On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 09:15 -0700, Stormy Peters wrote: > Hi Nelson, > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Nelson Marques <07721 ipam pt> > wrote: > About Guadec, have you contacted Vodafone? or any other big > Mobile > operators? I would assume that pushing the right keys, they > would tag > alongside with Guadec. Also try to have small local business > present, > and push hardware manufacturers into it aswell. Tryed BenQ ? > it's a > Benelux based company, should be interest from them. > Having a company like BenQ with us could help. > > Are you willing to identify and approach some of these companies about > GUADEC sponsorship? We have a brochure, so the main work is > identifying contacts, approaching them, giving a pitch and then > following up with them. (And following up with them. And following up > with them. ;) > > Stormy > Hi, I can dig some information about possible interested companies and try to approach them. I do know that some are more friendly because I've contacted about 280 Operators (including MVNO's) in Europe in the past. Before approaching we need to know a couple of things: # What benefits can they take from sponsoring (ex: how are we going to advertise them, expected visitors) # What do we need from them (ex: money, merchandising, etc) # I would advice also than when applies, we should ask for participation as well, like providing speakers to conferences. This get touchy as some companies are related to users and opensource, but in a different way from us... for instance the emerging market for netbooks and tables is of interest to Vodafone as they provide carrier data services through GSM Networks. They are attacking this niche, but the issue is how we relate it with open source. So, this needs some thinking. Taking a look into potential companies that can help us. I do have a background in the Netherlands, as I lived there for almost 2 years, I can most likely get some contacts from companies like Logitech. Point me the material that we have already done. As you now my english is not native, and before I contact them, I'll send to the list a general message so that people can fix it correctly and I'll take it from there. I'll place some effort on this one. It would help if we have a program already available for the event and a list of activities/participation's. I'll be in touch about this. NM
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