Fwd: FOSS4G Sponsorship Opportunities
Paul Wickman
From: Johanna Hunter <jhu...@maponics.com>
Date: Thu, May 9, 2013 at 11:32 AM
Subject: RE: FOSS4G Sponsorship Opportunities
To: Paul Wickman <pa...@flatrockgeo.com>
Thanks Paul!
Great, company name and title will give us enough info to make an assessment on networking.
Thanks again.
Johanna
From: Paul Wickman [mailto:pa...@flatrockgeo.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 12:25 PM
To: Johanna Hunter; spon...@foss4g-na.org
Subject: Re: FOSS4G Sponsorship Opportunities
Johanna,
I don't think we'll be able to release attendee's names but I will see about getting the list of companies/organizations that are so far having someone attend.
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Johanna Hunter <jhu...@maponics.com> wrote:
Hi FOSS4G Team,
My company, Maponics, is interested in attending the FOSS4G event later this month.
Depending upon the experience we may look to sponsor this event next year.
The event looks right up our alley, however, I still need to justify to the cost to my Sr. Mgmt.
Can you please send me an attendee list to-date? Even if it is just company and title.
That would give us a better understanding of networking possibilities.
Many thanks!
Johanna
Johanna Hunter
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Michael Terner
I do have a mild issue, and do not think that what she's requesting is typical in my experience with conferences. Personally, I would not release this in advance of the conference nor to someone who's not registered or sponsoring. The SOP for conferences I've been involved with is this information is released after the fact and only to sponsoring organizations (indeed, often it's an incentive to sponsor and one of the listed benefits "access to attendee registration info"). The attendee list a potential marketing "gold mine". Even only the details of firms and titles is valuable information. Y'all's call on whether one more "maybe we'll come" and "next year, maybe we'll sponsor" is worth the effort. I'd say, "come join the 300 other people who will be there and experience it for yourself."
If anything, I'd put some general information on the web-site about the attendees and point her there...I wouldn't do anything special just for her...Stuff like:
· Over 300 geospatial professionals
· Representing state, federal and local govt agencies
· Private sector firms from consulting, energy, blah blah blah
· List of representative organizations: Maybe, a few recognizable names of agencies and firms
· Etc.
From my vantage, she's cutting in line and her "upside" of "possibly attending" isn't worth anyone's effort at this stage of the game...Also, our sponsor list is pretty impressive and should be enough to let her Sr. Mgmt know that many recognizable names are taking this show seriously.
My $.02...
MT
PS: I'd suspect if she gets "no" she'll say to herself, "it was worth the try."
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Michael Terner
Love the idea of a map of attendees. It shows the "national scope" (I presume) and fits perfectly with the kind of "general information" that I list below in those 4 bullets. The idea is we should not try and meet Ms. Hunter's specific needs, but it is a good idea to "self-promote" by showing that we're drawing a variety of interesting attendees and sponsors and in non-trivial volumes...
MT
David Fawcett
I don't remember us having a privacy policy, but it wouldn't hurt to be transparent in the future.
David.
