Re: Level of displaying sponsorship
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 9:34 PM, martin f krafft <madduck@debconf.org> wrote:
> So do I, dinner speeches that is, and most of them. But I am not
> advocating a speech. I am advocating a very short address to the
> crowd to open the dinner. 10 sentences. Whatever. 2 minutes.
We would need to communicate this _clearly_. IMO, the type of person
who buys the right to speak in front of a few hundred people is the
type of person who wants to spend a lot of time hearing themselves
talk.
> About C&W: that's 2,50/person, so 1000 € with 250 people attending.
> This does *not* mean we sell it to the sponsor for € 1000. We could
> ask for € 2000, you know…
I thought we could only do direct sponsorship (i.e. not through us)
for tax reasons?
>> Also, sponsoring every single even may feel a bit like selling
>> out.
>
> every single what?
Piece of DebConf.
>> Again, very torn. I could ask my Cisco and CCC contacts if they
>> have any gear to spare. FWIW, Cisco employees are sponsoring lab
>> gear & time for FOSDEM with management's approval.
>
> Sure, if we can get it without giving anything in return, even
> better. But if we can get it in such a way that we can get it again
> next year and we get good gear and ample supplies of it, then it's
> a small price to pay, isn't it?
Being geeks, the ESSID is probably more notable to us than all banners
on-site, on shirts, on projectors, and streams combined.
> Users. If e.g. Google gives out Nexus, they get buzz at the
> conference.
I know DC13 raffled off those dev units and that was well received.
But as they basically told us "here's a root shell, play with it"
before, this kinda came natural. If things are forced, it might be a
bit over the top.
Richard
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