On Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 06:08:33PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Heya, > having attended some kind of "corporate" FOSS events as of lately, > I've already got asked by a handful of big companies information about > DebConf11 sponsoring. I understand it's early wrt the conference dates, > but I'd rather think that "it's never to early" to secure DebConf > sponsoring. > > So, questions, can I forward DebConf10 information on how to sponsor > DebConf11, on the basis that it won't be *that* different? The > information I would need are essentially the various silver/gold/... > thresholds as well as information of who'll be processing sponsoring > (SPI or equivalent). Of course I can add a warning that those > information might chance slightly in the next months, but I surely don't > want to left inquiries about DebConf11 sponsoring unanswered on my side.
This is very good - thanks for this work! I think as long as people realize that exact levels and benefits may change, former sponsor packs are a good starting point. This made me think of something I had briefly discussed with Moray once, about what debian/debconf teams could be merged. So, suppose someone made up a Debian fundraising brochure, which listed many different possibilities for Debian donations (hardware, developer meetings, and basic DebConf sponsorship levels, of course). This could be a good, generic year-round thing to have around. The funny thing is that this would help merge the two, but make questions of money going from debian -> debconf, which you had been hesitant about before, so... I haven't thought about this plan in too much depth, and the politics involved would be far beyond what I know or have ability to navigate. I thought of it now since your email reminded me of the "merge Debian and DebConf" hope that had been floating around. > Also, can you please point me (once more!) to the sponsorship brochure > of last year? Any reasons why it's not linked on the website? I > consider it's in our interest to make that kind of material as widely > available as possible… I think the idea was that we should be able to follow up by knowing who all had a copy. However, that was Pablo's and the sponsorship team's domain, so all of those people can let you know what they have learned over the years. - Richard -- | Richard Darst - rkd@ - boltzmann: up 446 days, 6:39 | http://rkd.zgib.net - pgp 0xBD356740 | "Ye shall know the truth and -- the truth shall make you free" _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
