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Sponsorship from the PostgreSQL.Org Fundraising Group

The PostgreSQL SPI Charter

How the Fundraising Group votes


Requesting Sponsorship

Types of sponsorship:

The fundraising group primarily sponsors the following:

 * Travel to technical tradeshows 
   * We have sponsored various speakers to OSCON, PgCon, East, PHPDB, and various other shows
 * SWAG (Tshirts, folders, flyers)
 * Cost of operations
   * SPI has sponsored West and East (The bi-coastal PostgreSQL Community conferences)
   * PgDay.EU
   * OSCON PGDay expenses
   * LWE PGDay expenses

To request sponsorship send an email to jdrake <at> postgresql.org describing:

* What you are seeking sponsorship for
* Total estimated costs for sponsorship

Items taken into account when approving sponsorship

* If requesting sponsorship to provide a talk
  * Where the talk is being held
  * Expected attendance to the talk
  * Cost
  * Will you provide the talk as Foss or Creative Commons
* If requesting sponsorship for an event
  * Are you charging for the event
  * Where are the proceeds going
  * What will the result of the event be?
    * Is it a PUG meeting, thus adding to the community as a whole?
      * Will the talk from the PUG meeting be available as FOSS or Creative Commons
* What is the benefit to the community?
  * Will there be other contributors present that can perform the same function?
  * Has the community shown an interest in extending whatever the task is?
  * Is there already an existing community sub project tasks with the process?
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