[LGM] LGM 2019 - Funding

[Dave Crossland]

I'm discussing this on #lgm now

On Mon, May 6, 2019, 11:33 AM Frank Trampe <frank.trampe at gmail.com> wrote:

> At this point, the matter of the sponsorship is essentially out of our
> hands. We can't seem to accept it without a waiver from the GIMP team, and,
> on the flip side, I don't think that we would oppose any deal reached
> between the GIMP team and Google. It also seems to me that we are still
> some distance from any deal, as the GIMP team still need to decide in
> general terms, as a group, what is acceptable as a prerequisite to forging
> a specific deal.
>
> In the interest of keeping options open, I would propose that we include
> Google branding on any materials that must be finalized prior to the
> conclusion of the GIMP/Google negotiations. I'm not sure how others feel,
> but I would be much happier giving away free logo space on a printed
> program than foreclosing on the opportunity to cover travel costs this
> year. Unless there is some breakthrough in the negotiations, I think that
> this is the decision on our plate today.
>
>
> On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 4:41 AM Aude Poilroux <ap at k8.design> wrote:
>
>> Dear everyone,
>>
>> we need urgently a decision under which conditions we can accept the
>> Google sponsoring. Since communication items such as the LGM poster will be
>> printed tomorrow, *we need a final decision today*.
>>
>> If the LGM community does not accept the Google sponsoring, we will have
>> to recalculate the general budget and see which budgets cuts are still
>> possible (quite a lot of financial issues have already been negotiated and
>> accepted, google sponsoring will be mainly used for travel cost
>> reimbursement and communication costs).
>>
>> Thank you for your quick answer
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Aude - for the local organisation team
>>
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>> Am Fr., 3. Mai 2019 um 18:29 Uhr schrieb Jehan <jehan at girinstud.io>:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> First of all, thanks for the various subsequent emails. It seems that
>>> the issue is well understood and appreciated by most (i.e. the issue
>>> **not** being that we want some kind of unique recognition or  a
>>> GIMP-branded video 🙄).
>>>
>>> On 2019-05-03 21:11, Dave Crossland wrote:
>>> > Hi
>>> >
>>> > It seems this was discussed on 4th of March on irc, if anyone has the
>>> > link to the public irclog that might be helpful.
>>> >
>>> > I found a chat log with me and Soenke where we discussed this on that
>>> > day, please find attached screenshot. My second draft that I posted
>>> > yesterday is based on the idea posed to me in that chat.
>>> >
>>> > My intent was never a "permanantly visible logo", like an overlay all
>>> > over the length of the video;
>>>
>>> Yeah I understood that is not what was asked. For the record, I would
>>> have been completely against this!
>>>
>>> > it was always a slide with either just
>>> > Google, or all the sponsors, at the start/end of each video for a few
>>> > seconds.
>>>
>>> I would not agree with a slide with Google logo only personally unless
>>> it could be made in a very unintrusive way (but really, I don't see
>>> how). Basically this event is not called "Google Libre Graphics Meeting"
>>> and I certainly don't want a single big company to seemingly get
>>> "ownership" of the events just because they give big money. Our "souls"
>>> are not for sale.
>>>
>>> Now I would find fair a page with **all** the corporate sponsors with a
>>> clear text explaining these are events sponsor. Though I think this page
>>> could only be at the end with the credits (I would find it quite
>>> oppressive at the start, still for the same reason).
>>>
>>> Now this is only my personal vote, not GIMP decision. This would have to
>>> be discussed with the others first and considering our last vote, I
>>> believe this may not go this way.
>>>
>>> > I sponsor a number of type design community events around the world,
>>> > any this is the typical sponsor benefit; it's worked both ways (solo
>>> > logo, multi logos) in the past for other events.
>>> >
>>> > Anyway, if the gimp team wants the Google logo only on the website and
>>> > printed programme, not any videos associated with LGM, please let us
>>> > know :)
>>>
>>> We'll discuss this and tell you, I guess.
>>>
>>> Jehan
>>>
>>> > Cheers
>>> > Dave
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