Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC and GNOME.Asia Sponsor Brochure

[William from Texas <williamfromtexas gmail com>]

Hi All

I had a chance to look at the Terms and Conditions for both
conferences. As .Asia had shorter conditions I used that to compare
with GUADEC. This is my comparison with notes:
http://piratepad.net/Ar7F6CV9tz

This is my proposal for a Unified GUADEC/.Asia/GNOME conference Terms
and Conditions: http://piratepad.net/vTSdnQqXoe
It contains all the elements central to both confs as well as more
elaborations from GUADEC ("we are not responsible for damage to
banners..") but also details from .Asia.

It's not so divergent from what GUADEC 2012 had, and it will hopefully
suitable text for .Asia's sponsor brochure too.

Comments, concerns?

William

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:15 PM, William from Texas
<williamfromtexas gmail com> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> After GUADEC's meeting last Monday I didn't have a chance to make
> comparisons between the Terms & Conditions. I did though add the
> number of Pro-level vouchers that each sponsor would receive on the
> package tables. Our designer also made cover changes.
>
> This is a new draft of the GUADEC sponsor brochure:
> http://upload.williamfromtexas.com/download/Sponsor_Brochure_draft3.pdf
>
> Here a zip of files that I'm working with:
> http://upload.williamfromtexas.com/download/Sponsor_Brochure_draft3_files.7z
>
> At our meeting there was also talk about extra vouchers and VIP travel
> costs for Ad Board members who sponsored, but I wasn't sure where or
> how this should be codified into the sponsor brochure. A new column in
> the package tables, like "+ Ad Board Membership = +2 vouchers, +VIP
> travel costs"? A side section? A Term & Condition?
>
> Best
> William
>
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Chandni Verma
> <chandniverma2112 gmail com> wrote:
>>
>> On 27 February 2012 22:32, Brian Cameron <brian cameron oracle com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> GUADEC & Gnome.Asia organizers:
>>>
>>> Check out the planned 2012 GUADEC brochure[1] and the 2012 GNOME.Asia
>>> brochure will be based on the 2011 one[2].  I notice the following:
>>>
>>> + Does it make sense that the "Terms and Conditions" are so different?
>>
>>
>> Nope, I agree, the section should be made largely the same.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> + GnomeAsia last year had sponsorship fees of:
>>>  Platinum: $12,000, Gold, $9,000, Silver, $5,500, Bronze $2,800
>>>
>>>  GUADEC in 2012 plans sponsorship fees of:
>>>  Platinum: $25,000, Gold: $15,000, Silver $10,000, Bronze: $5,000,
>>>            Supporter: $1,000.
>>>
>>>  I wonder if GNOME.Asia should have a "Supporter".
>>>
>>>  Does this seem reasonable to people?  So I guess an adboard member
>>>  who wanted to be Platinum sponsors for both events would need to
>>>  donate $67,000 (AdBoard fee is $20,000).  I wonder if that might
>>>  be a bit high to expect adboard members to pay.  Should we have some
>>>  some sort of deal to encourage sponsors to cover both events?
>>
>>
>> An economically thoughtful idea which is definitely going attract more
>> sponsors and hence better reach. My + for the growth chain.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> + I note that the cover page on both brochures has an outline of the
>>>  hosting city.  The buildings on last year's GNOME.Asia front page are
>>>  buildings from India.  So we probably need to make sure we update the
>>>  graphic to add the Hong Kong skyline.
>>
>>
>> This is something which is definitely not going to go unnoticed! We should
>> also get some nice promotional clips from Haggen too in the meeting today.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> + In general, we probably should plan to make the GNOME.Asia brochure a
>>>  bit more similar to the graphic layout of the GUADEC brochure.  For
>>>  example, perhaps the graphic for explaining the sponsorship packages
>>>  should be used.
>>>
>>> I wonder if it might be good to combine the GUADEC and GNOME.Asia
>>> brochures into the single Bi-Annual report.
>>
>>
>> Truly. This would be a healthy way to provide more directed impetuous to
>> GNOME in Asia. It's just the 5th year for the event and it has way much to
>> learn from GUADEC.
>> In general, Asia undoubtedly is a larger and more diversified continent and
>> making roots here it would require more efforts, time and supervision in the
>> beginning but a little love now, would result in extracting a stronger
>> support for GNOME from tonnes of new businesses mushrooming all over the
>> continent. If sponsoring GUADEC provides an organization, visibility of
>> around 500 guests, sponsoring GUADEC would get them visibility no less than
>> three times of it. More awareness among individuals would mean, GNOME
>> community becoming more international and hence stronger with high-spirited
>> representatives of culturally varied societies but having the same aptitude
>> and inclination.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> http://upload.williamfromtexas.com/download/Sponsor_Brochure_draft2.pdf
>>> [2]
>>> Planned 2012 GNOME.Asia brochure will be based on the 2011 one:
>>>
>>> https://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/2011Summit?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=GNOME.Asia2011_CallforSponsors.pdf
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> gnome-asia-committee-list mailing list
>>> gnome-asia-committee-list gnome org
>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-asia-committee-list
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chandni Verma
>> www.chandniverma.blogspot.com
>>