I wonder if we could coordinate a list or other resource for linking conferences with local or other business sponsors, if there is not one yet.
Is there, or is anyone interested in collaborating on the idea? J. M. Grenier, M.Ed. Middlesex Community College Faculty, Business and Humanities greni...@middlesex.mass.edu Cell: (339)222-1442 ________________________________________ From: Rob Weir [robw...@apache.org] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 10:08 AM To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Cc: ooo-market...@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Marketing and traveling expenses On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > Hi I was asked about the use of funds regarding marketing events, speakers > and such. I want to know how does Apache manage funds for this operations? > Back in the OOo days, there was a marketing funds that came from donations, > and help subsidize traveling and some swag expenses (tshirt, pins, > stickers). > > Is there any documentation on this that I can forward people to? > For ApacheCon, there is the Travel Assistance Committee (TAC). Information is here: http://www.apache.org/travel/ You can also point them to the email lists for ApacheCon and Small Events: http://events.apache.org/involved/mailing-lists.html My understanding is events aim to be self-funding, via sponsorship and attendance fees. > Regards. > > -- > Alexandro Colorado > PPMC Apache OpenOffice > http://es.openoffice.org
