Re: 2013 Fundraising and local companies

["Karen Sandler" <karen gnome org>]

Great points, Will! We should check out who sponsored previous conferences
in Korea and hit those same sponsors up :)

For example, we should see who sponsored the Linux Foundation's Forum last
year (Is it worth approaching ENEA? Anyone have a contact?), and even
older conferences like this could have some leads in it:
http://www.jennifersoft.com/31/article/page/3/show/en/3600/show.html

karen

On Tue, February 19, 2013 9:40 pm, Will LaShell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to take this time to bring up an old point. I know I keep talking
> about this every year so bear with me if you've heard this 100 times.
>
> Fundraising is a difficult task every year. It is not made easier when
> we have had our challenges with delays and problems with venue
> confirmation. We have gotten more adept at handling this task over the
> years but there is an area we must seek to improve upon. We need to work
> harder at sourcing funds local to the Summit's host city and country.
>
> We are always looking for that magic international sponsor that will
> donate 5, 10 or 15k USD  to the Summit. Those funds are becoming much
> more difficult to get, given the unstable global economy. Instead we
> need to additionally look at getting 10 small sponsors who are willing
> to give $500.  We have a lot to offer a small / medium business that
> wants to get their name, logo and company profile out on an
> international stage.  You cannot buy the organic inbound traffic to
> their own websites that the GNOME.Asia Summit website could drive to them.
>
> We need to be creative in our fundraising. We must also be persistent.
> We need to make calls and pound the streets (or at least phone and
> email) letting people know that the Summit is coming and that they
> -want-  to be  a part.
>
> Karen has been a great help, just as Stormy was before, at leveraging
> the GNOME Foundations strategic partners. It is our duty to respond in
> kind, with our efforts at local fundraising.  If you need ideas on how
> to approach companies or assistance in some way, just ask! The Summit
> Committee will help.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Will
>
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