Re: [802SEC] IEEE 802 Plenary Session Sponsors

[Geoff Thompson <thompson@ieee.org>]

James-

Your point is well taken.
Sponsors for interims have often gotten by without actually spending any 
money but rather have provided local logistics and have covered the 
guarantees needed by the hotel.  The guarantees ultimately cost nothing 
(usually).  The big exception of that was when the 802.3 interims were 
canceled in September of 2001 and Intel was on the hook.

So we need to:
    - Recognize that there are sponsorship opportunities that don't 
necessarily involve a cash transfer
    - Recognize that we need to define the minimum level of support 
that grants the "Sponsor Privileges"
        (and whether we want to define more than one level of "Sponsor 
Privileges")

Geoff

On 6/24/13 10:02 AM, James P. K. Gilb wrote:
> Bob
>
> We should have a minimum contribution in order to get the signs. Can I 
> sponsor for $100 and get my name put everywhere?  Better still, how 
> about "Trainwreck Enterprises is sponsoring this meeting" for a cool 
> $100? :)
>
> I also would think that the EC should be required to approve each 
> sponsorship opportunities.  That would avoid having to write down a 
> minimum sponsorship level.
>
> Would there be any sponsor that we would not accept?  It is probably 
> sufficient to have EC approval to handle this unlikely event.
>
> Otherwise, it sounds good.
>
> James Gilb
>
> On 06/21/2013 04:15 AM, Bob Heile wrote:
> > All-
> >
> > Per the action item on the last EC call, this is what I have in mind for
> > sponsorships
> >
> > If we want to reduce the deficit on the upcoming Beijing meeting and
> > similarly at other non US, non NA events, other than raising the
> > registration fee, we will need to seek sponsorships.  The sponsor's only
> > duty is to contribute funds that can be used to offset session expenses.
> > They have no role in the business of running the session.  In exchange
> > we acknowledge the sponsor(s) by including their logo and a thank-you on
> > the web registration area, on banners and signs at the session as
> > appropriate, and on the badge (assuming there is space in the case of
> > multiple sponsors).
> >
> > If we are in the (unlikely) fortunate position of running a surplus as a
> > result of received sponsorships, I would suggest we return that surplus
> > to the sponsors on a weighted basis proportional to their contributions,
> > though this is something we can decide on later.
> >
> > Please let me know your thoughts and if you have any ideas or
> > suggestions for sponsors for Beijing, please let me know as soon as
> > possible.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Bob Heile, Ph.D
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