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,
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, | _______________________________________________ | Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- | inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org | To unsubscribe send an email to | inkscape-board-leave@lists.inkscape.org |
On Fri, 2021-02-05 at 20:16 +0100, tavmjong@free.fr wrote:
2a. But do we have a summary of all previous sponsorships?
We don't have accounts, but we do have a list of previous sponsors:
https://inkscape.org/*sponsors/
Best Regards, Martin Owens
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.
1c. 2a. 3d.
For the reasons already highlighted. Completely agree.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 3:55 PM Marc Jeanmougin marc@jeanmougin.fr wrote:
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, | _______________________________________________ | Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- | inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org | To unsubscribe send an email to | inkscape-board-leave@lists.inkscape.org | _______________________________________________ Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list --
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1c. 2a. 3d.
Ted On Feb 5 2021, at 12:31 pm, Martin Owens doctormo@geek-2.com wrote:
Sponsorships Refactoring 2021
Proposal:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, _______________________________________________ Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-board-leave@lists.inkscape.org
1c. 2a. 3d.
Cheers, Josh
On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 10:32 AM Martin Owens doctormo@geek-2.com wrote:
Sponsorships Refactoring 2021
Proposal:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, _______________________________________________ Inkscape Board of Directors mailing list -- inkscape-board@lists.inkscape.org To unsubscribe send an email to inkscape-board-leave@lists.inkscape.org
Thanks for voting everyone.
Sponsorships Refactoring 2021 =============================
Vote total ----------
Board Member | 1 | 2 | 3 | -------------------- |:---:|:---:|:---:| Josh Andler | c | a | d | Tavmjong Bah | c | a | d | Ted Gould | c | a | d | Martin Owens | a | a | b | Marc Jeanmougin | c | a | d | Chris Rogers | c | a | d |
Conclusion ----------
1. Option (c) was decided, which means keeping the footer links, but raise their price (to be decided) to a new tier. Always having nofollow always. This results in footer links being removed from the top tier until a new tier is decided.
2. Option (a) was decided, This increase in our sponsorship levels, from 0.5k 2k, 5k 10k to 0.5k 2k 10k 20k.
3. Option (d) was decided, but this option for most people was a combination of b. plus a charge extra for follow links, within guidelines. There's no way to specify nofollow links on or off technically speaking, so I'm going to change the website to "b without the front page link" with the understanding that if a sponsor wants to have a follow link they can ask for a price to be decided at a later date.
I'll update the website now.
Best Regards, Martin Owens
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