Re: [Debconf-team] Some thoughts on sponsorship tiers, and perhaps one improvement.

2012-12-10 Thread Brian Gupta
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Moray Allan wrote: > On 2012-12-10 09:39, Philipp Hug wrote: >> >> I mentioned this before on IRC before. In case we'd go for a reduced >> price for SME, I'd prefer to keep it simple. (e.g. only create one >> reduced rate and not three) > > > That sounds more sensi

Re: [Debconf-team] Some thoughts on sponsorship tiers, and perhaps one improvement.

2012-12-10 Thread Moray Allan
On 2012-12-10 09:39, Philipp Hug wrote: I mentioned this before on IRC before. In case we'd go for a reduced price for SME, I'd prefer to keep it simple. (e.g. only create one reduced rate and not three) That sounds more sensible to me, yes. For this discussion with respect to recurring sponso

Re: [Debconf-team] Some thoughts on sponsorship tiers, and perhaps one improvement.

2012-12-10 Thread Philipp Hug
Hi Brian, > In an effort to streamline the discussion, I'd ask > that we table the question of whether or not to make changes for DC13 > levels until we can reach a consensus on whether or not to make these > changes at all. It makes sense to discuss this now for future DebConfs. But I agree with

Re: [Debconf-team] Some thoughts on sponsorship tiers, and perhaps one improvement.

2012-12-09 Thread Brian Gupta
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > Raphaël Walther writes: > >> Hi there, >> On Sat, Dec 08, 2012 at 08:01:04PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: >>> On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 04:28:53PM -0500, Brian Gupta wrote: >>> > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Margarita Manterola >>> > > Al

Re: [Debconf-team] Some thoughts on sponsorship tiers, and perhaps one improvement.

2012-12-09 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Raphaël Walther writes: > Hi there, > On Sat, Dec 08, 2012 at 08:01:04PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 04:28:53PM -0500, Brian Gupta wrote: >> > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Margarita Manterola >> > > Also, there's 9 months till DC13, I would support this being applied

Re: [Debconf-team] Some thoughts on sponsorship tiers, and perhaps one improvement.

2012-12-09 Thread Raphaël Walther
Hi there, On Sat, Dec 08, 2012 at 08:01:04PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 04:28:53PM -0500, Brian Gupta wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Margarita Manterola > > > Also, there's 9 months till DC13, I would support this being applied > > > for DC13 sponsors as well.

Re: [Debconf-team] Some thoughts on sponsorship tiers, and perhaps one improvement.

2012-12-08 Thread Michael Banck
On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 04:28:53PM -0500, Brian Gupta wrote: > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Margarita Manterola > > Also, there's 9 months till DC13, I would support this being applied > > for DC13 sponsors as well. > > Thanks Marga. The issue is that many sponsors and potential sponsors > have

Re: [Debconf-team] Some thoughts on sponsorship tiers, and perhaps one improvement.

2012-12-07 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Margarita Manterola wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Brian Gupta wrote: >> What do people think? > > I think it's a very good idea. It might be necessary to present it in > a way that bigger sponsors don't feel cheated, but I think that's > possibl

Re: [Debconf-team] Some thoughts on sponsorship tiers, and perhaps one improvement.

2012-12-06 Thread Margarita Manterola
Hi, On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Brian Gupta wrote: > What do people think? I think it's a very good idea. It might be necessary to present it in a way that bigger sponsors don't feel cheated, but I think that's possible. Also, there's 9 months till DC13, I would support this being applied

[Debconf-team] Some thoughts on sponsorship tiers, and perhaps one improvement.

2012-12-06 Thread Brian Gupta
So the quick note is that over the past three years, debconf has been making the tiers for sponsorship progressively more costly. (In an effort to address the historically fairly constant challenges with fundraising.) This challenges some of our smaller sponsors in justifying the costs to continue