OSGeo 2016 Sponsorship

Sponsorship levels for 2015, while the dollar figures are in keeping with prior years the following tables is adjusted based on organization size to allow for greater participation.

Proposal A
Sponsorship is in keeping with prior years, specific perks to be adjusted over the course of 2015-2016.

Below this level we would like to work on recognizing individuals who contribute via paypal donation or similar.

Talking points:


 * If you sponsor a local / global OSGeo events please contact our finance officer to have the amount noted against your sponsorship total.
 * 25% Discount available to prior sponsors
 * 25% Discount available small office home office business according to the laws in your country (generally 1 to 10 workers).
 * 25% Discount available to organizations residing in Low or Lower-Middle Income Economies (as defined by the World Bank and WHO)

Examples:


 * A bronze OSGeo sponsor ($1000 USD) from France chooses to sponsor Paris Code Sprint silver ($1600 USD) and foss4g 2016 supporter ($1600 USD) and is listed as a Silver Sponsor (final total $4200 USD)
 * A small office from India sponsors a local event ($100 USD) and decides to obtain an OSGeo bronze sponsorship ($462 USD) using two 25% discounts (final total $562 USD).

Proposal B
Discussion:
 * does not require organizations to specify revenue or number of employees (this is sensitive information and not necessary to force this on an org. It may apply to other foundations, but not OSGeo: reason is 3rd point below)
 * goal here is to include as many Open Source geospatial organizations as possible so that they can proudly promote their support of the OSGeo foundation. It is a change of thinking yes, from "give us your huge amounts of money" to "let us help promote your business in any way, so that OSGeo projects grow".
 * most OSGeo service providers fall into the "small business, project team, consultants" category (Jeff estimates 90% of businesses in the OSGeo community), so the $500 price point would be great to finally give these businesses this opportunity.
 * also give 50% discount to any past sponsor to "renew" through these new levels, with fullprice after first year. The existing sponsor thinkWhere would be bumped upto the next level, "Supporting".
 * replace sustaining / primary / supporting with Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze for non native english speakers (don't worry native english speakers were confused as well)

clarification and discussion
This section will be updated based on mailing list discussion, and contact with potential sponsors.

Talking points:


 * relax: we have not collected sponsorship recently ... so anything will be an improvement
 * relax: simply having logo on website, and having an OSGeo logo is good value
 * goal: see if we can adjust sponsorship levels based on organization size to allow smaller groups to sponsor
 * goal: provide a range of price points
 * goal is have a budget forcast prior to spending and take some of the presure of yearly foss4g

Ideas:


 * Replace sustaining / primary / supporting with Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze
 * Encourage small business participation: adjust sponsorship for organization size? See proposal A and proposal B
 * Encourage local/global event participation: Account for sponsors support of OSGeo events (i.e. where any profit is returned to OSGeo finances)
 * Reduced rate (as per foss4g korea) based on UN economy ranking

Questions & Scope:


 * Q: are missing the small 1-3 person teams? Perhaps - added category for <3 people and a note about recognizing osgeo donations
 * Q: what kind of perks? A: Not listed yet ... focus is simply on supporting osgeo community
 * Q: individual sponsorship? A: seperate "I heart OSGeo" badge/sticker provided to paypal donations
 * Q: consider a discount for past sponsors? A: No reward with logo position/size or indicate of date on logo