Hi Tav,
This is an interesting opportunity. I think we should go for it, with one addition; we need to mark out what being a material supporter means in this structure or if we should have a new list below the existing material supporters list.
Thoughts?
The website can be changed as soon as there is consensus and graphics.
We also had a sponsorship idea where by a company would give us the same amount of money as they would have spent on adobe licenses as donations. But maybe asking RedHat for 20k would be better/simpler :-D
Martin,
On Thu, 2015-09-10 at 10:48 +0200, Tavmjong Bah wrote:
Hi,
In case anybody missed it, Karen reports that we have a prospective donation of $1000 in return for mention on our Sponsors page:
https://inkscape.org/en/support-us/sponsors/
Bradley suggests that we should formalizing a donation program. One example he gives is Twisted Matrix:
https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/TwistedSoftwareFoundation#B enefitsofSponsorship
which has the following levels of support.
Diamondback: $20,000 and up Platinum Python: $10,000 Golden Tree Snake: $5,000 Silver Sidewinder: $2,000 Copperhead: $1,000 Aluminum Adder: $100
He suggests skipping the lowest level. Bryce and Josh have expressed support for these levels. I think they are good too. Note that the levels have been customized. Perhaps we could have:
Diamond Scribe Platinum Pen Golden Brush Silver Quill Copper Pencil
The Twisted Matrix program puts the logos of Silver and higher sponsors on the home page for one year. They also dictate the size of the logos. (160x80px).
I think we should adopt this program quickly before we lose this opportunity.
Tav
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