Re: Budget extension for bursaries
- To: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
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- Subject: Re: Budget extension for bursaries
- From: stefanor@debconf.org
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 17:38:58 +0000
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Hi Andreas (2024.06.04_05:20:58_+0000)
> as far as I understand the calculation below we do not have as much
> sponsors as expected.
We have already raised (a little) more than we did last year.
The travel costs are massively higher this year. We didn't figure this
would be quite so bad, until now.
> In the former case do you think it makes sense if I as DPL might contact
> those past sponsors. If you agree could you give me some contact and
> possibly some draft we sent for sponsoring requests?
I'll leave that for the sponsors team to answer. Maybe having a DPL
involved could help raise sponsorship?
However, I think most of the time the difficulty is getting a foot in
the door with these large companies. That takes having the right
internal contacts, who have influence.
Stefano
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