Peter:
With the Friends of GNOME mock-up, I was just exploring what the page could look like with an expanded corporate sponsorship section, as per Brian Cameron's email [1].
I think we need to have a sponsors page that makes it easier to highlight what sponsors are making happen within the GNOME community. It is a nice way to say thanks, and to encourage others to sponsor. It would be good if we could better recognize organizations that do things like sponsor a party at a GNOME event or an a11y project. Since many sponsors are also advisory board members, I think we want to make it clear that we are recognizing sponsors and advisory board members separately. It would be good if we could make such a page build dynamically so that logo images, and the information about what they sponsored could be easily and quickly added or removed from the page as we wish to highlight sponsors. Also, there should be some information about how the reader could consider becoming a sponsor, or to encourage their organization(s) to sponsor. Perhaps to also mention benefits of sponsoring. Perhaps some examples of how we've managed sponsorships in the past. We have many examples of good a11y work done via sponsorship, for example. Likewise the Women's Outreach Program is a good example. Perhaps we might also provide things to organizations that sponsor significant amounts. Things that probably are more aimed at organizational sponsors than framed prints, tshirts, or mugs. Perhaps we could provide things to organizations like free passes to a GNOME event we would normally charge entrance fees to, to include their logos in the GUADEC event materials/GNOME Journal or other logo placement, or other ways to add value to sponsorship and to make sure we recognize sponsors well. Brian _______________________________________________ gnome-web-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-web-list
