Re: Major donors

On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 01:34:46PM -0500, Robert Treat wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 12:37, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > As sponsors page that will delineate between size of monetary
> > contribution is going to cause problems with those who donate a great
> > deal of in-kind contributions.
> >
> > Elein is a perfect example. If she goes to 3 shows how much is that
> > worth? My day rate is 2500.00 (if I am out of towm) plus expenses....
> >
>
> ISTM if you are distributing flyers/business cards with your name over
> them, your already getting a return on your time investment at a given
> show, especially in cases like oscon where the booth is provided to the
> project for free. If you are paying to get postgresql entry into the
> conference (like was recently discussed in the dubai thread) then that
> might be a little different, but I think we need some kind of
> delineation between companies who pay developer salaries, people who
> staff booths where they get to advertise their wares, and people who
> send in a check (Well, that assumes the goal isn't just to compile the
> largest list of sponsors we can, but actually give real recognition to
> those who continually sponsor this project and the folks who might give
> a one time donation).
>

If all I did was to staff a booth at conferences and hand out cards, then you
might have a point. However, this is not the case for me. I created
PostgreSQL flyers (not varlena flyers). I organize the pin effort. I help organize
the booth. I work with the oscon committee. I give talks at conferences and user
groups which require preparation. I write a semi-weekly column with a huge archive.
I do get a little marketing visibility in there but believe me I work and pay for
it dearly since most of what I do goes to educating the postgresql user community for free.

This is just me. Certain other people also do not get paid for their work
and time above and beyond self-interest. We consider it our contribution
back to the community. This, I believe, is how and why open source works.

Why does it bother you to acknowledge work and time of others? (That is a
rhetorical question.)

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