Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC sponsor brochure: GNOME.Asia pack

[William from Texas <williamfromtexas gmail com>]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Brian Cameron <brian cameron oracle com> wrote:
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> William from Texas:
>
> Looks really good to me.  Two minor comments:
>
> 1. Item #3 in terms & conditions on page 7 says we only accept euros or
>   USD for GUADEC, and only USD or HK$ (Hong Kong) for GNOME.Asia.  It
>   says we will accept other currencies if we agree.
>
>   Wouldn't it just make the most sense to just say that we'd
>   accept funding for any of these events in euros, USD or HK$?
>   I'd think that's what we'd do anyway since we are already
>   planning to handle all these currencies in the coming sponsorship
>   year, and it seems less complicated to just say so.

Not sure how it would change things, though I feel there's a
difference between the two. Sure we can agree on a different currency,
but these are the ones we've agreed to be set-up to accept. Anyone a
here a Treasurer to give a say?

>
> 2. On the form on page 8 you instruct people to FAX the form to
>   a number.  The GNOME Foundation does not have a public FAX
>   number, so I recommend removing this.  Perhaps we should point them
>   to a web page with instructions instead?  This way the instructions
>   could change as we improve them over time.
>
>   The address they should use is here if they wish to send it by
>   regular mail:
>
>   http://www.gnome.org/foundation/contacts/
>
>   Since it seems many people just contact us by email to tell us they
>   want to sponsor, providing an email contact to use would perhaps be
>   the most useful information to give.

Contact also depends on who will receive the funds. I think GNOME
Hispano will do this for GUADEC in Europe, and maybe they have a fax
number? Txenoo said he was looking for solid contact details for this.
We also need to ensure out sponsors guadec org address is up and
running, though Karen will be dealing with a lot of direct sponsor
contact as well.

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> ---
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> Brian
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> On 03/22/12 07:24 AM, William from Texas wrote:
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>> The versions never end! I should have made the increments smaller..
>>
>> Sponsor Brochure draft7
>> - Cleaned up wording, mentioned hackfests, and sponsors helping GNOME
>> not just GUADEC
>> - p6 I think you'll find Package Tables better
>> - p7 changed .Asia currency to HK$ and also changed 4 weeks for
>> materials to 1 week in advance.
>> - p8 Moved some things around on the App Form to make it more clear
>>
>>
>> http://upload.williamfromtexas.com/download/GUADEC_Sponsor_Brochure_draft7.pdf
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:17 AM, William from Texas
>> <williamfromtexas gmail com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Brian Cameron<brian cameron oracle com>
>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Overall this looks great.  However, I do find a couple of things a bit
>>>> confusing.  The term "GNOME.Asia pack" only appears once in the
>>>> brochure and it isn't clear to mean what it means.
>>>
>>>
>>> Will address this below.
>>>
>>>> The website provides very little information about GNOME.Asia.  Don't
>>>> you think we should minimally say where and when it will be and a
>>>> URL and contact for more information?  A sentence or two about
>>>> the fact that GNOME.Asia is cool would be good.  We could highlight
>>>> that it is pushing GNOME and GNOME into new markets, and this year into
>>>> tech savvy Hong Kong.   The growing Asian market is probably
>>>> particularly interesting to many potential sponsors.
>>>
>>>
>>> We can do this, but where on the site? For the moment I will add links
>>> into the brochure.
>>>
>>>> It seems a bit weird that the text explains that people can sponsor
>>>> GNOME.Asia by itself if they want, but the "Sponsorship Application
>>>> Form" does not provide any checkboxes for this option, nor does the
>>>> text tell you what to do or who to contact.
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't think the possibility to only sponsor GNOME.Asia should be on
>>> the GUADEC sponsor sheet. We can provide links for this.
>>>
>>>> My first impression was that the brochure was telling me that if I
>>>> paid $12,000 for the "Platinum" GNOME.Asia sponsorship (which I
>>>> thought meant GNOME.Asia package) that I could pay 5,000 euro more to
>>>> get Platinum GUADEC sponsorship.  But this does not sound like what
>>>> you describe below.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 03/19/12 01:45 PM, William from Texas wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> After some feedback from GUADEC and .Asia teams, here is the GUADEC
>>>>> sponsor brochure draft5:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://upload.williamfromtexas.com/download/GUADEC_Sponsor_Brochure_draft5.pdf
>>>>>
>>>>> The 'Big Change' here are the .Asia value packs on p6 and p8. GUADEC
>>>>> sponsors can add +5,000eu to gain .Asia Platinum or Gold-level,
>>>>> +3,000eu to for Silver and +1,500eu for Bronze. (There was a
>>>>> suggestion for +6k for Platinum and +4.5 for Gold, do others insist on
>>>>> this? It can be added if so, mostly removed for space reasons.)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why is there no foot in some of the GNOME.Asia rows?  Why do you not
>>>> become a "Coffee break" sponsor at any sponsorship level?  How much
>>>> do people have to spend to be this kind of sponsor?
>>>
>>>
>>> Addressing above and here: maybe I will make GNOME.Asia value pack its
>>> own table structure to emphasize it and provide better details. Right
>>> now it's in with the Extras.
>>>
>>> There are no GNOME feet in the extra section as these are available
>>> but not automatic. e.g., Any sponsor may cover a coffee break, but
>>> it's not included in any package, it should be discussed as an extra
>>> cost. Platinum sponsors are automatically included as sponsors of a
>>> conference reception (is this the Pro event?) and Gold sponsors are
>>> automatically sponsors of a party. A Bronze sponsor may also choose to
>>> sponsor a reception or party as an extra cost of their package. An
>>> unclarity in my mind is the text 'at own cost' for these, implying
>>> that all Platinum/Gold sponsors still need to pay extra for these
>>> extras, although they have first right to claim these extras.. Since
>>> this particular text was from previous GUADECs, is that how we've done
>>> it in the past?
>>>
>>>> It also is a bit awkward that GNOME.Asia is in USD ($) while GUADEC is
>>>> in Euro.  Not sure this is relaly a problem, but it does seem odd.
>>>> Maybe it would be better to show the numbers in both currencies.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>
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