Oekonux/Project/Conferences/4thConference/PossibleSponsors

This page gives an overview over possible sponsors and the current state of affairs.

See the CallForSponsors for material to approach possible sponsors
See the SponsorProgram for the general sponsoring program of the conference
See MDDA for an example for an argumentation for a local, business orienteted possible sponsor

Contacts to possible sponsors
Name of possible sponsor	Responsible	Web site	Date of contact	Replied?	State
British Council	Yuwei	http://www.britishcouncil.org/
Northwest Regional Development Agency	Yuwei	http://www.nwda.co.uk/	2008-06-22	2008-06-23	Rejected by Abigail Gilmore, Director, Northwest Culture Observatory
Manchester Digital Development Agency	Yuwei	http://www.manchesterdda.com/	2008-06-23	2008-06-23	Taking care of by Adrian Slatcher, ICT Development Officer AmbITion Project but not sure if it's going to be successful see MDDA for the argumentation used in a phone call
Google	Yuwei	http://www.google.com	2008-06-22	2008-06-23	Request form completed and submitted, pending
BT	Yuwei	http://www.bt.com	2008-06-22		No answer. Will try again by sending out hardcopy letter.
Nokia	Yuwei	http://www.nokia.com	2008-06-25		No answer. Will try again by sending out hardcopy letter.
Virgin	Yuwei	http://www.virgin.com	2008-06-25		No answer. Will try again by sending out hardcopy letter.
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation	StefanMn	http://www.rosalux.de/cms/index.php?id=engl	2008-06-19	2008-08-18
Heinrich Böll Stiftung	StefanMn	http://www.boell.de/service/home.html	2008-06-19	2008-06-24
Soros Foundation	StefanMn (Yuwei can contact TacticalTech http://www.tacticaltech.org/ instead)	http://www.soros.org/	2008-07-28
Jamendo	StefanMn	http://www.jamendo.com/	2008-06-29	2008-06-30
Sun	StefanMn	http://www.sun.com/	2008-08-12
fon	Michel
hindawi	Michel
lulu	Michel
magnatune	Michel
neuros	Michel
ponoko	Michel
Canonical	StefanMn		2008-08-21

Icon meaning
Icon	Meaning
	Ready to sponsor
	No sponsoring possible
	Request failed for some reason

In previous conferences we always had local sponsors from the town or country where the conference took place.

British Council
Manchester Digital Development Agency
IDEA Communities: allows UK local government officials to share knowledge in Communities of Practice

A network site connecting digital communities.
Waag Society

Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (Germany)
Heinrich Böll Stiftung (Germany)

Respective department does not exist any more .

Oekonux e.V.
- Existing money
- Ask for additional donations from Oekonux participants
Fee from conference participants
Don't remunerate contributors who don't need remuneration
- Checkbox in Pentabarf?

Open Hardware sector
- Literally profit from peer production
- Fit nicely into conference program
Other companies profiting from peer production
Ethical banks in the UK
- http://www.triodos.co.uk/
- http://www.co-operativebank.co.uk/

Make your company visible as being generally interested in peer production
- Sponsoring the Oekonux Conference makes your claim very trustworthy
Professional community conference
- At the junction between community and science
- Lots of attention
- Become part of a tradition of Oekonux Conferences
- Web site
- Long term presence
- 150+ conference attenders

Logo on the conference home page
Listing in the conference announcement
- Conference announcement has a huge distribution through online channels
General coverage in conference PR
- For instance: A short statement about the company
May give a guaranteed talk
- Or participate in a panel
- Starting at some non-trivial amount of funding
Banner for sponsors home page to link back to conference
Inclusion of sponsor brochure / advertisement in conference package
Free registrations
Classification of sponsoring amount
- Platin sponsor: >= 5000EUR
- Gold sponsor: >= 2500 < 5000EUR
- Silver sponsor: >= 1000 < 2500EUR
- Bronze sponsor: < 1000EUR

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