[Delhi-pm] Sponsors for the meet-up

[Sudhir Gandotra]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Chankey Pathak <chankey007 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I talked with Mark and he said that The Perl Foundation will not sponsor a
> normal meetup.
>
> They sponsor only YAPC and Workshop.
>
> Below is what he said to me:
>
> "AFAIK there is virtually no chance of them sponsoring a monger meeting.
> They might be able to sponsor towards a YAPC or Workshop as long as there
> are recognised businesses organising them. The tpf has to maintain a strong
> focus on YAPCs and Workshops as normal monger meetings, although supported
> through promotion and sometimes marketing materials, are too small and
> frequent to sponsor. There are just too many groups and events. You would
> be better looking for a company that uses Perl to sponsor, which is what
> most of the other PM groups do."
>
> " You're welcome. If you do manage to start working on a Workshop/YAPC
> let me know and I will try and help as much as I can. "
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Pradeep Pant <pp at ockham.be> wrote:
>
>>  Chankey have you got any response from these guys I mean Perl
>> foundation etc? ****
>>
>> Guys what’s the plan then shall we wait for some more time for first
>> meeting as response in mailing list is also poor. What do you suggest?  *
>> ***
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Regards****
>>
>> Pradeep****
>>  ------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* delhi-pm-bounces+pp=ockham.be at pm.org [mailto:delhi-pm-bounces+pp=
>> ockham.be at pm.org] *On Behalf Of *Pradeep Pant
>> *Sent:* Monday, March 12, 2012 9:17 AM
>> *To:* abhishek jain; Chankey Pathak; delhi-pm at pm.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [Delhi-pm] Sponsors for the meet-up****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Great job Chankey!
>>
>> Thanks
>> Pradeep
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: delhi-pm-bounces+pp=ockham.be at pm.org on behalf of abhishek jain
>> Sent: Sat 3/3/2012 8:38 PM
>> To: 'Chankey Pathak'; delhi-pm at pm.org
>> Subject: Re: [Delhi-pm] Sponsors for the meet-up
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Nice work.
>>
>> I already know a company ready to sponsor. But the more the better J
>>
>> But still , i think the opinion may differ person to person, lets keep
>> this
>> a part of agenda on meet this march.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> abhi
>>
>>
>>
>> From: delhi-pm-bounces+abhishek.netjain=gmail.com at pm.org
>> [mailto:delhi-pm-bounces+abhishek.netjain=gmail.com at pm.org<delhi-pm-bounces+abhishek.netjain=gmail.com at pm.org>]
>> On Behalf Of
>> Chankey Pathak
>> Sent: 03 March 2012 19:46
>> To: delhi-pm at pm.org
>> Subject: [Delhi-pm] Sponsors for the meet-up
>>
>>
>>
>> Talking with Mark Keating for the sponsorship of "The Perl Foundation" and
>> asked him to send some stuffs (Tee-shirts, banners etc.)
>>
>>
>>
>> Also sent an email to Gabriel Weinberg (owner of DuckDuckGo) for the same
>> (used reference of Toresten to convince him).
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope they will accept it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Should we search for more companies to sponsor this meet-up?
>>
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>
> --
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> Chankey Pathak <http://www.linuxstall.com>
>
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By the way, why do we need the sponsorship for a meeting ?
I mean what are the expenses to be covered for a meeting ?

I suppose we can have a meeting in many places and share a cup of
tea/coffee, for which each one pays.
Unless, I am missing something.

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