2015 Sponsorship Drive Working Group

= working group =


 * Goal: contact prior sponsors, blog post inviting new sponsors
 * Members:
 * Jody Garnett
 * Micheal Smith
 * Jeff McKenna
 * Venkatesh Raghavan
 * volunteer if interested
 * Communication: osgeo-board mailing list

tasks

 * 1) Update http://www.osgeo.org/sponsors to reflect current sponsorship (done - action taken by board)
 * 2) Draft OSGeo 2015 Sponsorship price points
 * 3) * invite feedback, revise
 * 4) * Update website with result
 * 5) Contact prior sponsors
 * 6) * gather ideas for sponsor perks
 * 7) Report back to board on the following:
 * 8) * Adjust sponsor perks based on feedback
 * 9) * Question is raised if this activity should be outsourced to professional organization
 * 10) * Treasure: can update financial forecast as required

contact list
Contact list gathered from http://www.osgeo.org/sponsors, use this list as a starting point to contact sponsors, but the exact list of all past sponsors must be confirmed by the OSGeo Treasurer.

Confirmed sponsors:


 * Thinkware - contact for Q&A

Expressed interest:


 * Gateway Geomatics (committed for $500 Associate sponsor)
 * GeoCat

Prior sponsors:


 * 1Spatial
 * 2ndQuadrant
 * ASTUN Technology
 * Autodesk
 * Boreal-Information Strategies (Borealis)
 * Camptocamp
 * First Base Solutions Inc.
 * INGRES
 * Institut Geographique National (IGN) France
 * Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) Brazil
 * Karttakeskus
 * LizardTech, A Celartem Company
 * Metaspatial
 * Ordnance Survey
 * PCI Geomatics
 * WhereGroup

Additional contacts recommended by discuss@osgeo.org:


 * Boundless
 * TBD

Sample Emails
Sample initial contact email:

Jeroen:

As you are aware from the board email list we are restarting OSGeo sponsorship for 2015. Records show that you have participated since ..... with a sponsor ship of $... We have simplified sponsorship levels for 2015 [link] based on organization size. As a well-known and longstanding sponsor of OSGeo we would like to recommend premium sponsorship.

As part of this sponsorship drive we are soliciting feedback on the value OSGeo can provide your organization, and any sponsorship benefits we may be in position to offer. If you have a moment for an email discussion or hangout it would be great to hear from you.

Jody Garnett OSGeo Board