Hi, My last message on the topic, I don't want to drag this discussion for ever.
First of all, I am a bit worried that there is not much discussion about this, saving for discussions about how to run a raffle. I saw just a couple of concerns about the points I am discussing here, and no endorsements. I cannot predict if the silence is due to endorsement or to not caring. I believe this is an important decision. Please people, speak up! On 10/09/14 00:35, Michael Banck wrote: > Also, note that at DebConf14 basically everything we put in the brochure > (before DC14 started) happened on an ad-hoc basis: the sponsor booth > (some sponsors seemed to put up tables to talk to attendees), the job > fair (rather inofficial, but still), the sponsoring of some events (in > this case even the C&W party, plus an off-site social event), the raffle > etc. The amount of push-back was rather small I believe. I explicitly > asked a couple of attendees I know well and believed they may be opposed > to them, but they did not see the sky falling. It is true it was ad-hoc and the sky didn't fall. But the key point is that it was ad-hoc, and in the case of the C&W, that it solved a problem for the organisers. Personally, I didn't like much the HP event being announced almost as something official, but did not want to cause a fuss about it either. Note that I am not opposing to the job fair or the booths. It is the sponsoring of the social events that I feel is kind of wrong, going against our spirit. It feels like monetising the conference, that's why I feel uneasy. I would rather cut the costs (or the existence) of all these (C&W, dinner, day trip, sponsored beverages) than selling them. Finally, if the non-profit is forbidden to do theses things, we could have one or two sponsors give the money to a normal trusted company instead. Another topic. I just saw the addition to the brochure of the diversity effort. While I am all for getting money for diversity, what do you have in mind when you invite sponsors to contact us? It is just a way to get more sponsors on board, so we can then manage the money, or will they have any active involvement in the use of the money? -- Martín Ferrari (Tincho) _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
