Edubuntu Sponsorship Process

[Mark Shuttleworth]

Seems more a matter for TM@ than the TB, but nevertheless fine by me, +1.

On 04/09/12 18:15, Jonathan Carter wrote:
> Dear Ubuntu Technical Board
>
> Not too long ago, the TB approved Kubuntu's request to change their
> primary sponsor from Canonical to Blue Systems.
>
> In Edubuntu, we've realised that in order to grow the project, we will
> from time to time also need some additional sponsorship. At this stage,
> it is items ranging from development hardware to hosting for application
> servers.
>
> Currently we have one company providing us with our additional
> requirements, as well as employee time during work hours which is quite
> valuable. We'd like to provide some official recognition as well as open
> the doors for more sponsors if more sponsorship opportunities become
> available. In particular, we'd like to give sponsors the right to use
> the Edubuntu logo on their site and state that they are a sponsor, as
> well as providing a link bank from the Edubuntu website explaining their
> contributions.
>
> Unlike Kubuntu, we want to continue to acknowledge Canonical as
> Edubuntu's primary sponsor. Canonical provides build infrastructure,
> travel & accommodation for UDS for 1 representative of the project and
> in many cases we've had Canonical employees fix some Edubuntu bugs.
> Canonical also had full-time staff working on the project at some point.
>
> The new sponsors would be listed after Canonical as secondary sponsors
> to the project. The Edubuntu Council will review these sponsors on an
> annual basis and once a sponsor has been inactive for a sponsorship
> cycle, they will be moved to a "previous" sponsors page.
>
> There's a description on what we aim to achieve on:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Edubuntu/Sponsorship
>
> The contents of the above link was agreed upon by the current Edubuntu
> Council.
>
> We would like the Technical Board to approve this process. Looking at
> the Ubuntu trademark policy, it doesn't seem like it would be a problem
> for sponsor to put an Edubuntu logo on their site and link it back to
> the Edubuntu site. If we need to do some additional work there, please
> let us know.
>
> We want to tentatively go ahead with this, so it would be great to have
> an official nod from the TB. If there's any objections or concerns, I
> would suggest raising them sooner rather than later.
>
> Thanks for reading and have a great day!
>
> -Jonathan on behalf of the Edubuntu Council
>