I've always heard it's best to add something about why you're contacting the person in the first paragraph and keep it all short and sweet. Also, is Christian speaking at LAS? If so, we should try to get his bio and pic up!Here is an edited version, feel free to use or disregard:Dear <potential Sponsor's contact>,I'm reaching out to you today to tell you about the LAS GNOME conference in Portland, Oregon on September 19-23, and how you can participate.The Libre Application Summit — hosted by GNOME, otherwise known as LAS GNOME, is the conference to attend for those who want to create a business around Linux-based apps, release their apps to multiple distributions at the same time, and create the conditions necessary to reach a wider audience for their current Linux apps. It aims to improve the Linux desktop story across the board.Your sponsorship of the event will help us create a vibrant Linux app market. Among our speaker line-up, we will have people like Christian Hergert (creator of GNOME Builder) and Alex Larsson (creator of Flatpak) talking about new technology being made to facilitate the creation and distribution of Linux-based apps across many different distros. Please consider showing your commitment to the Free and Open Source community and helping us show the world the true potential of GNU/Linux platforms. You will reap the benefits of a larger commercial market for Linux apps, and your logo and name will be part of the Linux app market's success.Attached is our prospectus, we would love to see your logo displayed prominently at our conference. If you have any questions, feel free to respond back to this email or send an email to sponsors las gnome org. We look forward to working with you.Best wishes,LAS GNOME Committee Member@Sri, here's your original version with minor edits for spelling mistakes. Plus, we have a special email address for sponsors :)Dear <potential Sponsor's contact>,I'm reaching out to you today in regards to an exciting new conference concept. For years, we had talked about the "Year of the Linux Desktop," but hardly anything actionable has occurred to move this concept forward. GNOME, the Free Software desktop, is pleased to announce Libre Application Summit (LAS GNOME)!LAS GNOME is a conference whose goal is to improve the application story for Linux by working towards creating a measurable marketing channel for Linux based applications. We accomplish this by changing the distribution model for applications, creating the conditions for Linux to be the prime developer platform for all applications, and igniting a more personal relationship between users and application developers.By creating a measurable market, we can demonstrate the strength of Linux-based applications and encourage more participation and investment in creating a large variety of applications that we know that the GNU/Linux platform is capable of.Your sponsorship will help us create this market, show your commitment to the Free and Open Source community, and potentially reap the benefits of a larger commercial market for Linux-based applications — and your logo and name will be part of that success.Attached is our prospectus, we would love to see your logo displayed prominently at our conference. If you have any questions, feel free to respond back to this email or to sponsors las gnome org. We look forward to working with you.Best wishes,LAS GNOME Committee MemberOn Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me> wrote:_______________________________________________Messaging to potential sponsors:Dear <potential Sponsor's contact>,I'm reaching you out today in regards an exciting new conference concept. For years, we had talked about the "Year of the Linux Desktop" but hardly anything actionable has occured to move this concept forward. GNOME the Free Software desktop is pleased to announce Libre Application Summit (LAS GNOME)!LAS GNOME is a conference whose goal is to improve the application story for Linux by working towards creating a measurable marketing channel for Linux based applications. We accomplish this by changing the distribution model for applications, creating the conditions for Linux to be the prime developer platform for all applications, and igniting a more personal relationship between users and application developers.By creating a measurable market, we can demonstrate the strength of the Linux based applications and encourage more participation and investment in creating the large variety of applications that we know the GNU/Linux platform is capable of.Your sponsorship will help us create this market, show your commitment to the Free and Open Source community, and potentially reap the benefits of a larger commercial market for Linux based applications of which your logo and name will be part of that success.Attached is our prospectus, we would love to see your logo displayed prominently at our conference. If you have any quetions, feel free to respond back to this email or to info las gnome org. We look forward to working with you.Best wishes,LAS GNOME Committee Member
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