Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf13-localteam] DC13 sponsoring brochure, sponsorship levels
Hi
Thanks Luca for bringing up this discussion.
Luca Capello <luca@pca.it> writes:
> Hi there!
>
> I read the latest discussion [2] about DC12 sponsorship levels and I
> think the best resume was given by Holger:
>
> On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:48:17 +0100, Holger Levsen wrote:
>> Hm, I really like the way we have now: bronce=website, silver=tshirt (short
>> for cloth), gold=video, platinum=premium partner. It's easy to remember and
>> thus to explain,.
I like this as a general idea too. I don't see any need to change
sponsor benefit levels.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Sponsorship levels
> ------------------
>
> * BRONZE - starting from CHF 2'500 [DC10 2'000, DC11 2'500, DC12 2'000]
> * SILVER - starting from CHF 7'500 [DC10 10'000, DC11 6'000, DC12 5'000]
> * GOLD - starting from CHF 15'000 [DC10 20'000, DC11 12'000, DC12 12'500]
> * PLATINUM - starting from CHF 30'000 [DC10 30'000, DC11 30'000, DC12 25'000]
A bit of context why the levels were lowered after DC10 would be nice. I
would even propose to go back to the DC10 levels unless they did not
work out back then. We certainly won't have government support to the
extent we had it for the last two years. So we really need this money
even if we can reduce the costs from the initial estimate of over
200'000 CHF. Does someone know how many sponsors in each category we had
in previous years.
>
> Notes
> -----
>
> * The size and order of sponsor logos in promotional materials will be
> set according to the amount of sponsorship received from each
> sponsor.
Minor nitpick: I think this should be according to the sponsorship
category. I don't think it's practical to have different sizes of logos
even in the same category. It will just look ugly.
>
> * We would like to note that hardware donations to support the DebConf
> infrastructure are welcomed.
Is this really true? I'm not aware that we are in need of any hardware
for DebConf at the moment. I would avoid this because im my experience
companies that actually sell hardware or services that we might use tend
to prefer to donate this instead of money. But we mostly need money, not
hardware or services. If companies ask we can always negotiate
something, but I would not offer this possibility upfront.
>
> * We also invite sponsors, in addition to their basic sponsorship, to
> sponsor a specific part of the conference. These are some of the
> opportunities available, please contact the sponsorship team to
> discuss prices and other details:
>
> - Lecture and meeting rooms
> - Conference banquet
> - Tourist outing
This is the daytrip or what do you mean with this?
> - Attendee travel bursaries
> - Sponsored meals for attendees
> - Sponsored accommodation for attendees
> - Busses for Day Trip, etc...
> - Coffee or snacks
> - Prizes for fixing bugs or similar actions [like at DebConf10]
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>
> There are open questions, though:
>
> a) should we add some quotes explaining previous achievements at
> DebCamp/DebConf [7] , i.e. the work Francesca started to do before
> DebConf12?
Yes that's a great idea. Are these quotes available somewhere (CCed
Francesca).
>
> b) what about smaller contributors [8]? How should we "reward" them?
For DebConf 12 the idea was to have a small donors page on the website
with just the names but no link. The page does not yet exist because I
don't know yet if someone actually requested to be listed on this page.
I still have to search through all the spam in the Request Tracker to
find out.
>
> c) who handle the sponsorship process and money? Or, if you want to
> have it differently, which structure should be put on the sponsorship
> brochure? Until now we used the DebConf Sponsorship Team, but for
> DebConf12 it was suggested to add a note about SPI & Co. [9], while
> the DebConf13 localteam also started a discussion about a separate
> and new association [10]. This is even more important if we would
> like to advertise the possibility of tax exemption [11].
I would like to keep this discussion separate from the sponsorship level
discussion. Currently Philipp Hug is investigating with the local tax
office to get a binding answer on these questions.
Gaudenz
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