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Re: Fwd: Interested in Sponsoring Kubuntu

 

Is the Kubuntu-council a publicly postable list ?

Or do we have another address that Boni from Best on should write to ?

Rick

On Fri, 2 Aug 2019, 03:14 Valorie Zimmerman, <valorie.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Yes, I agree. I should have directly asked for this in the first place.
>
> Valorie
>
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 2:38 AM Myriam Schweingruber <myriam@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> How about asking them to only write to the council and be a tad more
>> detailed what kind of sponsoring they intend to do, e.g. concrete figures.
>>
>> We can't act on vague sponsoring proposals, we would need more details.
>>
>> If they don't come with a concrete sponsoring offer (as any decent
>> sponsor would) to the council we should just drop the issue.
>>
>> Regards, Myriam
>>
>> On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 at 01:00, Aaron Honeycutt <honeycuttaaron3@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I would recommend not following up as I'm not sure what info they
>>> need/want and why. It's seems really odd.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 4:41 PM Valorie Zimmerman <
>>> valorie.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does someone want to follow up with this person? -v
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>> From: Boni Satani <boni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Date: Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 5:06 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: Interested in Sponsoring Kubuntu
>>>> To: Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Valorie,
>>>>
>>>> We are more interested in Sponsoring Kubuntu. Can you please share some
>>>> information.
>>>>
>>>> Waiting for your reply.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Boni
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 1:32 PM Boni Satani <boni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Valorie,
>>>>>
>>>>> Did you get the chance to review my previous email?
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me know your thoughts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank You,
>>>>> Boni
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 2:36 PM Boni Satani <boni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Valorie
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for your reply.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We're interested in supporting projects that we feel have an impact
>>>>>> in relevant industries and since you had a sponsors section
>>>>>> <https://kubuntu.org/sponsors/>, I thought you guys may be looking
>>>>>> for more sponsors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We're trying to support projects (by providing financial support)
>>>>>> which we really like and get brand awareness at the same time through our
>>>>>> logo being on a site which I think is going to be the next big thing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope this answers your questions.
>>>>>> ᐧ
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 2:11 AM Valorie Zimmerman <
>>>>>> valorie.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Very nice to hear from you, Boni Satani.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 4:15 AM Boni Satani <boni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Valorie,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I represent a company called TheBestVPN.com and we'd like to make a
>>>>>>>> sponsorship for Kubuntu.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can you let us know if you're accepting any sponsorships/ donations
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Boni
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> P.S. I got your email id from Aleix (KDE) and he suggested getting
>>>>>>>> in touch with you.
>>>>>>>> ᐧ
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Great of Aleix to recommend us to you. I've cc'd the Kubuntu Council
>>>>>>> who will decide on any sponsorship terms. As I'm on the Council, I'll start
>>>>>>> the conversation by asking what you mean by sponsorship? By that I mean,
>>>>>>> what will you provide us, and what do you want in return?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Valorie Zimmerman
>>>>>>> Kubuntu Councillor
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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