Sponsors

[cvvergara]

Rules ​https://www.osgeo.org/about/how-to-become-a-sponsor/

TODO:

• Do not show bronze sponsors on website footer
• Under About OSGeo (around 11 pages, see comment bellow): Only Show Platinum & Diamond Sponsors
• Stop the use of date of sponsorship for stop displaying the sponsors logo, and instead on type of sponsor add a row for sponsors no longer active (none: ex-sponsor)

I do not understand why Diamond (highest level) gets less than Platinum on these lines, and also there is a section "About OSGeo" that has 11 pages and a page within that section is "About OSGeo", my doubt here is it on the 11 pages or only on the "About OSGeo" page:

• Diamond: Organization name listed in “about osgeo” section of foundation press releases.
• Platinum: Organization name listed in “about osgeo” section of foundation press releases, website, and presentations “Supported by <YOU> and other sponsors.”

Another thing I dont get is for example this for Diamond:

• Top Visibility on the OSGeo Sponsors web page in double column row using high visibility 340 x 340 squares
• But the table mentions 500 x 500
• TODO: Fix the fact that currently only one column is been handled in all categories

Blog Posts

• Some categories mentions about blog posts where are they?

[jive]

Thanks for looking at sponsor visibility. I guess these decisions are coming out of a meeting somewhere :P

Do not show bronze sponsors on website footer

My own feedback (note I am a bronze sponsor):

• Rather than avoiding showing bronze sponsors - it would be great to adjust the frequency based on sponsorship level.

I do not understand why Diamond (highest level) gets less than Platinum on these lines

This appears to be a mistake:

• Diamond gets less than Platinum - huh? ​https://www.osgeo.org/about/how-to-become-a-sponsor/ has size Diamond 500x500 and Platinum 400x400 ?
• Oh I see the text further down "340 x 340 square". I expect that text can be deleted and you can adjust the table based on what looks good.
• Same thing with "Diamond" phrase name listed in “about osgeo”
• press release format (any official communication from the board) should have a blurb "about osgeo"

there is a section "About OSGeo" that has 11 pages and a page within that section is "About OSGeo", my doubt here is it on the 11 pages or only on the "About OSGeo" page:

I do not understand this change?

• For the About OSGeo pages there could be a wish to highlight the higher level sponsors more often? I still think a frequency based approach is "fair" here then removing bronze level sponsors completely.

• I note that projects have been confused/upset when printing or viewing project pages and seeing sponsors having greater visibility then the core contributors.

• I believe that removing sponsors from one section will invite he request to remove sponsors from another section. I believe the correct response to these requests: *you are welcome to sponsor as that is a marketing activity trading visibility for money*.

I wonder if this "about osgeo" perk is a misunderstanding?

The press release format often says "About OSGeo" at the end; mentioning sponsors as part of this blurb is a good perk as that is picked up when publishing a press release via a news service.

• ​https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeo-sponsorship-opportunities-2020/

example: 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 HERE Technologies, GeoCat and other sponsors, along with our partners to foster an open approach to software, standards, data and education.

Some categories mentions about blog posts where are they?

There also is a blog post introducing sponsors when they make their financial commitment.

• ​https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/welcome-to-our-new-osgeo-silver-sponsor-addresscloud/
• ​https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/wheregroup-osgeo-silver-sponsor-2018/
• this is an invitation to do joint press release only, if the sponsoring organization does not put in the time to do a joint press release they do not get one. OSGeo publishes this as a blog post. Organizations like Boundless would place this on their website also; and distribute to news outlets to be picked up by industry press.

[jive]

Vicky I owe you an apology about the bronze sponsors in the footer.

I was hoping to get a graphic designer to help, but the page is displaying as a single column right now and needs some emergency fixing. I guess it got confused over time / updates / edits and needs assistance.

Let me assemble some thoughts with the marketing committee on how we can do a fix - I will report back.

[jive]

I have reviewed the design principles around the sponsor logo media files (see ​https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues/250 for details).

The sponsor media files are now produced into a tile with a white background with appropriate negative space around each logo. If you can restore column layout then these should work well together now.

[jive]

As part of reviewing sponsor icon use above I noticed the difference between the footer assuming 195 x 80 image:

                <?php gi_load_template('templates/atomic/atom-image.php', array(
                    'src' => $logo['url'], 
                    'title' => $sponsor->post_title,
                    'width' => 195,
                    'height' => 80
                        )); ?>
                <?php if ($url): ?></a><?php endif; ?>

And the sponsor page assuming square images (of different sizes).

It may be helpful if we put the image in a square div of the requested size (say 500x500) and then adjust the image aspect ratio to match those expected by the footer (500 x 500x80/195).

This would allow the theme to "enforce" sizing constraints in the event a logo has not been prepared by hand.

[cvvergara]

On #3140 code was modified to display as follows

• Diamond: 1
• Platinum: 2
• Gold: 3
• Silver: 4
• Bronze: 5

[jive]

Thanks, I think rather than a set number for each level, we should adjust the size provided so that the website can respond dynamically somewhat.

For example on my tablet screen the decision to display 5 bronze sponsors in one row is not dynamic, so that I get 4, then 1, then 4 again.

(I cannot figure out how to attach image from tablet, but you should be able to produce the same result using the responsive layout testing control in firefox)

[jive]

Oh and I love the changes made thus far, it is looking so much better on a computer, just not other devices.

I we have our heart set on a specific number for each row then someone good at CSS may be able to accomplish it. I just ask that we keep the aspect ratio consistent with the footer (195:80 or 39:16).

[jive]

This seems to provide some CSS magic to provide a background tile of the requested size, and then crop the provided image in: ​https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12991351/how-to-force-image-resize-and-keep-aspect-ratio

We would still need to provide some padding but this is a good example of the kind of CSS I expect is possible.