Re: [Debconf-team] Proposal: new permanent sponsors procedure
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 02:40:30PM -0400, Pablo Duboue wrote:
>Hi,
>
>In the 'thank our sponsors' thread people raised issues regarding the
>'permanent sponsors' category.
>
>Before, that category was restricted to our network hosting partners. This
>year I extended to one of our key media partners but I still think we can
>profit from it much more.
>
>Permanent sponsors are featured in http://www.debconf.org/ rather that just in
>http://debconf99.debconf.org/. They are also featured in each
>http://debconf99.debconf.org/ page in the *left side*, which IMHO is bad as it
>is further down the page that the regular sponsors, so it is easy to miss.
>
>Instead of the current process, what about we do the following:
>
>* At the DebConf99 website level, there is no distinction between regular and
>permanent sponsors. They are bracketed and ranked according to the the dollar
>value of their contributions to that year DebConf.
>
>* After two years of DebConf sponsorship, we can invite a sponsor to become a
>permanent sponsor. What that means is that (1) their logo is featured in
>http://www.debconf.org/ (and, something extra, e.g., rotation on the video
>stream or something less, maybe on the line of "bracket benefits upgrade") and
>(2) they are willing to consider sponsoring DebConf(N+1) with a decision
>earlier in the year (we contact them in January and they decide by March).
>
>* To keep the permanent sponsorship, they have to sponsor DebConf every year,
>but they don't need to sponsor at the same level every year.
>
>* Their ordering in the home page reflects the accumulated dollar amount of
>their donations.
>
>* This way we further solidify the link with our long term sponsors plus speed
>up our cash flow at the beginning of the fund raising cycle.
>
>What do you think? Feel free to plainly reject or counter-propose something
>completely different. Permanent sponsorship is an important matter so don't
>remain quiet if you object.
Sounds broadly sensible to me, yes.
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