> 
>    [X] Yes, merge Platinum and Diamond
>    [ ] No.  Keep these two levels as-is.
> 
> 4. Add reward of placement in the website footer for Platinum
> sponsors.
> 
> [X] Yes.
> [ ] No. Do not include sponsors in website footer
> 
> 5. Add a Recent News item for Golden level and two news items for
> Platinum.
> 
> [X] Yes.
> [ ] No. Provide no guarantee of any news mentions.
> 
> 6. Add mention in all Release Notes for two years for Platinum level
>    sponsors.
> 
>     [X] Yes.
> [ ] No. Do not include sponsorship messages in Inkscape's Release
> Notes.


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[Inkscape-board] [REFERENDUM] Updates to Sponsorship Levels

[Bryce Harrington]

A majority vote of the current board members is required for the following
proposal to modify the funding levels and rewards for sponsors.  See
Discussion for explanation of the changes.


Proposal:

1. Reduce the Bronze Level to $500.

[ ] Yes.
[ ] No. Keep Bronze Level at $1000

2.  Divide Sponsors page by sponsorship level, with increased prominance
and duration for higher levels than lower.

[ ] Yes.
[ ] No. Keep the page layout to discretion of web team

3. Merge Platinum and Diamond sponsorship levels for now.  Diamond can
   be re-introduced later when we need it.

   [ ] Yes, merge Platinum and Diamond
   [ ] No.  Keep these two levels as-is.

4. Add reward of placement in the website footer for Platinum sponsors.

[ ] Yes.
[ ] No. Do not include sponsors in website footer

5. Add a Recent News item for Golden level and two news items for Platinum.

[ ] Yes.
[ ] No. Provide no guarantee of any news mentions.

6. Add mention in all Release Notes for two years for Platinum level
   sponsors.

[ ] Yes.
[ ] No. Do not include sponsorship messages in Inkscape's Release Notes.


Votes:
Bryce Harrington
Tavmjong Bah
Josh Andler 
Jon Cruz
Ted Gould   
Martin Owens
Krzysztof Kosiński


Resolution:

 ...


Discussion:

We have received several donations of $500 in the past and would like to
better recognize them by reducing the lowest tier to this level.  We've
only received a single $1000 donation so it seems to not be as popular
of a denomination.

A recent Silver sponsor requested inclusion in the website footer.
Space there is limited and likely would be high demand, so we wish to
limit it to only higher level sponsors.

Our original plan did not provide differential benefits for the
sponsorship levels.  This introduces a few extra perks for the higher
levels.

This also merges Diamond and Platinum as a $20,000 level sponsor.  Our
benefits between these two levels were not differentiated at all, and it
seems superfluous to have two levels given that we've not yet had a
sponsor approach us interested in funding near these levels.  We can save
Diamond for later and re-introduce it (maybe at $50k??) when we better
understand what such a sponsor would be interested in.



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Inkscape Funding Levels For Sponsors



1. Principles
=

  Inkscape wishes to acknowledge and encourage donations from
  sponsors. This proposal establishes a set of funding levels with
  given rewards.


2. Levels
=

  The following levels are established (in US$):

  Platinum Pen:   $20,000
  Golden Brush:$5,000
  Silver Quill $2,000
  Bronze Stylus: $500


3. Rewards
==

  A.  Bronze Level: Acknowledgement on "Our Sponsor Page" in the
  "Special Thanks" section (which should be the lower portion of the
  page).  No logos or links.

  B.  Silver Level: Acknowledgement on "Our Sponsor Page" (mid-page)
  with a logo or avatar image and one hyperlink to the sponsor's
  main website or to a product supplied to the Inkscape project (one
  year).  We'll also offer thanks to the sponsor in our news feed
  (1-2 sentences in our Recent News section).

  C.  Golden Level: Acknowledgement at the top of "Our Sponsors Page"
  with a logo or avatar image and one or more hyperlinks to the
  sponsor's website, products, or associated sites (one year).  The
  sponsor will be listed on Inkscape's homepage as Recent Sponsor
  until the next Golden or Platinum sponsor.  We will publish an
  item in our Recent News feed, which will include a link to a full
  news item describing the sponsor's Inkscape usage, drawing-related
  products, or other prose/information provided by the Sponsor.

  D.  Platinum Level: Acknowledgement at the top of "Our Sponsors Page"
  as per Golden Level (two years).  Inclusion of sponsor name in the
  Inkscape website footer (two years) with link to the sponsor's main
  website.  The sponsor will be listed on Inkscape's homepage as
  Recent Sponsor until the next Golden or Platinum sponsor.  We will
  publish one news item (as described for Golden) in our Recent News
  feed and a second followup news item around the one-year
  anniversary of the sponsorship.  Platinum level sponsors will also
  receive a thank-you in Inkscape Release Notes of all releases made
  for a period of two years.

  Logos must be 160x80px and non-animated. SVG's are encouraged. Logos
  must be non-political and non-offensive with the Inkscape board and
  SFC being the final arbitrators of suitability.

  


4. Non-monetary Donations
==

  Non-monetary donations are also accepted and may, with board
  approval, qualify for one of the