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Newsitem 1: What visibility does OSGeo offer you due to your sponsoring?
- We are looking for sponsors to support OSGeo Foundation and all the work do.
- One focused on marketing opperatunites and highlight what visibility we are "selling" for your spnsorship dollar -> target: marketing departments. How to reach folks during code-sprints
- email: send to companites directly
- email: ask community to send to companies / share with your emplyer
- discuss, announce
- geoforall? education?
- make sure website (and board) reflects promiss made here
 
 
Newsitem 2: How can OSGeo and our projects benefit from your support
- We are looking for sponsors to help support OSGeo project teams.
- Second focused on projects and open source suistaiability, highlight what projects are accepting sponsorship, and what value sponsorship has to the projects. Can also highlt code sprints. -> target: companies that depend on open source, target indivudal donations (via paypal, google donate, github)
- Ask the PSC to send out to their contacts
- Ask PSC are you accepting sponsorship? QGIS Board, gvSIG board, etc...
- Really send this service providers (see website...)
- idea: Lead with thanking the project teams for the great software 
- discuss, announce
 
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* https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeo-sponsorship-opportunities-2020/
 
 
Newsitem 1: What visibility does OSGeo offer you due to your sponsoring?
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OSGeo Sponsorship Opportunities 2021
Organizations providing financial support to OSGeo events, initiatives, local chapters, or projects are recognized as OSGeo sponsors.
 
Many OSGeo activities are only possible thanks to the support of our volunteers and sponsors. Organizations in a position to financially support our community are encouraged to do so at this time.
 
COVID-19 and Community
 
The COVID-19 pandemic is a great challenge world wide and has profoundly disrupted the OSGeo community, our members, and activities.
The most immediate impact is that OSGeo code sprints, conferences, hackathons and gatherings have been cancelled or postponed worldwide. This COVID-19 disruption affects us from both from a community standpoint (which thrives on face-to-face interaction) as well as financially (due to missed event sponsorship).
In a given year, OSGeo has over 40 events globally, which helps in outreach, community building and supporting projects. In 2020 nearly all our high profile conferences have been affected: FOSS4G 2020 (planned for Calgary, Alberta, Canada) cancelled, FOSS4G-E 2020 postponed, and OSGeo Community Sprint 2020 postponed.
Though our community is challenged we have shown resilience with several events adapting to online delivery. We are proud of our community establishing services to support COVID-19 efforts built with free and open source geospatial software.
 
OSGeo Initiatives
OSGeo has a number of ongoing initiatives:
  • FOSS4G Travel Grant Program
  • Google Summer of Code
 
OSGeo Events
We encourage organizations to support OSGeo events:
  • FOSS4G 2021 (11-12 June 2020)
  • For more information see upcoming events
 
OSGeo events oss4g booth is a great chance to promote your organization and meet potential customers. While we cannot replace this experience, sponsoring online events offers great brand visibility, with foss4g videos serving as a reference for years to come.
 
Local Chapters
Local chapters are active promoting the use of free and open source software with regional sponsorship opportunities:
  • OSGeo:UK
  • OSGeo:JP
Check with the local chapter near you for more information.
 
 
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Newsitem 2: How can OSGeo and our projects benefit from your support
 
Supporting open source in 2021
 
 
 
Free and Open Source Projects
  • GeoServer
  • GRASS GIS
  • gvSIG
  • OpenLayers
  • pygeoapi
  • QGIS
  • Zoo-project
OSGeo accepts project sponsorship via invoice, GitHub Sponsors, or PayPal donations for our projects. We also recognize contributions directly to project specific organizations (such as gvSig Association and QGIS.org).
 
OSGeo Events and Code Sprints
https://www.osgeo.org/events/joint-ogc-osgeo-asf-code-sprint-2021/
 
Sponsorship Recognition
OSGeo sponsorship benefits range from website placement, inclusion in promotional material, placement in presentations and press releases such as this one.
For more information on sponsorship benefits please visit our page on sponsorship or contact treasurer@osgeo.org.
 
About Open Source Geospatial Foundation
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is not-for-profit 501(c)(4) organization to empower everyone with open source geospatial. The software foundation directly supports projects serving as an outreach and advocacy organization providing financial, organizational and legal support for the open source geospatial community. OSGeo works with GeoCat and other sponsors, along with our partners to foster an open approach to software, standards, data and education.
 
 
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