Re: [Debconf-team] Some thoughts: sponsor categories
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:46:58PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tuesday 19 August 2008 16:40, Margarita Manterola wrote:
> > The first thing I notice is that we got no gold sponsors.
>
> Could you please repeat what the categories and the requiered amount of money
> was?
>
> [Gold]
> > Also, I think that
> > making it 10k USD instead of 15k USD might have got more prospective
> > sponsors attracted to this category.
>
> And further below you even go down more:
>
> > + Bronce: less than 1k EUR: logo on the website and in proceedings /
> > magazine (if it's done)
> > + Silver: from 1k EUR to 5k EUR: logo on the t-shirt
> > + Gold: from 5k EUR to 20k EUR: bigger logo on the t-shirt, logo on
> > the banners + video recordings / transmissions
> > + Platinum: 20k EUR or more: bigger logo on everything + keynote
> > during the conference.
>
I would not call it keynote. Just *talk*. Were this year's keynote really
different from a talk? No in my opinion.
> First, we need to define a minimum amount for bronce. I dont think you want to
> imply that someone sponsoring 5 euros is a bronce sponsor.
>
> I suggest the following categories:
>
> 500- 1000 sponsor 500e span
> 1000- 2500 bronce 1500e span
> 2500- 7500 silver 5000e span
> 7500-20000 gold 15000e span
> 20000+ platinium
>
> I'm still pondering whether this is too little (!) for silver and above.
> Basicially we don't give much initiative to sponsor more than 20001 Euros...
>
> So another scheme would be: 500-2000, 2000-5000, 5000-10000, 10000-25000,
> 25000+ - I think I like this one better.
>
I like more this scheme than the above one, but with platinum above 20k euros.
I think we even might add a category for under 1k euros that would be just
"collaborator", it can be used for small companies that do not sponsor us
exaclty but provides us with something (value <1k euros, of course).
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