On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 21:49 +0000, Daniel Pocock wrote: > Has there ever been any variation to the existing sponsorship model, for > example, having sponsors for particular tracks?
We have had sponsors pay for specific elements. This year one sponsor wanted to be listed only for Debian Day, which is effectively a single track within the overall conference. (But eligible sponsors have rarely taken up the offer of a special talk slot, so I'm not sure how much enthusiasm they would have for the chairing job part.) Note that the most concrete feedback we've had on our sponsorship options was that they were too complex. The more special options have rarely been taken up by sponsors, and more recently we have tried to simplify the main set of levels somewhat. It's probably best if the sponsorship brochure emphasises the main levels, and doesn't spend much time on special options. We should still discuss those in advance, but the sponsor contacts can talk about them (and discuss more details in the team if needed) when their discussions with a sponsor make them think that it's going to help raise money, rather than giving too confusing a list of price options at the start. We have also previously had the principle that most special options should be *in addition to* some base level of sponsorship. The intention behind this is to avoid, for example, upsetting, a plain Platinum sponsor by another sponsor giving money solely for one high-profile but cheap conference social event (getting more immediate visibility while financially helping the conference much less). -- Moray _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
