Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf13-localteam] DC13 sponsoring brochure, sponsorship levels
Gaudenz Steinlin dijo [Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 06:21:40PM +0200]:
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> > 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.
They were reduced, as IIRC we had a "steel" category; the benefits
between two of the levels were almost nonexistant, and we decided to
drop one of the sponsorship levels.
For DC10 we also didn't have government sponsorship.
And yes... Raising 200,000 CHF still... makes me shiver :-( I just
hope we can make it. Keeping a "plan B" in case we don't should be a
priority :-/
> > 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.
Right, the order can be set according to the exact amount, but the
size should be comparable. And comparable still leaves a lot of
ambiguity - A 200x10 logo is much more visible than a 45x45 one, even
though it has a very similar area.
> > * 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.
I think we can kep this possibility open - in case we need it. Of
course, we should not accept hardware we don't need. But remember that
Debconf-is-Debian. We can get a server donation as part of Debian's
hardware replacement program, saving debian the equivalent money, and
getting it from the inside.
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