Hi, Interesting topic and we have experience about this already. We (MeeGo Network Finland) approached Linux Foundation and asked if they could sponsor our event by paying the flights for 2 or 3 speakers in MeeGo Summit FI 2011. They did not respond. Perhaps our request was unjust or something.
/Jarkko 2011/1/20 Randall Arnold <[email protected]> > Greetings all, > > A new year is underway and thoughts of events, large and small, are on the > minds of many. > > Along those lines I have been discussing sponsorship of regional/local > events such as the popular Texas Linuxfest with Nathan Willis and others. > Jari has brought the topic up for the MeeGo Finland network events. MeeGo > presents a unique challenge there that I hope we can find a way to resolve. > > Given its status as a brand, it makes sense to draw on MeeGo for > sponsorship of relevant events. However, that brings up the question of > budget. > > It's my understandng that while the Linux Foundation has been a sponsor of > sorts at events, it is not underwriting them per se. That of course would > come under the purview of its own sponsors such as Nokia, Intel, et al. > > However, soliciting a corporate sponsor for an event that wants MeeGo as > the listed sponsor gets sticky. The question of benefit comes up. Why > would, say, Nokia underwite all or part of a regional/local event under the > auspices of MeeGo? (especially in an area where they would have little or > no market presence.) By all rights any benefits of exposure would (at least > in theory) be spread across all MeeGo corporate sponsors. > > The easy resolution that comes to mind is a sponsorship pool administered > by the Linux Foundation at their full discretion and fed by corporate > sponsors. But is this feasable? > > Another possibility is co-branded sponsorship. ie, "MeeGo via Nokia" or > somesuch phrasing. But even then, soliciting sponsorship could be an > exercise in frustration since there are so many companies involved in MeeGo. > > So in summation: how do we achieve a "Sponsored by MeeGo" for > regional/local events? What would the scope be? Or should such a thing > even be conceived? > > Thanks in advance for all thoughts. > > Randall (Randy) Arnold > Forum Nokia Champion > blog: http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com > cell: +18177396806 > irc: Texrat @ irc.freenode.net > twitter: http://twitter.com/texrat > linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tabletman > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- Ovi Mail: > Making email access easy > http://mail.ovi.com > > > _______________________________________________ > MeeGo-community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-community > > -- --------------- Community Manager (MNFI, Meego Network Finland) Organizer (TMN, Tampere Meego Network) Email: jarkko dot moilanen at meegonetwork dot fi Location: Tampere, Finland More info: http://meegonetwork.fi Discussions: irc.freenode.net#meego-fi
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