Hi Emily, On 19 May 2014 16:16, Emily Chen <emilychen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to ask below questions to future board: > > 1. For GNOME big event, call for sponsor is really important, what is your > plan to call for more sponsors for conference like GUADEC and GNOME.Asia ?
Firstly, I think that reliable sponsors need to be contacted much earlier, when they set the budget rather than closer to the event. Last year, I had a chance to talk to our sponsors and advisory board members to find out when they needed to receive the sponsorship information to be able to allocate the conference budgets appropriately. I encouraged the production of the sponsorship brochures for GUADEC earlier in the cycle and asked our executive director to contact the potential sponsors at the most convenient times for them. In the upcoming year, I plan to propose that the advisory board should be recognised for their support and should be offered additional value with an exclusive discounted sponsorship package which can be paid at the start of the year, at the same time as paying the advisory board fees. I am also keen to revisit the advisory board charges structure and to assess whether we can improve that to entice smaller companies into joining. > 2. What is the top 3 goals for GNOME Foundation in the next year, in your > opinion ? Financial stability is by far the highest priority, which I think will involve hiring an executive director to help with fundraising. The board should also focus more on supporting outreach efforts by our community members and I have worked on making it easier to track where we have done this previously. > 3. How to raise and increase the fund for GNOME Foundation ? Most of our funding comes from the advisory board fees. The Foundation needs to seek out corporate support from more users of GNOME in corporate environments, but also to make it easier for contributors to donate by offering donation methods other than what is currently available. The board has been working in this direction for the last year, with the effort being led by Tobi. > 4. How many hours you work in GNOME Board related work each week? The least that I have worked has been 2 hours per week and the most has been over 60 hours per week. I think that under normal operational conditions, I would be spending up to 10 hours per week on board work, but I expect that it will continue to be closer to 25 hours per week for the next two months or so. > Thanks! > > Emily Chen > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list