Help define new partnership roles with GNOME Foundation

[Diego Escalante Urrelo <diegoe gnome org>]

Hello marketing list!

currently GNOME offers other groups, companies or projects to join the
Foundation as Advisory Board members. This -as you know- implies
benefits and responsibilities for both sides: a fee to be payed, a seat
in the advisory board calls, etc.

However, this doesn't necessarily works well for organizations or groups
that might have a different thing to offer to the Foundation by
associating, and that might be interested in something different from
the Foundation than a seat in the AB.

So, we -the Board- are asking for your feedback to brainstorm and try to
define a role or model that would allow new organizations to partner
with GNOME Foundation in a more consistent way.

Here are some ideas to discuss:
 - Organizations doing humanitarian work: we definitely want to work
with organizations that do work in the developing world. How best could
we help them? What can we offer, can we really help them? Can they help
us?

 - For non profits or non business companies: should we have a
one-size-fits-all donation fee for joining? should we judge case by
case?

 - AdBoard relationship: if we were to have a group of non AB
organizations, should we have 'open' AB meetings where they can
participate?

 - Some companies that use GNOME technology might be happy to support us
with a logo exchange: how can we engage them and what can we offer and
request concretely?

In the same fashion, here are some ideas about what we could offer:
 - Recognition as a GNOME supporter
 - A press release
 - Presence in our website as supporters
 - Promotion space in our website (as content, not ads)
 - Consider them "sponsors" or "supporters" of certain events

All ideas appreciated, thanks!