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  |
| -------------------- |:---:|:---:|:---:|
| Josh Andler          |     |     |     |
| Tavmjong Bah         |     |     |     |
| Ted Gould            |     |     |     |
| Martin Owens         |     |     |     |
| Marc Jeanmougin      |     |     |     |
| Chris Rogers         |     |     |     |

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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