OSGeo 2016 Sponsorship

Here is the contents of the google doc -

Sponsor	Organization	Price Point	Example
Principal	50+ people	40k and up	large corporation, state government
Principal	<50 people	20k	osgeo stakeholders, state gis. department
Supporting	10+ people	10k and up!	osgeo stakeholders, state gis. department, municipal dept.
Supporting	<10 people	3k	small business, project team
Supporting	<3 people	1k	consultants

Below this level ($100, $500) we would like to work on recognizing individuals who contribute via paywall donation.

contact list

Contact list gathered from http://www.osgeo.org/sponsors, use this list to coordinate emails.

Sponsors:

Prior sponsors:

Additional contacts recommended by discuss@osgeo.org:

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

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