Re: [802SEC] IEEE 802 Plenary Session Sponsors
Geoff-
I second John's comment. As the 802.3 Executive Secretary for the last 8
years (and as someone whose company has hosted 2 interims), I'm very
familiar with the risks. It is frequently not known until the last days of a
meeting if the host is in the red or the black.
I work hard to make sure our hosts are successful as well as providing a
successful meeting to 802.3.
Regards,
Steve
Steven B. Carlson
Chair, IEEE P802.3bp Reduced Twisted Pair Gigabit Ethernet PHY Task Force
http://www.ieee802.org/3/bp/index.html
Executive Secretary, IEEE 802.3 Working Group
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/index.html
President
High Speed Design, Inc.
Portland, OR
scarlson@hspdesign.com
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Subject: Re: [802SEC] IEEE 802 Plenary Session Sponsors
Geoff,
If we are going to get to this degree - I think we need to also realize that
such instances were there might not be a cost are the result of unexpected
instances - late registrations, people staying off site, etc.
How would you propose addressing such instances since the level of
commitment is not clearly known until all the accounting is done after the
event? I would speak against this sort of recognition, since it penalizes
hosts who are fortunate to have successful meetings. The host takes on a
risk that is always there.
John
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Behalf Of Geoff Thompson
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 1:42 PM
To: James P. K. Gilb
Cc: STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: Re: [802SEC] IEEE 802 Plenary Session Sponsors
James-
Your point is well taken.
Sponsors for interims have often gotten by without actually spending any
money but rather have provided local logistics and have covered the
guarantees needed by the hotel. The guarantees ultimately cost nothing
(usually). The big exception of that was when the 802.3 interims were
canceled in September of 2001 and Intel was on the hook.
So we need to:
- Recognize that there are sponsorship opportunities that don't
necessarily involve a cash transfer
- Recognize that we need to define the minimum level of support that
grants the "Sponsor Privileges"
(and whether we want to define more than one level of "Sponsor
Privileges")
Geoff
On 6/24/13 10:02 AM, James P. K. Gilb wrote:
> Bob
>
> We should have a minimum contribution in order to get the signs. Can I
> sponsor for $100 and get my name put everywhere? Better still, how
> about "Trainwreck Enterprises is sponsoring this meeting" for a cool
> $100? :)
>
> I also would think that the EC should be required to approve each
> sponsorship opportunities. That would avoid having to write down a
> minimum sponsorship level.
>
> Would there be any sponsor that we would not accept? It is probably
> sufficient to have EC approval to handle this unlikely event.
>
> Otherwise, it sounds good.
>
> James Gilb
>
> On 06/21/2013 04:15 AM, Bob Heile wrote:
>> All-
>>
>> Per the action item on the last EC call, this is what I have in mind
>> for sponsorships
>>
>> If we want to reduce the deficit on the upcoming Beijing meeting and
>> similarly at other non US, non NA events, other than raising the
>> registration fee, we will need to seek sponsorships. The sponsor's
>> only duty is to contribute funds that can be used to offset session
expenses.
>> They have no role in the business of running the session. In
>> exchange we acknowledge the sponsor(s) by including their logo and a
>> thank-you on the web registration area, on banners and signs at the
>> session as appropriate, and on the badge (assuming there is space in
>> the case of multiple sponsors).
>>
>> If we are in the (unlikely) fortunate position of running a surplus
>> as a result of received sponsorships, I would suggest we return that
>> surplus to the sponsors on a weighted basis proportional to their
>> contributions, though this is something we can decide on later.
>>
>> Please let me know your thoughts and if you have any ideas or
>> suggestions for sponsors for Beijing, please let me know as soon as
>> possible.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob Heile, Ph.D
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