And thanks very much! On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Stormy Peters <sto...@gnome.org> wrote:
> If you want to cc sponsonr...@guadec.org, we can help respond to people. > > Stormy > > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Nelson Marques <07...@ipam.pt> wrote: > >> >> Stormy, >> >> I've contacted Vodafone Portugal and waiting for them to reply me with >> the contact from someone in Vodafone NL that can evaluate this proposal >> for sponsorship on Guadec. >> >> I'm also waiting on a callback from Logitech (Switzerland) to send >> proposal for Guadec. >> >> It's being a bit harder on the other dutch mobile operators, as I only >> have dealt with them through Product Managers and they are not the right >> people for this kind of contact, but I'm working on it. >> >> As said before, I'm ignoring all the MVNO's as I don't believe they >> will be interested, most of the them if not all explore small market >> niches that are of no interest to us. >> >> I'm going to check other Benelux companies that suit this. >> >> How do you want to handle the contacts? Wanna take over on those >> interested? I really would love to pass those interest to someone who is >> directly involved on this event. >> >> nelson >> >> >> On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 09:44 -0700, Stormy Peters wrote: >> > Nelson, >> > >> > Here's the brochure. If you could help us expand to mobile companies, >> > that'd be awesome. >> > >> > Stormy >> > >> > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Nelson Marques <07...@ipam.pt> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 09:15 -0700, Stormy Peters wrote: >> > > Hi Nelson, >> > > >> > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Nelson Marques >> > <07...@ipam.pt> >> > > wrote: >> > > About Guadec, have you contacted Vodafone? or any >> > other big >> > > Mobile >> > > operators? I would assume that pushing the right >> > keys, they >> > > would tag >> > > alongside with Guadec. Also try to have small local >> > business >> > > present, >> > > and push hardware manufacturers into it aswell. >> > Tryed BenQ ? >> > > it's a >> > > Benelux based company, should be interest from them. >> > > Having a company like BenQ with us could help. >> > > >> > > Are you willing to identify and approach some of these >> > companies about >> > > GUADEC sponsorship? We have a brochure, so the main work is >> > > identifying contacts, approaching them, giving a pitch and >> > then >> > > following up with them. (And following up with them. And >> > following up >> > > with them. ;) >> > > >> > > Stormy >> > > >> > >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > I can dig some information about possible interested >> > companies and try >> > to approach them. I do know that some are more friendly >> > because I've >> > contacted about 280 Operators (including MVNO's) in Europe in >> > the past. >> > >> > Before approaching we need to know a couple of things: >> > >> > # What benefits can they take from sponsoring (ex: how are we >> > going to >> > advertise them, expected visitors) >> > >> > # What do we need from them (ex: money, merchandising, etc) >> > >> > # I would advice also than when applies, we should ask for >> > participation as well, like providing speakers to conferences. >> > This get >> > touchy as some companies are related to users and opensource, >> > but in a >> > different way from us... for instance the emerging market for >> > netbooks >> > and tables is of interest to Vodafone as they provide carrier >> > data >> > services through GSM Networks. They are attacking this niche, >> > but the >> > issue is how we relate it with open source. So, this needs >> > some >> > thinking. >> > >> > >> > Taking a look into potential companies that can help us. I do >> > have a >> > background in the Netherlands, as I lived there for almost 2 >> > years, I >> > can most likely get some contacts from companies like >> > Logitech. >> > >> > Point me the material that we have already done. As you now >> > my english >> > is not native, and before I contact them, I'll send to the >> > list a >> > general message so that people can fix it correctly and I'll >> > take it >> > from there. >> > >> > I'll place some effort on this one. It would help if we have >> > a program >> > already available for the event and a list of >> > activities/participation's. >> > >> > >> > I'll be in touch about this. >> > >> > NM >> > >> > >> >> >
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