On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Brian Cameron <[email protected]> wrote: > > William from Texas: > > Looks really good to me. Two minor comments: > > 1. Item #3 in terms & conditions on page 7 says we only accept euros or > USD for GUADEC, and only USD or HK$ (Hong Kong) for GNOME.Asia. It > says we will accept other currencies if we agree. > > Wouldn't it just make the most sense to just say that we'd > accept funding for any of these events in euros, USD or HK$? > I'd think that's what we'd do anyway since we are already > planning to handle all these currencies in the coming sponsorship > year, and it seems less complicated to just say so.
Not sure how it would change things, though I feel there's a difference between the two. Sure we can agree on a different currency, but these are the ones we've agreed to be set-up to accept. Anyone a here a Treasurer to give a say? > > 2. On the form on page 8 you instruct people to FAX the form to > a number. The GNOME Foundation does not have a public FAX > number, so I recommend removing this. Perhaps we should point them > to a web page with instructions instead? This way the instructions > could change as we improve them over time. > > The address they should use is here if they wish to send it by > regular mail: > > http://www.gnome.org/foundation/contacts/ > > Since it seems many people just contact us by email to tell us they > want to sponsor, providing an email contact to use would perhaps be > the most useful information to give. Contact also depends on who will receive the funds. I think GNOME Hispano will do this for GUADEC in Europe, and maybe they have a fax number? Txenoo said he was looking for solid contact details for this. We also need to ensure out [email protected] address is up and running, though Karen will be dealing with a lot of direct sponsor contact as well. > > --- > > Brian > > > > > On 03/22/12 07:24 AM, William from Texas wrote: >> >> The versions never end! I should have made the increments smaller.. >> >> Sponsor Brochure draft7 >> - Cleaned up wording, mentioned hackfests, and sponsors helping GNOME >> not just GUADEC >> - p6 I think you'll find Package Tables better >> - p7 changed .Asia currency to HK$ and also changed 4 weeks for >> materials to 1 week in advance. >> - p8 Moved some things around on the App Form to make it more clear >> >> >> http://upload.williamfromtexas.com/download/GUADEC_Sponsor_Brochure_draft7.pdf >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:17 AM, William from Texas >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Brian Cameron<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Overall this looks great. However, I do find a couple of things a bit >>>> confusing. The term "GNOME.Asia pack" only appears once in the >>>> brochure and it isn't clear to mean what it means. >>> >>> >>> Will address this below. >>> >>>> The website provides very little information about GNOME.Asia. Don't >>>> you think we should minimally say where and when it will be and a >>>> URL and contact for more information? A sentence or two about >>>> the fact that GNOME.Asia is cool would be good. We could highlight >>>> that it is pushing GNOME and GNOME into new markets, and this year into >>>> tech savvy Hong Kong. The growing Asian market is probably >>>> particularly interesting to many potential sponsors. >>> >>> >>> We can do this, but where on the site? For the moment I will add links >>> into the brochure. >>> >>>> It seems a bit weird that the text explains that people can sponsor >>>> GNOME.Asia by itself if they want, but the "Sponsorship Application >>>> Form" does not provide any checkboxes for this option, nor does the >>>> text tell you what to do or who to contact. >>> >>> >>> I don't think the possibility to only sponsor GNOME.Asia should be on >>> the GUADEC sponsor sheet. We can provide links for this. >>> >>>> My first impression was that the brochure was telling me that if I >>>> paid $12,000 for the "Platinum" GNOME.Asia sponsorship (which I >>>> thought meant GNOME.Asia package) that I could pay 5,000 euro more to >>>> get Platinum GUADEC sponsorship. But this does not sound like what >>>> you describe below. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 03/19/12 01:45 PM, William from Texas wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> After some feedback from GUADEC and .Asia teams, here is the GUADEC >>>>> sponsor brochure draft5: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://upload.williamfromtexas.com/download/GUADEC_Sponsor_Brochure_draft5.pdf >>>>> >>>>> The 'Big Change' here are the .Asia value packs on p6 and p8. GUADEC >>>>> sponsors can add +5,000eu to gain .Asia Platinum or Gold-level, >>>>> +3,000eu to for Silver and +1,500eu for Bronze. (There was a >>>>> suggestion for +6k for Platinum and +4.5 for Gold, do others insist on >>>>> this? It can be added if so, mostly removed for space reasons.) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Why is there no foot in some of the GNOME.Asia rows? Why do you not >>>> become a "Coffee break" sponsor at any sponsorship level? How much >>>> do people have to spend to be this kind of sponsor? >>> >>> >>> Addressing above and here: maybe I will make GNOME.Asia value pack its >>> own table structure to emphasize it and provide better details. Right >>> now it's in with the Extras. >>> >>> There are no GNOME feet in the extra section as these are available >>> but not automatic. e.g., Any sponsor may cover a coffee break, but >>> it's not included in any package, it should be discussed as an extra >>> cost. Platinum sponsors are automatically included as sponsors of a >>> conference reception (is this the Pro event?) and Gold sponsors are >>> automatically sponsors of a party. A Bronze sponsor may also choose to >>> sponsor a reception or party as an extra cost of their package. An >>> unclarity in my mind is the text 'at own cost' for these, implying >>> that all Platinum/Gold sponsors still need to pay extra for these >>> extras, although they have first right to claim these extras.. Since >>> this particular text was from previous GUADECs, is that how we've done >>> it in the past? >>> >>>> It also is a bit awkward that GNOME.Asia is in USD ($) while GUADEC is >>>> in Euro. Not sure this is relaly a problem, but it does seem odd. >>>> Maybe it would be better to show the numbers in both currencies. >>> >>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> >>>> Brian >> >> _______________________________________________ >> guadec-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list > > _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
