Hi there! On Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:14:41 +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > I know I'm very late with this. But IMHO the sponsorship brochure got a > bit too long. I tried to shorten it a bit and propose the following > patch. [...] > - Further down I moved some text around and tried to condens it > somewhat. IMO we have too much and too verbose rationales for > sponsoring. I guess that most of this is known and obvious to most of > our sponsors. They already know that Debian is a volunteer effort and > the know that they can gain reputation in the Linux and Free Software > community by sponsoring events.
IMHO your reasoning is biased towards IT sponsors, which *should* already know Debian or, at least, the Free Software movement. However, all other possible sponsors (e.g. municipalities) could not be completely up-to-date, thus being verbose is the Right Thing™. So while I like the idea of a shorter brochure (and FWIW I also prefer an even number of pages), my fear above remains. Never mind, I ported your patch to the latest SVN (r3742) and compiled both PDF versions to be compared (we need to do small adjustments regarding the layout, though): <http://people.debian.org/~gismo/DebConf13.ch/brochure_r3742.en.pdf> <http://people.debian.org/~gismo/DebConf13.ch/shorten-brochure_r3742.en.pdf> Comments and suggestions are welcomed! > P.S.: Unfortunately I'm unable to build the brochure. A list of Debian > packages that need to be installed in the README file would be helpful. > I get the following error: > > kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 2+293/600 --dpi 1493 > DejaVuSerif-Bold-tlf-t1--base > mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for > DejaVuSerif-Bold-tlf-t1--base. ===== $ apt-file search DejaVuSerif-Bold-tlf-t1--base texlive-fonts-extra: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/dejavu/DejaVuSerif-Bold-tlf-t1--base.tfm ===== I do not have the exact list of Build-Depends:, but IIRC the above is the only extra needed package on a default desktop wheezy installation, here here the Tex Live packages installed on the Debian wheezy I used to compile the brochure [1]: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- texlive-base 2012.20120611-4 texlive-binaries 2012.20120628-3 texlive-common 2012.20120611-4 texlive-doc-base 2012.20120611-1 texlive-doc-en 2012.20120611-1 texlive-extra-utils 2012.20120611-2 texlive-font-utils 2012.20120611-2 texlive-fonts-extra 2012.20120611-2 texlive-fonts-extra-doc 2012.20120611-2 texlive-fonts-recommended 2012.20120611-4 texlive-fonts-recommended-doc 2012.20120611-4 texlive-generic-recommended 2012.20120611-4 texlive-latex-base 2012.20120611-4 texlive-latex-base-doc 2012.20120611-4 texlive-latex-extra 2012.20120611-2 texlive-latex-extra-doc 2012.20120611-2 texlive-latex-recommended 2012.20120611-4 texlive-latex-recommended-doc 2012.20120611-4 texlive-luatex 2012.20120611-4 texlive-pictures 2012.20120611-4 texlive-pictures-doc 2012.20120611-4 texlive-pstricks 2012.20120611-2 texlive-pstricks-doc 2012.20120611-2 texlive-science 2012.20120611-2 texlive-science-doc 2012.20120611-2 texlive-xetex 2012.20120611-4 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- [1] IMHO 467MB for a font family are too much: ===== $ sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install texlive-fonts-extra Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: fonts-comfortaa fonts-droid fonts-freefont-otf fonts-gfs-artemisia fonts-gfs-complutum fonts-gfs-didot fonts-gfs-neohellenic fonts-gfs-olga fonts-gfs-solomos fonts-inconsolata fonts-junicode fonts-linuxlibertine fonts-oflb-asana-math fonts-sil-gentium fonts-sil-gentium-basic fonts-stix otf-freefont ttf-dejavu-extra Suggested packages: fontforge cm-super Recommended packages: texlive-xetex texlive-fonts-extra-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: fonts-comfortaa fonts-droid fonts-freefont-otf fonts-gfs-artemisia fonts-gfs-complutum fonts-gfs-didot fonts-gfs-neohellenic fonts-gfs-olga fonts-gfs-solomos fonts-inconsolata fonts-junicode fonts-linuxlibertine fonts-oflb-asana-math fonts-sil-gentium fonts-sil-gentium-basic fonts-stix otf-freefont texlive-fonts-extra ttf-dejavu-extra 0 upgraded, 19 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded. Need to get 158 MB of archives. After this operation, 467 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. $ ===== Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca
--- brochure.en.tex 2012-10-11 19:31:05.869107796 +0200
+++ brochure.en.tex 2012-10-11 20:15:20.004594780 +0200
@@ -288,13 +288,6 @@
for specialized areas of development, and encourages
\textbf{discussions about Debian's future}.
-% <http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/publicity/announcements/en/drafts/biggest-debconf-achievement.txt?view=markup&pathrev=3229>
-\DCquote{
- My first DebConf I got to really know what the Release Team was
- about. Not long after, I joined the Release Team. Later DebConfs we
- recruited other team members.
-}{Luk Claes, \DDm}
-
\DCquote{
At DebConf3 in Oslo, I finally met the other Debian Installer
developers gathered together in person, and after a week of
@@ -305,13 +298,6 @@
derivative distributions, on tens of millions of systems.
}{Joey Hess, \DDm}
-\DCquote{
- At DebConf4, I spent days and nights improving the Debian
- Installer localization infrastructure. Eight years afterward, most of
- the results are still being used to help in translating the
- installation system into more than 70 languages.
-}{Christian Perrier, \DDm}
-
\subsection{Work Groups}
\textbf{DebConf enables some of the most productive sessions that
@@ -327,11 +313,6 @@
to be very effective.
}{Joachim Breitner, \DDm}
-\DCquote{
- During DebConf11 I met my new, permanent, sponsor (Guido
- Trotter) and we've had a great collaboration since then!
-}{Karolina Kalic, Debian Contributor}
-
\subsection{Project Synergy}
DebConf gives contributors a chance to meet face to face, socialize,
@@ -340,20 +321,6 @@
latest ideas and systems that Debian implements often start as an
informal session at DebConf}.
-% <http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/publicity/announcements/en/drafts/biggest-debconf-achievement.txt?view=markup&pathrev=3229>
-\DCquote{
- During DebConf8, I wrote some improvements to piuparts. It
- doesn't appear those changes are actually in the main piuparts tree
- (!? aw well), but it introduced me to Lucas Nussbaum, QA
- extraordinaire, and gave me the confidence that people in Debian
- trusted my contributions.
-}{Asheesh Laroia, \DDm}
-
-\DCquote{
- Even though I'd been a DD for two years when I attended DebConf0 I
- felt that this event was the start of a big friendship.
-}{Andreas Tille, \DDm}
-
\DCquote{
As Debian Account Manager, DebConf is a priceless opportunity for me to
handle sensitive matters face to face, in an appropriate setting.
@@ -363,31 +330,7 @@
\section{Benefits}
-\subsection{We Appreciate Your Sponsorship}
-
-The Debian Project does not engage in commercial activities and
-depends solely on donations from users and well-wishers. A modest
-amount of sponsorship would not only help Debian, but would earn a
-huge dividend of goodwill in the Free Software community at large.
-% edrz: this wording still feels awkward ... maybe something like
-% "but also pay back dividends in goodwill with the larger Free
-% Software community for years to come."
-
-Within the Debian community there is a strong sense of loyalty and
-brand awareness. Sponsoring a large conference is a good method of
-gaining favor for your brand with the attendees. % Kevin: this sounds
-% weird, chumming up to the sponsors. I'd delete this first sentence
-% and add a bit to the next one. Speaking about past experience sounds
-% much more competent than making assumptions about the reader and
-% attendees.
-Past DebConfs have also offered great opportunities for contact
-building and recruitment. % Kevin: add examples from the DebConf12 survey
-
\subsection{Sponsorship Levels}
-DebConf sponsors are classified according to the amount of money put
-into the organizing of the conference. Each sponsorship level is
-defined by donation levels and by benefits of sponsorship (in-kind
-donations are also taken into account to determine benefit levels):
{
\small\tabulinesep=4pt
@@ -426,7 +369,7 @@
\end{tabu}
}
\pagebreak
-\subsection{Sponsorship Notes}
+\subsection{Additional Opportunities}
We also invite sponsors, in addition to their basic sponsorship, to
sponsor a specific part of the conference. These are some of the
@@ -481,12 +424,21 @@
certain value to companies and individuals is the best show of
appreciation to the volunteer efforts of many Debian members.
+A modest amount of sponsorship would not only help Debian, but would
+earn you goodwill in the Free Software community at large. Past
+DebConfs have also offered great opportunities for contact building
+and recruitment. % Kevin: add examples from the DebConf12 survey
+
\section{Budget}
\subsection{The Need for Sponsorship}
+The Debian Project does not engage in commercial activities and
+depends solely on donations from users and well-wishers.
+
% <mid:CAEwy9bg3L8EAQDqq7ZY=ejif6ducupejdqd1wbsjdlpcspa...@mail.gmail.com>
% <http://lists.debconf.org/lurker/message/20121005.100049.4bb6b521.en.html>
+% <http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf13/Switzerland/Bid#Rough_budget_calculations>
DebConf has evolved from humble beginnings in Bordeaux, France (2000)
with 30 attendees and virtually no budget, to recent years where we
accommodate an average of 250 attendees, with a budget of
@@ -495,9 +447,7 @@
DebConf organizational teams are made up of volunteers to keep costs
at a minimum. However, as we expect a turnout of 300 attendees, there
-is a real need for substantial sponsoring. \textbf{There is no minimum
- amount for sponsorship and we're also interested in material
- sponsoring} (contact us for details).
+is a real need for substantial sponsoring.
\textbf{Sponsorship will be paid to the ``DebConf13 association'', a non-profit
association} under Swiss law.
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