On 25/10/12 02:21, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Gaudenz Steinlin dijo [Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:33:26AM +0200]: > >>>> - Option of Le Camp sponsoring DebConf. If they reduce the price, we >>>> could list them as sponsors. I don't have high hopes that they agree >>>> to this, but we could at least try. >>>> >>> No. This must be discussed by the debconf-team before making such >>> proposal. People was not so happy having the fact accomplished without >>> discussion last year (and -team clearly added a note about this for us >>> and future debconfs). >>> >> I don't think we have to handle this specially from other sponsorships. >> We also don't require debconf-team discussion before approaching any >> other sponsor. So yes nothing can be promised before the team agrees, >> but we can nevertheless explore the posibility by mentioning it a s an >> option. And that's the only thing I considered anyway. >> > Thinking this a bit over... I am with Gaudenz here. If we are going to > work in x venue, and have already the prices, and x venue agrees to > reduce y% to have us decide to stay with them — They qualify as > sponsors for the corresponding bracket. Even if we never see the > money, it's just money we won't have to pay - Just as UCA and the > national government in DC12, the Srpska government in DC11, Junta de > Extremadura in DC9. > > I believe the problem last year (I might be mistaken) is that UCA gave > us right away the discounted numbers, implying they usually charged > way more, and we were not given the chance to consider. But then > again, given the chance, we would have probably agreed. >
I fully agree that such `sponsorships' can be considered, but they should only be negotiated after we've already explored their normal prices and if we can see the `value' of the discount in a way that is measurable. With Balmer's, for example, we can the prices when someone makes a web booking, so everyone can see that the discount offered has some `value' _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
