Re: Sponsoring GUADEC 2018

[Neil McGovern <neil gnome org>]

Hi Jeff,

Apologies if you've already got back to Alberto with this, but was
wondering if you'd had any further thoughts on the below?

Thanks,
Neil
On Fri, 2018-04-13 at 15:49 +0200, Alberto Ruiz wrote:
> Hey Jeff,
>
> A dozen developers is probably one of the best contributions you can
> make for the event really. This is what really makes GUADEC tick so
> forward our thanks to Todd on that commitment alone.
>
> I think we should start with the budget that you have available and
> we can look at the options we could put together from there?
>
> 2018-04-13 0:35 GMT+02:00 Jeff F. <jeff fortin puri sm>:
> > Hi folks,
> > I'm planning out Purism's events attendance and sponsorships, and
> > while we have pretty limited resources for this (sending a dozen
> > team members to attend the core days and hackfests/BoFs is going to
> > be brutally expensive!), I'd like to sponsor GUADEC again this
> > year.
> >
> > I was wondering if we should do something a bit like last year
> > where we had a time-limited exhibit table at the social event
> > night, or if it's better to have a core days exhibit table in the
> > venue's hall this year. You tell me! Essentially the difference
> > this time is that we should have phone dev kits (or maybe even
> > prototypes, who knows) available to demo and to let people play
> > with, to show the current status with the GNOME-based phone
> > platform and shell, how GNOME Builder can be used with it, etc.
> >
> > As usual we don't have requirements to have access to a swag bag,
> > to be featured on conference apparel, to have access to a job wall,
> > to have our logo stamped everywhere, etc.
> >
> > Additionally we could donate one or two phone development kits to
> > the Foundation to raffle off (disclaimer: subject to availability
> > of those units of course, but the timing _should_ work in theory),
> > if you'd be interested. If you have only one raffle event it would
> > be one device, if you have one raffle per day then we could provide
> > one for each. You can choose to raffle at no cost for attendees, or
> > to sell raffle tickets for the benefit of the foundation (hopefully
> > you can make a massive profit out of it :)
> >
> > I'm just throwing some ideas out there, to help support the event
> > in ways that wouldn't feel out of place in an intimate event like
> > GUADEC. Feel free to make a proposal with the above or with other
> > ideas you might have that you think would best suit the atmosphere
> > of event and venue!
> >
> > Looking forward to seeing you in Almería,
> > Jeff
> >
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Neil McGovern
Executive Director, The GNOME Foundation