Daniel Pocock dijo [Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 08:13:43PM +0200]: > >> Actually, that is an interesting point > > > > no, its a boring old point... > > > >> If somebody's employer gives them a week of work time to attend DebConf, > >> should that company be recognised as a sponsor? > > > > no. We only count money (or directly valuable ressources, usually things) > > into > > account for sponsoring. > > > > (I guesstimate) Half of the orgateam is freelancing, listing them as > > sponsors > > is... pointless or even totally besides the point. > > > > Not completely pointless - it encourages more companies to follow the > example of sending people on work time. > > Of course, if every company did that, and no company sends cash, there > would be a problem: maybe just give 50% discount on sponsorship
I am with Holger here. We discussed this quite a while ago. If giving your employees paid time to attend DebConf were to equal sponsorship, several of our current sponsors would be pushed up a category or so - And maybe they would be happy to be listed as they are right now, so they could withdraw funds from their allocation to us, remaining equally visible. That's not a wanted outcome. _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
