Re: [dot] Tuesday announcement of Desktop Summit sponsors

[Carl Symons <carlsymons gmail com>]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Jos Poortvliet <jos opensuse org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Attached the announcements for the Desktop Summit Sponsorship. As you know,
> Intel, Collabora and SUSE will be the main (Platinum and Gold) sponsors, hence
> we'd like to let you know that these announcements will go out on the Desktop
> Summit press channels on Tuesday, 15:00 UTC.
>
> We'd appreciate it if you would either issue your own or echo these
> announcements.
>
> Any input or suggestions are of course welcome.
>
> Greetings,
> Jos Poortvliet
> & The Desktop Summit Team

MeeGo is an open source project, hosted by the Linux Foundation and
led by a steering group; it is not an Intel project. Thus, the quote
from the MeeGo Community Manager speaking for Intel is confusing and
should be clarified.

Carl

>
> <p>We are pleased to announce that the Desktop Summit 2011 in Berlin will be supported by Intel as Platinum sponsor. The event also welcomes Collabora and SUSE as Gold partners. The organization is delighted with the community spirit of these generous corporate partners. Mirko Boehm, Lead organizer of the Desktop Summit, said: <em>"Their support is essential for the Desktop Summit's efforts to bring together Free Software developers from all around the world to work in a collaborative spirit on the next generation desktop technology."</em></p>
>
> <p>Dawn Foster, MeeGo Community Manager stated: <em>"Intel is happy to sponsor the Desktop Summit as a way to support the many projects that we use and contribute to on a regular basis. It's important to us to work closely with open source projects - and this is one way to do that."</em></p>
>
> <p>Christian Schaller, Marketing Manager at Collabora told us: <em>"At Collabora we are excited to support the Desktop Summit as we feel it is one of the core events in terms of moving the open source ecosystem forward. A lot of open source innovation happens on the desktop first before being widely deployed on all kinds of systems and devices. As the leader in the fields of multimedia and real time communications Collabora are very much a part of that effort. We look forward to meeting up with and engaging with the everyone at the Desktop Summit."</em></p>
>
> <p><em>"SUSE is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Desktop Summit 2011,"</em> said Michael Miller, vice president of Global Alliances and Marketing at SUSE.<em> ?Cross
> project collaboration is a core value at SUSE and we are committed to wide interoperability and open communication. Our support of openSUSE at the Desktop Summit demonstrates our continued commitment to a strong Free and Open Source ecosystem."</em></p>
>
> <p>Aside from the Platinum and Gold sponsors, we are happy to welcome the following Silver sponsors for this event:
> <ul>
> <li>Canonical</li>
> <li>Google</li>
> <li>Igalia</li>
> <li>The Linux Foundation</li>
> <li>Qt</li>
> <li>Red Hat</li>
> </ul>
> </p>
>
> <p>The following are our Bronze level sponsors:
> <ul>
> <li>Lanedo</li>
> <li>Mozilla</li>
> <li>openshine</li>
> </ul>
> </p>
>
> <p>Their support is greatly appreciated</p>
>
> <p>Our media partners for the Desktop Summit will be golem.de and Linux Magazine</p>
>
> <p>The organizing team would like to thank our sponsors on behalf of the GNOME and KDE communities! We are still looking for more sponsors, please contact us if you are interested (details below).</p>
>
> <h2>About the Desktop Summit</h2>
>
> <p>GUADEC (GNOME Users And Developers European Conference) and Akademy (KDE annual world summit) are the world's largest gatherings of people involved in Free Desktop and mobile user interfaces. Over a thousand participants are expected at the Desktop Summit this year, covering both the GNOME and KDE projects as well as related technologies. Organizers welcome developers, artists, translators, community organizers, users and representatives from government, education, businesses. Anyone who shares an interest in a Free Desktop is encouraged to participate.</p>
>
> <p>GNOME and KDE are Free Software communities that drive the user interfaces of many Linux-powered devices--smartphones, laptops, desktops, personal media centers. 2011 is the second summit organized collaboratively by the two communities.</p>
>
> <h2>Contact</h2>
> <p>Contact information of the Desktop Summit team can be found on <a href="https://www.desktopsummit.org/contact";>www.desktopsummit.org/contact</a>. For press inquiries please contact Jos Poortvliet, <a href="jospoortvliet gmail com">jospoortvliet gmail com</a>, phone +31622377545.
>
> <p>If you would like to discuss sponsorship, please contact us: <a href="mailto:ds-sponsoring desktopsummit org">ds-sponsoring desktopsummit org</a></p>
> Intel, Collabora and SUSE to be main sponsors of the Desktop Summit
>
> We are pleased to announce that the Desktop Summit 2011 in Berlin will be supported by Intel as Platinum sponsor. The event also welcomes Collabora and SUSE as Gold partners. The organization is delighted with the community spirit of these generous corporate partners. Mirko Boehm, Lead organizer of the Desktop Summit, said: "Their support is essential for the Desktop Summit's efforts to bring together Free Software developers from all around the world to work in a collaborative spirit on the next generation desktop technology."
>
> Dawn Foster, MeeGo Community Manager stated: "Intel is happy to sponsor the Desktop Summit as a way to support the many projects that we use and contribute to on a regular basis. It's important to us to work closely with open source projects - and this is one way to do that."
>
> Christian Schaller, Marketing Manager at Collabora told us: "At Collabora we are excited to support the Desktop Summit as we feel it is one of the core events in terms of moving the open source ecosystem forward. A lot of open source innovation happens on the desktop first before being widely deployed on all kinds of systems and devices. As the leader in the fields of multimedia and real time communications Collabora are very much a part of that effort. We look forward to meeting up with and engaging with the everyone at the Desktop Summit."
>
> "SUSE is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Desktop Summit 2011," said Michael Miller, vice president of Global Alliances and Marketing at SUSE. ?Cross project collaboration is a core value at SUSE and we are committed to wide interoperability and open communication. Our support of openSUSE at the Desktop Summit demonstrates our continued commitment to a strong Free and Open Source ecosystem."
>
> Aside from the Platinum and Gold sponsors, we are happy to welcome the following Silver sponsors for this event:
> Canonical
> Google
> Igalia
> The Linux Foundation
> Qt
> Red Hat
>
> The following are our Bronze level sponsors:
> Lanedo
> Mozilla
> openshine
>
> Their support is greatly appreciated!
>
> Our media partners for the Desktop Summit will be golem.de and Linux Magazin.
>
> The organizing team would like to thank our sponsors on behalf of the GNOME and KDE communities! We are still looking for more sponsors, please contact us if you are interested (details below).
>
> About the Desktop Summit
>
> GUADEC (GNOME Users And Developers European Conference) and Akademy (KDE annual world summit) are the world's largest gatherings of people involved in Free Desktop and mobile user interfaces. Over a thousand participants are expected at the Desktop Summit this year, covering both the GNOME and KDE projects as well as related technologies. Organizers welcome developers, artists, translators, community organizers, users and representatives from government, education, businesses. Anyone who shares an interest in a Free Desktop is encouraged to participate.
>
> GNOME and KDE are Free Software communities that drive the user interfaces of many Linux-powered devices--smartphones, laptops, desktops, personal media centers. 2011 is the second summit organized collaboratively by the two communities.
>
> Contact
>
> Contact information of the Desktop Summit team can be found on www.desktopsummit.org/contact. For press inquiries please contact Jos Poortvliet, jospoortvliet gmail com, phone +31622377545.
>
> If you would like to discuss sponsorship, please contact us: ds-sponsoring desktopsummit org
>
>
>