Thanks for the additional information. Sounds like some nice goals with childcare, school of python, etc.
On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Don Sheu <[email protected]> wrote: > The sponsorship levels was mostly a fishing expedition since the sheet was > produced for use at PyCon. Also I'd been coached by Shahrokh Mortavazi the > manager in charge of Azure ML that he'd been more successful in getting > Microsoft to write big checks than pay for a speaker to visit. Shahrokh > persuaded Microsoft to write a $50k check for IronPython Foundation for > example. > > PuPPy has been operating 30 months. during that time according to Meetup > and Eventbrite, we've had 189 events. This number does include our twice > weekly Programming Nights. Of the 189 meetings perhaps 40 have been our > large turnout talk format meetings. Our most recent large turnout meeting > that included the job fair had 180 attendees in the room. > > Food and beverages for the most recent event was about $1200. It's > probably about $25k a year for events where we serve food and beverages. > > My purpose though in raising funds so we have a budget is to support > programs like childcare for our members, sponsorships to PyCon, and > activity like launching the John Hunter Free School of Python. Childcare > concerns prevents the attendance of a few of our members like Cris Ewing > one of last year's PyCon keynote speakers and Jasmine Sandhu an engineer > with Continuum Analytics who led our Conda workshop. > > PuPPy's a direct project of the PSF, any funds raised would be for the > direct benefit of our membership and local community. > > The sheet is designed to emphasize the $15k and $5k levels. The $30k is > there for in case a company like Microsoft or Facebook cares to swoop in > with a big check. > > I want to emphasize the levels and the sheet are entirely an experiment. > ᐧ > > On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Peter Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Given the amounts for the sponsorship levels in the link provided ($5k, >> $15k, $30k), I'm curious what are the annual expenditures for PuPPy? >> >> For comparison, here are the sponsorship levels for PyCont this year: >> >> https://us.pycon.org/2017/sponsors/prospectus/ >> >> The reason I ask about expenditures is that our local user group (PyMNtos >> at python.mn) is roughly half the size (1600 members) and put on 86 >> meetup since Aug 2013 (when we moved to Meetup -- we've existed for years >> before that). Our expenditures from Feb 2014 to present is ~$2,500. The >> rest has been cover by in-kind support from companies that have operations >> in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area (BuzzFeed, Target, Agosto, Vidku, >> DevJam, Microsoft, Veritas, LeadPages). >> >> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Don Sheu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It was two sponsors of our main meeting. This is part of a test to see if >>> it works. No recruiters, only the two companies OfferUp and CBRE. >>> >>> We have a resume feedback channel on Slack. >>> >>> Once we figure out if the convening a job fair prior to the main meeting >>> is >>> a viable offer, I'll try to figure out pricing for it. >>> >>> Globally, we'll launch a voluntary member contribution drive like NPR. In >>> association with that, want to get local companies on as underwriting >>> sponsors. >>> >>> Produced this sheet for PyCon to fish for national companies to join us >>> as >>> a sponsor. Nobody bit. >>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/u3n32nms2oqi9lo/PyCon%20Sheet%20Print.pdf?dl=0 >>> >>> >>> ᐧ >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Brian Ray <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > Looks fun. Was there a revenue stream to help power your user group? >>> Did >>> > you allow recruiters? Did you have a resume workshop or any >>> > consulting/advising on site? >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Don Sheu >>> 312.880.9389 >>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>> >>> >>> My Python user group convenes every month 2nd Wednesdays >>> http://www.meetup.com/PSPPython/events/232708762/ >>> >>> >>> *CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*: *The information contained in this message may >>> be >>> protected trade secrets or protected by applicable intellectual property >>> laws of the United States and International agreements. If you believe >>> that >>> it has been sent to you in error, do not read it. Please immediately >>> reply >>> to the sender that you have received the message in error. 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