From ncoghlan at gmail.com  Thu Oct  1 03:14:37 2015
From: ncoghlan at gmail.com (Nick Coghlan)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 11:14:37 +1000
Subject: [Bundle-sponsorship-wg] PROPOSAL: International PyCon
	Sponsorship Bundles
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On 1 Oct 2015 06:52, "Betsy Waliszewski" <betsy at python.org> wrote:
>
> I definitely like the idea of helping out the smaller conferences and
would put together another bundle with that in mind. IMO, it's important to
see if there's corporate interest first before spending more time creating
bundles that may not sell.

That's a key difference between doing this as a non-profit and doing it as
a for profit corporation.

The primary goal here isn't revenue raising for the PSF itself - it's
revenue raising for regional conferences to help reduce the stress &
workload for volunteer organisers, as well as providing them with a set of
well known regional or global sponsors that they can use to establish
credibility with other potential sponsor organisations.

That introduces a few major design goals:

1. Given a choice between "more work for the PSF" and "more work for
volunteer conference organisers", put the burden on the PSF. One of the
assumptions in the original cost model was that we'd likely need to hire at
least one additional staff member to sustain this long term, and the
administration fee structure was designed to reflect the estimated relative
cost in PSF staff time, with lots of tuning options to let us ensure the
program continued to pay for itself over time.

2. Don't try to hide the PSF overheads from sponsors or conference
organisers. Bundle sponsors will mainly be outsourcing to the PSF the
logistical details of dealing with volunteer organisers that are
ill-prepared to cope with corporate supplier management systems.

3. We *want* to use the bundles to direct funding towards events without a
clear ROI for sponsors, as it's those additional funds that provide the ROI
for the *PSF*. We don't really want sponsors that are going for highly
targeted investments to work through us - we're all about using the
convenience of "one sponsorship bill" to bring well known sponsors to
smaller events that they can then use to help bootstrap themselves into
being larger events.

> Potential sponsors have to make sure that their $$ are well-spent and
that the ROI is worth the cost.

As noted above, we're actually OK with sponsors operating in that targeted
investment mode bypassing the PSF and sponsoring the underlying conferences
directly, as we're not adding any value for the wider Python community in
those cases.

Instead, the bundles and administration fee structure in the original
proposal were deliberately designed to create a convenience/precision
trade-off for sponsors - they could get the simplicity of one bill, once a
year, but they had to either agree to sponsor conferences without an
obvious immediate ROI, or else accept that the more selective arrangements
require a larger time commitment on the PSF side, and hence are less
efficient administratively.

> Ideally, it would be good to get feedback ahead of time from companies we
think might be interested to see what they want. Without that, we could end
up creating what we think they want, not what they actually want. Do we
have any intel on that?

Yep, that's how the idea started - a couple of major sponsors asked us to
put a program like this together, as they wanted to be able to sponsor "all
the PyCons" (to quote one of them) without having to figure out how to pay
community event organisers with no formal financial structure around them.

However, what sponsors want is a less important consideration to me than
the community benefit we're aiming to provide (which is to make it easier
for smaller regional events to bootstrap themselves into becoming larger
events). The design of the international prospectus is then about creating
an offering that's interesting to sponsors, while still meeting that
community goal.

Cheers,
Nick.

>
> Betsy
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Betsy -
>>
>>> Start out with one bundle for 2016, initially launching it as an
invitation only pilot program. Include conferences of >1,000 attendees. We
can test the waters to see what the interest is.
>>
>>
>> IMO, this pilot trial is very limited and only helps conferences who
already do not need help with sponsorship meanwhile PyCon Ukraine, Python
Namibia, etc do. Even though this process may seem like the goal is to make
it easy for large corporations to sponsor PyCons, I do think that we also
have to add the goal of helping smaller conferences get sponsorships.
>>
>> How do you foresee this continuing after the pilot phase?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Ewa
>> Director of Operations
>> Python Software Foundation
>> Cell: 415-319-5237
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org>
wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've shared with you a draft proposal for an International PyCon
Sponsorship Bundle. For this proposal, I chose to offer just one bundle.
This way, it should be more easily managed than the original proposal put
together by the committee. We could use it as a trial to gauge corporate
interest.
>>>
>>> It may already be too late to offer this for 2016, but I wanted to
continue the conversation anyway, since I know this is a challenging
project.
>>>
>>>
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WHjrQ_pD8-7H_r68Y-EYKldUsZUe2FWuuvVdr52O1jY/edit#
>>>
>>> Thanks for the opportunity to work on this.
>>>
>>> Betsy
>>> --
>>> Betsy Waliszewski
>>> Python Software Foundation
>>> Event Coordinator / Administrator
>>> @betswaliszewski
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Bundle-sponsorship-wg mailing list
>>> Bundle-sponsorship-wg at python.org
>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bundle-sponsorship-wg
>>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Betsy Waliszewski
> Python Software Foundation
> Event Coordinator / Administrator
> @betswaliszewski
>
> _______________________________________________
> Bundle-sponsorship-wg mailing list
> Bundle-sponsorship-wg at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bundle-sponsorship-wg
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From betsy at python.org  Thu Oct  1 23:21:15 2015
From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:21:15 -0700
Subject: [Bundle-sponsorship-wg] PROPOSAL: International PyCon
	Sponsorship Bundles
Message-ID: <CAKMnukqodY-t-QyLtPGFgrjT-7pZ60y9dwzn60ANCpsxV5Yaag@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 6:14 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 1 Oct 2015 06:52, "Betsy Waliszewski" <betsy at python.org> wrote:
> >
> > I definitely like the idea of helping out the smaller conferences and
> would put together another bundle with that in mind. IMO, it's important to
> see if there's corporate interest first before spending more time creating
> bundles that may not sell.
>
> That's a key difference between doing this as a non-profit and doing it as
> a for profit corporation.
>
Yes, I come from a bottom line = profit company and it's refreshing to work
for a group whose goal is to help others.

> The primary goal here isn't revenue raising for the PSF itself - it's
> revenue raising for regional conferences to help reduce the stress &
> workload for volunteer organisers, as well as providing them with a set of
> well known regional or global sponsors that they can use to establish
> credibility with other potential sponsor organisations.
>
> That introduces a few major design goals:
>
> 1. Given a choice between "more work for the PSF" and "more work for
> volunteer conference organisers", put the burden on the PSF. One of the
> assumptions in the original cost model was that we'd likely need to hire at
> least one additional staff member to sustain this long term, and the
> administration fee structure was designed to reflect the estimated relative
> cost in PSF staff time, with lots of tuning options to let us ensure the
> program continued to pay for itself over time.
>
Fair enough. We can move forward with the assumption that we'll have staff
to maintain this program.

> 2. Don't try to hide the PSF overheads from sponsors or conference
> organisers. Bundle sponsors will mainly be outsourcing to the PSF the
> logistical details of dealing with volunteer organisers that are
> ill-prepared to cope with corporate supplier management systems.
>
I didn't mean to imply that I wanted to hide the overhead. I just wanted to
include it in the overall price of the bundle. The benefit that we're
offering sponsors who want to participate in multiple international events
should be spelled out in the prospectus. RE: "without having to figure out
how to pay community event organizers with no formal financial structure
around them."


> 3. We *want* to use the bundles to direct funding towards events without a
> clear ROI for sponsors, as it's those additional funds that provide the ROI
> for the *PSF*. We don't really want sponsors that are going for highly
> targeted investments to work through us - we're all about using the
> convenience of "one sponsorship bill" to bring well known sponsors to
> smaller events that they can then use to help bootstrap themselves into
> being larger events.
>
Everyone has a need for ROI, in whatever form. My experience is different,
to be sure, but we do need to show sponsors that it's worth their while to
work with us.

> > Potential sponsors have to make sure that their $$ are well-spent and
> that the ROI is worth the cost.
>
> As noted above, we're actually OK with sponsors operating in that targeted
> investment mode bypassing the PSF and sponsoring the underlying conferences
> directly, as we're not adding any value for the wider Python community in
> those cases.
>
> Instead, the bundles and administration fee structure in the original
> proposal were deliberately designed to create a convenience/precision
> trade-off for sponsors - they could get the simplicity of one bill, once a
> year, but they had to either agree to sponsor conferences without an
> obvious immediate ROI, or else accept that the more selective arrangements
> require a larger time commitment on the PSF side, and hence are less
> efficient administratively.
>
This is the ROI that I'm talking about -  "convenience/precision trade-off
for sponsors -  the simplicity of one bill, once a year." That's what will
get us all to the same end point - "making it easier for smaller regional
events to bootstrap themselves into becoming larger events."

> > Ideally, it would be good to get feedback ahead of time from companies
> we think might be interested to see what they want. Without that, we could
> end up creating what we think they want, not what they actually want. Do we
> have any intel on that?
>
> Yep, that's how the idea started - a couple of major sponsors asked us to
> put a program like this together, as they wanted to be able to sponsor "all
> the PyCons" (to quote one of them) without having to figure out how to pay
> community event organisers with no formal financial structure around them.
>
> However, what sponsors want is a less important consideration to me than
> the community benefit we're aiming to provide
>
I understand and agree that the community benefit is our goal, but we need
*sponsors* to be able to achieve that, so their needs *do* have to be taken
under consideration.

> (which is to make it easier for smaller regional events to bootstrap
> themselves into becoming larger events). The design of the international
> prospectus is then about creating an offering that's interesting to
> sponsors, while still meeting that community goal.
>
 It may take some time, but I feel confident we can get to the place were
we have a solid prospectus to offer that, as you say, Nick - is
"interesting to sponsors, while still meeting that community goal."

Betsy

> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
> >
> > Betsy
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Betsy -
> >>
> >>> Start out with one bundle for 2016, initially launching it as an
> invitation only pilot program. Include conferences of >1,000 attendees. We
> can test the waters to see what the interest is.
> >>
> >>
> >> IMO, this pilot trial is very limited and only helps conferences who
> already do not need help with sponsorship meanwhile PyCon Ukraine, Python
> Namibia, etc do. Even though this process may seem like the goal is to make
> it easy for large corporations to sponsor PyCons, I do think that we also
> have to add the goal of helping smaller conferences get sponsorships.
> >>
> >> How do you foresee this continuing after the pilot phase?
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Ewa
> >> Director of Operations
> >> Python Software Foundation
> >> Cell: 415-319-5237
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I've shared with you a draft proposal for an International PyCon
> Sponsorship Bundle. For this proposal, I chose to offer just one bundle.
> This way, it should be more easily managed than the original proposal put
> together by the committee. We could use it as a trial to gauge corporate
> interest.
> >>>
> >>> It may already be too late to offer this for 2016, but I wanted to
> continue the conversation anyway, since I know this is a challenging
> project.
> >>>
> >>>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WHjrQ_pD8-7H_r68Y-EYKldUsZUe2FWuuvVdr52O1jY/edit#
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for the opportunity to work on this.
> >>>
> >>> Betsy
> >>> --
> >>> Betsy Waliszewski
> >>> Python Software Foundation
> >>> Event Coordinator / Administrator
> >>> @betswaliszewski
>


-- 
Betsy Waliszewski
Python Software Foundation
Event Coordinator / Administrator
@betswaliszewski
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From ewa at python.org  Tue Oct  6 16:14:06 2015
From: ewa at python.org (Ewa Jodlowska)
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 09:14:06 -0500
Subject: [Bundle-sponsorship-wg] Conference Sponsorship Packages: Form
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Hi Kiran,

That is an outdated link and the link for gathering 2016 data has not been
launched. The bundle was not launched for 2015 due to administrative issues.

I am cc'ing in the "Python Conference Sponsorship Packages" work group and
if/when they launch a new link, they will share it with you for SciPy India.

Best regards,

Ewa
Director of Operations
Python Software Foundation
Cell: 415-319-5237

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 4:36 AM, Kiran Kishore <kiran at fossee.in> wrote:

> Dear Ewa,
>
>
> Good morning. I would like to introduce myself as Kiran Kishore, a project
> manager of the FOSSEE team at IIT Bombay. As you might already know, the
> FOSSEE project is headed by Prof. Prabhu Ramachandran. We are the
> organizers of the SciPy India Conference since 2009.
>
> Coming to the reason for my email, could you please let me know if I can
> use this form here: http://goo.gl/forms/BYqmRK1Egq. I got this link in an
> email from you to python at fossee.in, last year with the subject: *Python
> Conference Sponsorship Packages - SciPy India*.
>
> Can I use the same form for SciPy India 2015 (http://scipy.in/2015), that
> we will be conducting soon in December? I am asking this mainly because the
> form says 'Deadline to apply is December 1, 2014'.
>
>
> Regards,
> Kiran Kishore.
> Project Manager,
> FOSSEE <http://fossee.in>*,* IIT Bombay <http://iitb.ac.in>,
> ? *022-2576-4133.*
>
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From ewa at python.org  Wed Oct  7 15:46:48 2015
From: ewa at python.org (Ewa Jodlowska)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 08:46:48 -0500
Subject: [Bundle-sponsorship-wg] Conference Sponsorship Packages: Form
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References: <CAMe08gDATa1Go7a7pEJS1AWSvzJwkE6sXFDpM_GoqixOXPTayA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Kiran,

Once you have the grant request complete, please email it to psf at python.org
.

Best wishes,
Ewa

On Wednesday, October 7, 2015, Kiran Kishore <kiran at fossee.in> wrote:

> Hello Ewa,
>
>
> Thank you for the clarification and for the quick response. We will look
> forward for the 2016 launch, if there may be one.
>
> Meanwhile, I think I will go ahead with giving details according to this:
> https://www.python.org/psf/grants/
>
> Hope this will be a good place to start.
> Good day.
>
>
> Regards,
> Kiran Kishore.
> Project Manager,
> FOSSEE <http://fossee.in>*,* IIT Bombay <http://iitb.ac.in>,
> [image: ?]
>
> *022-2576-4133.*
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ewa at python.org');>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Kiran,
>>
>> That is an outdated link and the link for gathering 2016 data has not
>> been launched. The bundle was not launched for 2015 due to administrative
>> issues.
>>
>> I am cc'ing in the "Python Conference Sponsorship Packages" work group
>> and if/when they launch a new link, they will share it with you for SciPy
>> India.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Ewa
>> Director of Operations
>> Python Software Foundation
>> Cell: 415-319-5237
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 4:36 AM, Kiran Kishore <kiran at fossee.in
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kiran at fossee.in');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Ewa,
>>>
>>>
>>> Good morning. I would like to introduce myself as Kiran Kishore, a
>>> project manager of the FOSSEE team at IIT Bombay. As you might already
>>> know, the FOSSEE project is headed by Prof. Prabhu Ramachandran. We are the
>>> organizers of the SciPy India Conference since 2009.
>>>
>>> Coming to the reason for my email, could you please let me know if I can
>>> use this form here: http://goo.gl/forms/BYqmRK1Egq. I got this link in
>>> an email from you to python at fossee.in
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','python at fossee.in');>, last year with the
>>> subject: *Python Conference Sponsorship Packages - SciPy India*.
>>>
>>> Can I use the same form for SciPy India 2015 (http://scipy.in/2015),
>>> that we will be conducting soon in December? I am asking this mainly
>>> because the form says 'Deadline to apply is December 1, 2014'.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Kiran Kishore.
>>> Project Manager,
>>> FOSSEE <http://fossee.in>*,* IIT Bombay <http://iitb.ac.in>,
>>> ? *022-2576-4133.*
>>>
>>
>>
>

-- 
Best regards,

Ewa
Director of Operations
Python Software Foundation
Cell: 415-319-5237
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From kiran at fossee.in  Wed Oct  7 07:55:08 2015
From: kiran at fossee.in (Kiran Kishore)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 11:25:08 +0530
Subject: [Bundle-sponsorship-wg] Conference Sponsorship Packages: Form
In-Reply-To: <CADx+GQOSA6nVg5QE9bySLF=Qqu3Ypw8xDzxX0Aw6iRNsUJ11Rg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAMe08gDATa1Go7a7pEJS1AWSvzJwkE6sXFDpM_GoqixOXPTayA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CADx+GQOSA6nVg5QE9bySLF=Qqu3Ypw8xDzxX0Aw6iRNsUJ11Rg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAMe08gDe=FoEobszRgV2gDHPdC36qHWnq0AAfngO-X8UZL1ddw@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Ewa,


Thank you for the clarification and for the quick response. We will look
forward for the 2016 launch, if there may be one.

Meanwhile, I think I will go ahead with giving details according to this:
https://www.python.org/psf/grants/

Hope this will be a good place to start.
Good day.


Regards,
Kiran Kishore.
Project Manager,
FOSSEE <http://fossee.in>*,* IIT Bombay <http://iitb.ac.in>,
[image: ?]

*022-2576-4133.*
On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:

> Hi Kiran,
>
> That is an outdated link and the link for gathering 2016 data has not been
> launched. The bundle was not launched for 2015 due to administrative issues.
>
> I am cc'ing in the "Python Conference Sponsorship Packages" work group and
> if/when they launch a new link, they will share it with you for SciPy India.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ewa
> Director of Operations
> Python Software Foundation
> Cell: 415-319-5237
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 4:36 AM, Kiran Kishore <kiran at fossee.in> wrote:
>
>> Dear Ewa,
>>
>>
>> Good morning. I would like to introduce myself as Kiran Kishore, a
>> project manager of the FOSSEE team at IIT Bombay. As you might already
>> know, the FOSSEE project is headed by Prof. Prabhu Ramachandran. We are the
>> organizers of the SciPy India Conference since 2009.
>>
>> Coming to the reason for my email, could you please let me know if I can
>> use this form here: http://goo.gl/forms/BYqmRK1Egq. I got this link in
>> an email from you to python at fossee.in, last year with the subject: *Python
>> Conference Sponsorship Packages - SciPy India*.
>>
>> Can I use the same form for SciPy India 2015 (http://scipy.in/2015),
>> that we will be conducting soon in December? I am asking this mainly
>> because the form says 'Deadline to apply is December 1, 2014'.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kiran Kishore.
>> Project Manager,
>> FOSSEE <http://fossee.in>*,* IIT Bombay <http://iitb.ac.in>,
>> ? *022-2576-4133.*
>>
>
>
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From betsy at python.org  Fri Oct  9 18:18:21 2015
From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski)
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 09:18:21 -0700
Subject: [Bundle-sponsorship-wg] ACTION NEEDED: Working Group Reports for
	September
Message-ID: <CAKMnukqSZ_nmMp_eY5z6x5OiK6GO0oj8RHoWvT+MyUmQ9hJdOQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

Sorry for the short notice, but can you please send me your September
reports to add to the board meeting agenda (Monday, Oct. 12).

Thanks,

Betsy

-- 
Betsy Waliszewski
Python Software Foundation
Event Coordinator / Administrator
@betswaliszewski
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From ikirankishore at gmail.com  Mon Oct 12 13:51:33 2015
From: ikirankishore at gmail.com (I Kiran Kishore)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 17:21:33 +0530
Subject: [Bundle-sponsorship-wg] PSF Grants for SciPy India 2015
Message-ID: <CAMe08gAXUa4-srwegvMixObwS5h3wZS33d9Y_K5wKtT0=ZYSZA@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Sir / Madam,


Good Morning.

We are glad to announce that FOSSEE (Free and Open Source Software for
Education) is organizing the Conference on Scientific Computing using
Python ? "SciPy India" for the 7th successive year. The conference will be
held from 14-16 December, 2015 at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

The keynote speakers for the conference will be Andreas Kl?ckner, Jarrod
Millman and Dr. Ajith Kumar. Like last year, we are expecting a turnout of
around 200+ participants for this year?s conference. Main activities of the
conference will be tutorials and paper presentations.

We appreciate your sponsorship for SciPy India 2010 and we will be glad to
be once again associated with you for this year's SciPy India conference.
Please find attached, the grant proposal document. Please feel free to
write to us for any other information that you may require.

On behalf of:
Dr. Prabhu Ramachandran
(Conference co?chair)
Project Investigator ? FOSSEE, IIT Bombay
http://fossee.in/


Regards,
Kiran Kishore.
Project Manager,
FOSSEE <http://fossee.in/>*,* IIT Bombay <http://iitb.ac.in/>.
? *022-2576-4133.*
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From betsy at python.org  Mon Oct 19 17:53:24 2015
From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski)
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 08:53:24 -0700
Subject: [Bundle-sponsorship-wg] PSF International Python Conference
 Sponsorship Bundles
Message-ID: <CAKMnukq55a7u5Ln50PMuEZS6h_xVi31Z2dvTjGxsGs5Y2NOdDw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

Circling back around with all of you see what you think about this idea.
I've created a google spreadsheet for each conference (11) from our list in
the prospectus. I would send an email to each contact (see below) to fill
in the spreadsheet with updated information. Once we have the updated
information, we can rework the numbers - Cost+ PSF Bundle Pricing Model -
on what we would have to charge to cover our expenses. At that point, we
can update the bundles with the new information.

There is a link in the proposed email below to see what the templates look
like.

Thoughts?

Betsy

==========================

SUBJECT LINE: PSF International Python Conference Sponsorship Bundles -
UPDATE

Hi

We?re reaching out to you to give you an update on the PSF?s efforts to
create International Python Sponsorship Bundles to support community-led
Python conferences across the world. The Python Software Foundation would
function as the central point of contact to help with the finances. After
the finances are settled, we pass the sponsor onto the conference
organizers.

We were unable to launch this effort earlier in 2015, but we?re back on
track and need your help to move forward for 2016. We have event
information from you for 2014, and need to update it for 2016.

We?ve changed the process from last time and created an open spreadsheet to
share with you, that we?d like you to complete. We need the following
information from you:

? Name of event
? Date
? Location
? Expected attendance
? Sponsorship levels and cost
? Benefits per level

Please check all of the benefit boxes that apply to each level of
sponsorship. If you have a benefit that isn?t list, please add it to the
bottom of the list.

Send me an email when you?re finished and we?ll add your event to our
bundle(s).

Here is a link to the information form: https://goo.gl/PDJ4Dz

Thanks so much for supporting the Python community with your event and I
look forward to working with you!

Best Regards,

Betsy

-- 
Betsy Waliszewski
Python Software Foundation
Event Coordinator / Administrator
@betswaliszewski
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From ewa at python.org  Mon Oct 19 18:34:56 2015
From: ewa at python.org (Ewa Jodlowska)
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 11:34:56 -0500
Subject: [Bundle-sponsorship-wg] PSF International Python Conference
 Sponsorship Bundles
In-Reply-To: <CAKMnukq55a7u5Ln50PMuEZS6h_xVi31Z2dvTjGxsGs5Y2NOdDw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKMnukq55a7u5Ln50PMuEZS6h_xVi31Z2dvTjGxsGs5Y2NOdDw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADx+GQO4jgw7YYAMwQbCqwtbMJBs_sVZ6aSEtX28rppf3MPMEg@mail.gmail.com>

+1

Best regards,

Ewa
Director of Operations
Python Software Foundation
Cell: 415-319-5237

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Circling back around with all of you see what you think about this idea.
> I've created a google spreadsheet for each conference (11) from our list in
> the prospectus. I would send an email to each contact (see below) to fill
> in the spreadsheet with updated information. Once we have the updated
> information, we can rework the numbers - Cost+ PSF Bundle Pricing Model -
> on what we would have to charge to cover our expenses. At that point, we
> can update the bundles with the new information.
>
> There is a link in the proposed email below to see what the templates look
> like.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Betsy
>
> ==========================
>
> SUBJECT LINE: PSF International Python Conference Sponsorship Bundles -
> UPDATE
>
> Hi
>
> We?re reaching out to you to give you an update on the PSF?s efforts to
> create International Python Sponsorship Bundles to support community-led
> Python conferences across the world. The Python Software Foundation would
> function as the central point of contact to help with the finances. After
> the finances are settled, we pass the sponsor onto the conference
> organizers.
>
> We were unable to launch this effort earlier in 2015, but we?re back on
> track and need your help to move forward for 2016. We have event
> information from you for 2014, and need to update it for 2016.
>
> We?ve changed the process from last time and created an open spreadsheet
> to share with you, that we?d like you to complete. We need the following
> information from you:
>
> ? Name of event
> ? Date
> ? Location
> ? Expected attendance
> ? Sponsorship levels and cost
> ? Benefits per level
>
> Please check all of the benefit boxes that apply to each level of
> sponsorship. If you have a benefit that isn?t list, please add it to the
> bottom of the list.
>
> Send me an email when you?re finished and we?ll add your event to our
> bundle(s).
>
> Here is a link to the information form: https://goo.gl/PDJ4Dz
>
> Thanks so much for supporting the Python community with your event and I
> look forward to working with you!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Betsy
>
> --
> Betsy Waliszewski
> Python Software Foundation
> Event Coordinator / Administrator
> @betswaliszewski
>
> _______________________________________________
> Bundle-sponsorship-wg mailing list
> Bundle-sponsorship-wg at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bundle-sponsorship-wg
>
>
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From ncoghlan at gmail.com  Tue Oct 20 10:43:10 2015
From: ncoghlan at gmail.com (Nick Coghlan)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:43:10 +0200
Subject: [Bundle-sponsorship-wg] PSF International Python Conference
 Sponsorship Bundles
In-Reply-To: <CAKMnukq55a7u5Ln50PMuEZS6h_xVi31Z2dvTjGxsGs5Y2NOdDw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKMnukq55a7u5Ln50PMuEZS6h_xVi31Z2dvTjGxsGs5Y2NOdDw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADiSq7eosXhqJ7UY6nSdoxuMyd8fa+T+=4ZAOAeqOiziMAs6AA@mail.gmail.com>

On 19 October 2015 at 17:53, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Circling back around with all of you see what you think about this idea.
> I've created a google spreadsheet for each conference (11) from our list in
> the prospectus. I would send an email to each contact (see below) to fill in
> the spreadsheet with updated information. Once we have the updated
> information, we can rework the numbers - Cost+ PSF Bundle Pricing Model - on
> what we would have to charge to cover our expenses. At that point, we can
> update the bundles with the new information.

+1, this sounds good to me.

Would it make sense to also invite the conference organisers to
consider joining the WG itself? That could help shorten the feedback
cycle on the conference organiser side of the program design.

Regards,
Nick.

-- 
Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia

From ewa at python.org  Tue Oct 20 15:19:12 2015
From: ewa at python.org (Ewa Jodlowska)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 08:19:12 -0500
Subject: [Bundle-sponsorship-wg] PSF International Python Conference
 Sponsorship Bundles
In-Reply-To: <CADiSq7eosXhqJ7UY6nSdoxuMyd8fa+T+=4ZAOAeqOiziMAs6AA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKMnukq55a7u5Ln50PMuEZS6h_xVi31Z2dvTjGxsGs5Y2NOdDw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CADiSq7eosXhqJ7UY6nSdoxuMyd8fa+T+=4ZAOAeqOiziMAs6AA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADx+GQNP6aGwP2MykJPPZBHtuOoxw5EYCBLvahk1J92V1mNtjA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 3:43 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 19 October 2015 at 17:53, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Circling back around with all of you see what you think about this idea.
> > I've created a google spreadsheet for each conference (11) from our list
> in
> > the prospectus. I would send an email to each contact (see below) to
> fill in
> > the spreadsheet with updated information. Once we have the updated
> > information, we can rework the numbers - Cost+ PSF Bundle Pricing Model
> - on
> > what we would have to charge to cover our expenses. At that point, we can
> > update the bundles with the new information.
>
> +1, this sounds good to me.
>
> Would it make sense to also invite the conference organisers to
> consider joining the WG itself? That could help shorten the feedback
> cycle on the conference organiser side of the program design.
>

Yes, and it may reduce emails in the long run as everyone will see
responses to questions.

We can ask them to join when Betsy sends out the info email.

>
> Regards,
> Nick.
>
> --
> Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
> _______________________________________________
> Bundle-sponsorship-wg mailing list
> Bundle-sponsorship-wg at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bundle-sponsorship-wg
>
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From betsy at python.org  Tue Oct 20 17:09:02 2015
From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 08:09:02 -0700
Subject: [Bundle-sponsorship-wg] PSF International Python Conference
 Sponsorship Bundles
In-Reply-To: <CADx+GQNP6aGwP2MykJPPZBHtuOoxw5EYCBLvahk1J92V1mNtjA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKMnukq55a7u5Ln50PMuEZS6h_xVi31Z2dvTjGxsGs5Y2NOdDw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CADiSq7eosXhqJ7UY6nSdoxuMyd8fa+T+=4ZAOAeqOiziMAs6AA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CADx+GQNP6aGwP2MykJPPZBHtuOoxw5EYCBLvahk1J92V1mNtjA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAKMnukobC0EuwCsu_JsRUjg=mvsekQ+wrA29L6eB6F0-pKWvAw@mail.gmail.com>

I like that idea as well.

Betsy

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 6:19 AM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 3:43 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 19 October 2015 at 17:53, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Circling back around with all of you see what you think about this idea.
>> > I've created a google spreadsheet for each conference (11) from our
>> list in
>> > the prospectus. I would send an email to each contact (see below) to
>> fill in
>> > the spreadsheet with updated information. Once we have the updated
>> > information, we can rework the numbers - Cost+ PSF Bundle Pricing Model
>> - on
>> > what we would have to charge to cover our expenses. At that point, we
>> can
>> > update the bundles with the new information.
>>
>> +1, this sounds good to me.
>>
>> Would it make sense to also invite the conference organisers to
>> consider joining the WG itself? That could help shorten the feedback
>> cycle on the conference organiser side of the program design.
>>
>
> Yes, and it may reduce emails in the long run as everyone will see
> responses to questions.
>
> We can ask them to join when Betsy sends out the info email.
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nick.
>>
>> --
>> Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
>> _______________________________________________
>> Bundle-sponsorship-wg mailing list
>> Bundle-sponsorship-wg at python.org
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bundle-sponsorship-wg
>>
>
>


-- 
Betsy Waliszewski
Python Software Foundation
Event Coordinator / Administrator
@betswaliszewski
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From ewa at python.org  Tue Oct 20 18:03:10 2015
From: ewa at python.org (Ewa Jodlowska)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:03:10 -0500
Subject: [Bundle-sponsorship-wg] PSF International Python Conference
 Sponsorship Bundles
In-Reply-To: <CAKMnukobC0EuwCsu_JsRUjg=mvsekQ+wrA29L6eB6F0-pKWvAw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKMnukq55a7u5Ln50PMuEZS6h_xVi31Z2dvTjGxsGs5Y2NOdDw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CADiSq7eosXhqJ7UY6nSdoxuMyd8fa+T+=4ZAOAeqOiziMAs6AA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CADx+GQNP6aGwP2MykJPPZBHtuOoxw5EYCBLvahk1J92V1mNtjA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAKMnukobC0EuwCsu_JsRUjg=mvsekQ+wrA29L6eB6F0-pKWvAw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADx+GQOuvCVAVa8wt8jwL1DcKmm4CzV+QXkdwumK04b__PF_tg@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Betsy,

If you do not hear any other feedback from the WG by EOB tomorrow, please
proceed as planned. If you need help getting anyone's contact info beyond
what we have gathered, let me know and I can try to assist.

Best regards,

Ewa
Director of Operations
Python Software Foundation
Cell: 415-319-5237

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org>
wrote:

> I like that idea as well.
>
> Betsy
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 6:19 AM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 3:43 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 19 October 2015 at 17:53, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org> wrote:
>>> > Hi all,
>>> >
>>> > Circling back around with all of you see what you think about this
>>> idea.
>>> > I've created a google spreadsheet for each conference (11) from our
>>> list in
>>> > the prospectus. I would send an email to each contact (see below) to
>>> fill in
>>> > the spreadsheet with updated information. Once we have the updated
>>> > information, we can rework the numbers - Cost+ PSF Bundle Pricing
>>> Model - on
>>> > what we would have to charge to cover our expenses. At that point, we
>>> can
>>> > update the bundles with the new information.
>>>
>>> +1, this sounds good to me.
>>>
>>> Would it make sense to also invite the conference organisers to
>>> consider joining the WG itself? That could help shorten the feedback
>>> cycle on the conference organiser side of the program design.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, and it may reduce emails in the long run as everyone will see
>> responses to questions.
>>
>> We can ask them to join when Betsy sends out the info email.
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Nick.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Bundle-sponsorship-wg mailing list
>>> Bundle-sponsorship-wg at python.org
>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bundle-sponsorship-wg
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Betsy Waliszewski
> Python Software Foundation
> Event Coordinator / Administrator
> @betswaliszewski
>
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From betsy at python.org  Tue Oct 20 18:09:24 2015
From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:09:24 -0700
Subject: [Bundle-sponsorship-wg] PSF International Python Conference
 Sponsorship Bundles
In-Reply-To: <CADx+GQOuvCVAVa8wt8jwL1DcKmm4CzV+QXkdwumK04b__PF_tg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKMnukq55a7u5Ln50PMuEZS6h_xVi31Z2dvTjGxsGs5Y2NOdDw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CADiSq7eosXhqJ7UY6nSdoxuMyd8fa+T+=4ZAOAeqOiziMAs6AA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CADx+GQNP6aGwP2MykJPPZBHtuOoxw5EYCBLvahk1J92V1mNtjA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAKMnukobC0EuwCsu_JsRUjg=mvsekQ+wrA29L6eB6F0-pKWvAw@mail.gmail.com>
 <CADx+GQOuvCVAVa8wt8jwL1DcKmm4CzV+QXkdwumK04b__PF_tg@mail.gmail.com>
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Thanks.


On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:

> Hi Betsy,
>
> If you do not hear any other feedback from the WG by EOB tomorrow, please
> proceed as planned. If you need help getting anyone's contact info beyond
> what we have gathered, let me know and I can try to assist.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ewa
> Director of Operations
> Python Software Foundation
> Cell: 415-319-5237
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I like that idea as well.
>>
>> Betsy
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 6:19 AM, Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 3:43 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 19 October 2015 at 17:53, Betsy Waliszewski <betsy at python.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Hi all,
>>>> >
>>>> > Circling back around with all of you see what you think about this
>>>> idea.
>>>> > I've created a google spreadsheet for each conference (11) from our
>>>> list in
>>>> > the prospectus. I would send an email to each contact (see below) to
>>>> fill in
>>>> > the spreadsheet with updated information. Once we have the updated
>>>> > information, we can rework the numbers - Cost+ PSF Bundle Pricing
>>>> Model - on
>>>> > what we would have to charge to cover our expenses. At that point, we
>>>> can
>>>> > update the bundles with the new information.
>>>>
>>>> +1, this sounds good to me.
>>>>
>>>> Would it make sense to also invite the conference organisers to
>>>> consider joining the WG itself? That could help shorten the feedback
>>>> cycle on the conference organiser side of the program design.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, and it may reduce emails in the long run as everyone will see
>>> responses to questions.
>>>
>>> We can ask them to join when Betsy sends out the info email.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Nick.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Bundle-sponsorship-wg mailing list
>>>> Bundle-sponsorship-wg at python.org
>>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bundle-sponsorship-wg
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Betsy Waliszewski
>> Python Software Foundation
>> Event Coordinator / Administrator
>> @betswaliszewski
>>
>
>


-- 
Betsy Waliszewski
Python Software Foundation
Event Coordinator / Administrator
@betswaliszewski
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