Re: New face to Friends of GNOME

[Brian Cameron <brian cameron oracle com>]

Andreas:

> > - Currently the "Corporate Sponsorship" only includes being an "Advisory
> > Board member". I'm not sure I like the term "Corporate" since
> > Advisory Board members can be other non-for-profits, Foundations, or
> > other non-Corporate organizations. It would be nice to include
> > information about Advisory Board fees.
> But if they are a non-profit, we don't currently charge them.

We should mention more about how non-profits work in terms of fees,
agreed.

But I was just trying to highlight that sponsors and Advisory Board
members are not necessarily "Corporate" entities, so I think it would
be best to avoid the term "Corporate".  For example, I could imagine a
"School for the Blind" being on the advisory board if they made use of
GNOME technologies and were in a good position to  provide The GNOME
Foundation with advisory input.  Such an organization may not be a
"corporate" one.

> > It would also be nice to provide options for organizations that wish
> > to donate but not be on the Advisory Board (or not donate as much as
> > the fee). Perhaps we could provide a page where we put logos/links
> > to organizations who donate in this way. Or perhaps we could include
> > logos for organizations who donate a certain amount at events we
> > organize. Perhaps we could offer a menu of choices where
> > organizations could be recognized in different ways based on the
> > amount donated.
> That needs a bunch of work on it's own, but I agree with the idea in
> general.
> We also need to figure out how to word it and where to put it.

Sure.

> > - Will it be possible to earmark donations for certain projects (such
> > as Women's Outreach or a11y)? If so, the page should highlight how
> > to do this.
> This makes the forms and other stuff more detailed as well, and it could
> be a slippery slope regarding what teams we list there. I would rather
> see this as aimed donation campaigns instead.

Anybody else have any thoughts about what we should do here?

Brian