[Inpycon] Sponsorships

[Noufal Ibrahim]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Anand Chitipothu <anandology at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/4/23 Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at gmail.com>:
>> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai
>> <abpillai at gmail.com> wrote:
>> [..]
>>> No, I didn't mean to do that. My point is that it is better to look for
>>> a larger number of medium-smaller sponsors than the one big
>>> diamond sponsor who provides the silver-bullet for our budgeting
>>> worries.
>>
>> That is true. I was however thinking of them as a diamond sponsor and
>> perhaps smaller others.
>
> Last time the maximum amount that we asked for was 50K. There could be
> companies willing to sponsor more money. We should shouldn't cut down
> the opportunity by keeping the sponsorship amount small.
>
> I suggest keeping 2L for platinum, 1L for Gold and 50K for Silver.

Those numbers are fine when we pitch. After a while, they'll negotiate
and the actual amount we receive will  be lesser.

Another point is that some companies give the money only after the
conf. I've heard that this is Google's policy. We have to be careful
with this.

Some companies (like one of the sponsors) last year promise the money
after the conf and then never pay up in spite of repeated mails.

~noufal
http://nibrahim.net.in