[advocacy-discuss] [osol-discuss] Getting a Lucrative Sponsorship Funded

[Alan Coopersmith]

I suspect you're right (or at least the people there are more likely
to know who they are).

	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering

Brian Gupta wrote:
> I suspect they are more likely to be found on the advocacy-discuss
> list.. (I don't know.)
> 
> On 8/1/07, *Fauzia Saeed* < Foz.Saeed at sun.com
> <mailto:Foz.Saeed at sun.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Proposal is done.  Who are the right people in product marketing?
> 
> 
>     Brian Gupta wrote:
>>     On 8/1/07, *Fauzia Saeed* <Foz.Saeed at sun.com
>>     <mailto:Foz.Saeed at sun.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Where in Sun do I find someone to sponsor it?
>>
>>         Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>>>         Fauzia (foz) Saeed wrote:
>>>           
>>>>         The Open Solaris Community in San Diego has an opportunity to fund the local SW council which is a respected non-profit organization with a membership 200 SW corporations (Oracle, Qualcomm, Accucorp, FAir Isaac etc.)  SDIC has a huge database, is well-connected with UCSD and will help us in promoting our events through their database of 4000 IT Managers, CTO's and developers.  They will also let us manage their open SW interest group.  So what is the hitch?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         We do not know how to get the sponsorship money.  Please help if you have any idea.
>>>>             
>>>         You'll have to find a sponsor, such as Sun or another company,
>>>         who has money - OpenSolaris itself has no money.
>>>
>>>               
>>
>>     I suspect that you would need to put together a proposal outlining
>>     a) the costs involved, b) the direct financial benefits, c) the
>>     direct non-financial benefits, and c) the indirect benefits. (Just
>>     what I would expect, if I were a manager at Sun, with a budget).
>>
>>     Once you have a proposal, either forward it to Product
>>     Management/Marketing, or your direct manager. (Whichever makes the
>>     most sense in your situation.)
>>
>>     In corporate America, the route is generally via a chain of
>>     command. At tech firms, where there is a flatter org structure,
>>     you should be able to go directly to the benefactors.
>>
>>     -brian
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