Sponsorships Refactoring 2021 =============================
Proposal: ---------
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: ------
| Board Member | 1 | 2 | 3 | | -------------------- |:---:|:---:|:---:| | Josh Andler | | | | | Tavmjong Bah | | | | | Ted Gould | | | | | Martin Owens | | | | | Marc Jeanmougin | | | | | Chris Rogers | | | |
Background ----------
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,