UbuntuOhio Template for contacting companies as sponsors for Ubucon

[Eddie Martinez]

Oh did I put in RedHat? they sponsored Flourish, a free open source
confrence in chicago. iirc, they paid for all the drinks. google
bought the pizza's.... all 400 of them. it was a good weekend ;0

here are some more who sponsored barcamp this past summer:

realnets
sittercity.com
sagacity.com
draper fisher jervetson portage
tech cocktail (this might be a chicago only thing)
elevated rails
business pov
mail launder
intentionally
kirix
techvenue.com
midPhase (again, prob. chicago only)
hostedLabs

and some more who sponsored Flourish the open source confrence:

FSF
Fedora
MESA technology

Okay happy huntings!

-Eddie M.

On 12/7/07, Anthony Hall <theidiotthatisme at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not so sure about Red Hat sponsoring an Ubuntu specific conference ;)
>
>
> On Nov 30, 2007 8:36 PM, Eddie Martinez <eddiemartinez at gmail.com > wrote:
> > here are some companies that have helped with open source events in
> > the chicago area.
> >
> > cleversafe
> > red hat
> > rpath
> > centro
> >
> > and maybe I can remember some more later on down the road. my brain is
> shot,
> >
> > -Eddie M.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Nov 30, 2007 5:39 PM, anthony < theidiotthatisme at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > They are actually listed on the wiki for Ohio Ubucon.
> > >
> > > Just go to
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/OhioUbucon08 and look
> under
> > > Partners / Potentials, there is a list. There are suggested companies,
> > > companies being contacted (as noted by the person contacting them or are
> > > known to be contacting them), and those who have accepted.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 18:25 -0500, Daniel wrote:
> > > > It would be a great idea to also have somewhere on the wiki where we
> can
> > > > list what companies we have already contacted, so no company is going
> to
> > > > get annoyed with these letters/emails.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 18:23 -0500, anthony wrote:
> > > > > I have been writing some letters and emails to contact companies
> that I
> > > > > believe may be interested in sponsoring Ohio Ubucon '08, and noticed
> I
> > > > > have been using a mostly similar email/letter for most of them, so I
> > > > > created an extensible template for others to use for contacting
> > > > > companies. Also, this is only a basic template, and should be
> > > > > personalized to you and the company. There is also an example at the
> > > > > bottom.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > My name is [Your Name], and I am a member of the Ohio Ubuntu LoCo,
> who
> > > > > is putting together an all Ubuntu conference in Columbus, Ohio. We
> are
> > > > > currently looking for partners and sponsors for the conference, and
> so
> > > > > far Google as agreed to help, along with several other companies in
> > > > > talks about sponsorship. We would love to have [Company Name] be a
> > > > > sponsor of an Ohio based Ubucon!
> > > > >
> > > > > We are currently looking for help in nearly any form, including (but
> of
> > > > > course not  limited to) financial, hardware systems, and marketing.
> > > > >
> > > > > We also are hosting booths at the event, and as an [Company Type],
> we
> > > > > would be very happy to have you as a guest and be able to showcase
> some
> > > > > of your systems at the event. We will also have a Sales booth/shop,
> if
> > > > > you would like to offer anything for sale at the event.
> > > > >
> > > > > If you would like any information or have any questions, please
> contact
> > > > > me at [Insert Your Email]
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you for your time!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Here is an example of one I sent to ZaReason, Inc.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > My name is Anthony Hall, and I am a member of the Ohio Ubuntu LoCo,
> who
> > > > > is putting together an all Ubuntu conference in Columbus, Ohio. We
> are
> > > > > currently looking for partners and sponsors for the conference, and
> so
> > > > > far Google as agreed to help, along with several other companies in
> > > > > talks about sponsorship. We would love to have ZaReason, Inc. be a
> > > > > sponsor of an Ohio based Ubucon!
> > > > >
> > > > > We are currently looking for help in nearly any form, including (but
> of
> > > > > course not  limited to) financial, hardware systems, and marketing.
> > > > >
> > > > > We also are hosting booths at the event, and as an Ubuntu system
> > > > > provider, we would be very happy to have you as a guest and be able
> to
> > > > > showcase some of your systems at the event. We will also have a
> Sales
> > > > > booth/shop, and if you'd like I believe your Ubuntu keyboards would
> be a
> > > > > great sale for you also!
> > > > >
> > > > > If you would like any information or have any questions, please
> contact
> > > > > me at theidiotthatisme at gmail.com
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you for your time!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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