IMO, maybe we can keep a cap on the number of logo on each city rather than moving it to 50L and 1Cr tiers?
The choice of city can be in the FCFS manner?
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This is for FOSS United Newsletter right ? The “city cap” won’t be come significant in that case right? As the newsletter is a generic entity that goes from the organisation right?
Can you please explain this part ?
Can a company choose only one specific city or more than one? And on what grounds would they select that? The base reasoning could be that they are based on that city. And then would it be fair that we don’t keep the logos of companies who host the meetup in promotional materials, even when they play a major role in organising of the meetup?
Ah, yeah. I lost the track. I’m fine with the idea of logo of only Platinum and Patron for newsletter but that bring one less offerings for all other tiers. But that also implies that we have fewer offerings for the company paying us 5L than the company that paid us 1L last year. We have already removed the discount for CityFOSS conf. for the bronze tier this year (5L). If a previous partner ask this question, how would we convince them?
The though behind this benefit was that a partner can get visibility through the city meetups (of their choice) happening throughout the year in one city. If logos cluttering is an issue then keeping a cap could be a way to fix this.
This could be addressed through the design of the poster and also be discussed during the pitch. A one-size-fits-all pitch isn’t a solution either way. I am working to balance the offerings to partners based on the amount they will pay.
But I assume the overall offerings have definitely increased right? Wouldn’t that balance itself. The revamp can bring in new offerings likewise can alter the previous ones too.
- Logo on partnership page is constant anyway, logo on newsletter can be a step-above another offering.
That is doable - but we are also in the process of making city events decentralised too right? The design add-ons and changes would be something the city volunteers do.
And if logo add-ons are variable for each city, there should be bandwidth for communicating this effectively each time with all chapters respectively every month in the longer run. So this needs a process, if needed to be executed properly - we need to figure something for that.
The mentions of all our partners at the event however is less intensive. The team just need to track the industry partnership page in website, take info from there.
For the 10L, 25L, 50L, and 1Cr categories - Yes. However, for the 5L category - No.
2023-24 offering
2024-25 proposal
If we don’t display their logo on the newsletter, the change for the 5L tier will look like this in comparison to the previous offerings.
What’s Gone:
- Booth & Logo during IndiaFOSS, which is a major change.
- Logo from the monthly newsletter.
- Event sponsorship discount.
What’s New:
- 10 IndiaFOSS pass
- 1 Blogpost
I don’t see the overall offerings going upward. I would like to hear what @rahulporuri thinks about it, as he has experience talking to the potentials Industry partners.
- Another doubt I have is - “Logo during IndiaFOSS” - why are we removing it? Signage at IndiaFOSS - isn’t that a valid offering? Sponsors’s deck at IndiaFOSS for higher tiers only, makes sense.
It’s there for the Gold tier and above it.
Yeah, when you mean branding at IndiaFOSS - would it mean signage at IndiaFOSS would be an offering for higher tiers only too?
Or is it going to be a split - that signage and desk being two mutually exclusive things? Why can’t signage be a common offering for all partners as it was done for IndiaFOSS 3.0?
Yep - I will propose a rough draft on it first here by this week and then move it to design if works.
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Regarding FOSS Event at Office Space, I think there is a possible confusion that if you dont get a silver+ tier you can’t have any FOSS United event in your space and/or only have 1 or 2 events there.
For example in FOSSU Mumbai’s case, we have had almost 4 meetups this year at IDfy. So if IDfy becomes a Silver supporter, then can we not have more meetups than 4 meetups there?
A better wording for this would be “Guaranteed FOSS Event at Office Space”
maybe we also need to mention certain stuff like blog post and FOSS Event at office space is optional (for example, some companies might not have a big enough office space in India)
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This sounds good. @mriya11 can you please update the wording on the deck when you plan to work with Ajzal on the design?
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Here’s a draft of Industry Partnership Benefits that I thought about - some edits and some add-ons, including that of @Arya_Kiran.
It could have a revision too based on comments - if changes or add-ons have to be made.
PDF version:
[Draft]Industry_Partnership_Deck_Offerings.pdf (84.2 KB)
If we good to go, we can update the deck, along with the suggestions by @Nemo.
In line with this point, as a workaround for visibility in promotional collateral of city events, I added CityFOSS conferences instead of meetups. I feel that would be a better trade-off.
Half-yearly reports
A good record of the initiatives and activities every 6 months or maybe even 3 months - would help us evaluate. This could feature the usage of resources and impact generated.
We do prepare annual reports at the end of a fiscal year for documentation. Half yearly/quarterly reports could serve as simpler retro and evaluation of the activities on a periodic scale, for feedback and scope for betterment.
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This looks good. We can do this!
Let’s keep the suggestions for the next 2 more days. Then we can freeze the suggestions for the next the deck.
General Feedback
- Design is much more upbeat the text more appealing than the previous design.
- Flow of slides needs to be structured according to the sponsor’s buying journey:
- Partnership tiers section needs to be moved to the end. This makes the flow discontinuous. For anyone holding a budget (CSR or technology), I don’t think it’s a great experience to see partnership tiers and contribution levels even before they’ve understood what FOSSUnited does and how they may be able to benefit from partnering.
- Add an Appendix section where we capture the net-benefits from FOSS Grants and FOSS for NPOs. This is helpful for CSR decision makers to allocate budget and propose Social ROI for fund allocation.
- Splash screen background image needs to be something more resonant with FOSSUnited and more impactful. I’ll generate some via MidJourney shortly.
Public Policy Initiatives
We must speak about some of the public policy initiatives. In my opinion it is ok to speak about initiatives that do not directly conflict with their interests.
Where does the community spend time
Agree with Nemo’s feedback on including engagement metrics
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Uploading the Updated version of the Industry Partnership Deck
Major Updates
- Added the Table of Contents
- Updated links in every pages
- Updated the Partnership Benefits Page and made it in the First Section
Link to the PDF:
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When are we making this live? 1st Jan or 1st April? (We will have to adjust the current partners based on the new levels)
We are planning to start this from 1st April, aligning our income and expenses with the fiscal year. I’ve updated the title and description to 2024-25 to avoid confusion.
We have found a volunteer, @Athira_Girish, for coordination and outreach to potential partners. Currently, she is reviewing the deck and learning about FOSS United. I expect that within 2-3 weeks, we’ll begin reaching out to existing partners for partnership renewal and to new potential partners.
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Update on Partnerships for IP_ 2024-25
Confirmed partners for the upcoming period include:
1.Zerodha
2.Frappe
3.Sensibull
We’re actively engaged in discussions with other partner organizations; however, we’re awaiting responses from their end. We’ll keep you updated on any developments.
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