On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 04:39:10PM -0500, Martin Owens wrote: > Josh, > > > We also need to nail down what the rewards are for sponsorship levels > > at some point. As for how disruptive it would be to the website, how > > exactly would it be disruptive? Wouldn't it be something to the effect > > of adding new sponsors to the existing page, just adding the different > > tiers of sponsorship for them? > > > If that's what this specific backer wants, I have no issue and I think > it fits in with what we already have enough that we can go ahead without > a vote. But we must have the ok from the backer that this is what they > want.
Fwiw it sounds fine to me too. And agreed, we've had a couple votes now on sponsorship stuff and everything discussed here so far seems to fit with what we've already decided. > > I think if we were to do a "news" story about his revenue-sharing > > sponsorship of Inkscape and place him on the page like you suggested > > it would be a great way to go. If there's no objection, I'll run it by > > him and ask him about an image to integrate in the page. As for the > > image, what did you have in mind? > > [IMAGE][PROFESSIONAL INKSCAPE TUTORIALS FROM ACME] > [FLOAT][SUPPORTERS OF INKSCAPE] > [LEFT ][Half the course's fees go to help sustain inkscape] > > Something like that? With the whole think being a link to their site? > > > They approached it as just wanting to be listed on the sponsorship > > page. He hadn't mentioned anything term-wise, but in our (Inkscape's) > > discussions about sponsorship levels we had discussed listing tiered > > sponsors for a year. > > A year is fair. We'll put a year somewhere in the copy as we say thanks > to them so we can track it in situe In fact I would suggest communicating it as "A minimum of one year". That gives us the option to remove it later, but without the obligation to do so. > > I bet we could get them to add a blurb about Inkscape, our logo, and > > url to the literature they will be shipping with their laser cutters > > (and likely their website as well), and if that were the case I would > > press for us to give them one of those "ongoing" placements that our > > service providers get. If others think that this would be worth > > entertaining I can shoot an email their way. > > Sounds good, this would be a third activity in this email chain :-) Agreed as well. Let's make definitely sure we get things squared away on our end. Is there anything I can lend a hand with to help? Bryce ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list Inkscape-board@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
