Same, I am still open to discussion about those topics, but my starting
position would be:

1c: Up the price for footer links (by *a lot* : I see the footer
acknowledgment as "Your contribution is *essential* to the project or
the website") and make sure it's very clear that footer links will
always have nofollow

2a: Sure, the sponsorships seem not very expensive currently, tbh

3d: I see the follow/nofollow question as a "is that link relevant to
the context ?" question. So when you make a blogpost about X, it seems
normal to put a (follow) link. I would also agree to them on the
"current sponsors" page, for the same reason. However, for footer links
or for the front page, it would seem artificial, so nope.

--
Mc

Le 05/02/2021 à 20:16, tavmjong@free.fr a écrit :
> Hmm, I'm not 100% sure of my votes, but for the moment:
>
> 1c. Keep the perk but up the prices.
> 2a. But do we have a summary of all previous sponsorships?
> 3d. Allow follow links on news articles and for sponsorships. For a fee elsewhere provided the sponsor has some connection to Inkscape's mission (vector art site, etc.).
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "Martin Owens" <doctormo@geek-2.com>
> | To: inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org
> | Sent: Friday, February 5, 2021 7:31:56 PM
> | Subject: [Inkscape-board] Vote: Sponsorship Refactoring
> |
> | 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,
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