UbuntuOhio Template for contacting companies as sponsors for Ubucon

[anthony]

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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