Re: Sponsorship

[Baris Cicek <baris teamforce name tr>]

On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 20:28 -0500, Sara Khalatbari wrote:
> It did?
>
> I did not know that. Though it said: "Maemo provides an open source
> development platform for Nokia Internet Tablets and other Linux-based
> devices." I didn't know Nokia is sponsoring the event since their logo
> did not appear on the 07 Sponsor's list. 
Maemo is actually Nokia. It's a marketing issue, I don't think that
Nokia would like to sponsor GUADEC with two separate brands.

> Sara
> On Dec 27, 2007 7:57 PM, Andreas Nilsson <nisses mail home se> wrote:
>         Sara Khalatbari wrote:
>         >
>         >     As you might already realized that's previous year's
>         sponsorship
>         >     brochure. I'll update it for GUADEC 2008, and mail to
>         previous year's 
>         >     sponsors.
>         >
>         >
>         > Hi Baris
>         >
>         > It is a good idea to mail it also to companies like Nokia
>         who did
>         > sponsor Guadec 06 but did not sponsor Guadec 07 & get them
>         back in the
>         > gnome sponsorship cycle.
>         
>         Hi Sara!
>         Didn't Nokia sponsor GNOME via Maemo for Guadec 2007?
>         - Andreas
>         
>         >
>         > Sara
>         >
>         > 
>         >     Even though, sponsorship conditions are subject to
>         change, it's very
>         >     likely that they will stay same with currency
>         correction. (in Euros
>         >     instead of English Sterling)
>         >
>         >     Regards, 
>         >     Baris Cicek
>         >
>         >
>         
>