[Ipss] Paperwork to receive funds from abroad.

[Sreekanth S Rameshaiah]

On 16 December 2011 10:33, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anand Chitipothu <anandology at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > 2011/12/15 Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> Hello everyone,
> >>        A few people from abroad (3 to be precise) have already
> >> contacted me about sponsoring next years PyCon India.
> >>
> >>        It would be nice to be able to be able to accept help from these
> >> companies for our event. Is it possible to go ahead with the paperwork
> >> necessary to enable this for the IPSS?
> >
> > I'm not sure how easy it is. Even without that, we can use that for
> > the travel of two foreign speakers.
> >
> > I guess we shouldn't offer the same sliver/gold slots for foreign
> > sponsors. Instead there should only be offered travel sponsorship.
> > That should include flight and hotel expenses of one speaker.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> [...]
>
> That's an idea. Another possibility is to partner with a company like
> HasGeek to help out with this.
>
> I want us to have a plan upfront so that we don't waste time later.
>

I would ask foreign sponsor to pay/ foot the bill  of a sizable vendor/
service provider.

+1 for charging western sponsor more than the local ones.

Regards,
- sree



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