Sponsorships Refactoring 2021

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Proposal:

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1. Removal from our top sponsorship level of $10k the perk of having a

footer link.

* [ ] a. Yes, remove the footer reward

* [ ] b. No, keep the footer reward

* [ ] c. Something else, please specify.

2. The increase in our sponsorships, from 0.5k 2k, 5k 10k to 0.5k 2k

10k 20k

* [ ] a. Yes, refactor the sponsorships as above.

* [ ] b. No, leave the levels as they are now.

* [ ] c. Yes, but use a different set of levels, please detail.

3. Maintain nofollow links for all our sponsorship links, but allow

them on news articles. other pages: sponsors page, front page, footer

etc

* [ ] a. Yes, allow follow links on news articles only

* [ ] b. Yes, allow follow links for all sponsorship links

* [ ] c. No, don't allow follow links anywhere

* [ ] d. Something else. Please specify

Votes:

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| Board Member | 1 | 2 | 3 |

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Background

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A new sponsor is asking us for follow links and footer links in a

pretty aggressive way. It seems like the project might be offering

ourselves up for abuse by people who want search engine optimisation.

RedHat have recently also sponsored us for $20k, this puts their

sponsorship at twice our highest level, and it wasn't even a sweat for

them.

Sponsorship details: https://inkscape.org/support-us/sponsors/

Martin,

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