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2016 Global Sponsorship outreach progress report

Last week we finalized our 2016 Global Community Sponsorship program, yay! Working with @kcristiano, I emailed details about the program to past and some prospective sponsors who had already expressed interest.

Here’s a list of those companies; unless noted otherwise, all of them are reviewing the program details and will get back to me when they’ve made their decisions. 🙂

2015 global sponsors have all been contacted:
Jetpack
GoDaddy
Bluehost – confirmed as Gold level for Western and Silver level for Eastern region for 2016
Dreamhost
WPML – confirmed as Bronze level for Western and Eastern regions for 2016
WiredTree – not yet confirmed; mentioned wanting to reduce their sponsorship level in 2016
Planethoster – not interested in global sponsorship for 2016

Companies that had expressed interest in the program previously have also been contacted:
Pantheon – confirmed as Silver level for Western region for 2016
GMO Internet Group
Odin/Plesk
LiquidWeb
VertaMedia
CloudFlare
CrowdFavorite
SiteGround
Tucows
WooThemes

In January, we’ll email every company that sponsored a WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. in 2015 to thank them for their support and let them know about the global sponsorship program as well.

#community-management, #global-sponsors

WordCamps and Meetups Queue Status

WordCamps
Orlando for kids – needs vetting
Lehigh Valley – needs vetting
Montevideo – needs vetting
NorrköpingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” – needs vetting
Riga – needs orientation (scheduling)
Islamabad – needs vetting
Los Angeles – being vetted
Pune – needs vetting
Lahore – needs orientation (scheduled already)
Seattle – needs orientation (scheduling)
Gydina – needs orientation (scheduled already)
Netherlands – needs orientation (scheduled already)
Barcelona – needs orientation (scheduled already)
Sacramento – needs orientation (scheduling)
Bratislava – needs orientation (scheduling)
Dublin – needs orientation (scheduling)

MeetupsMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook.
Benin City – needs interview (not scheduled yet)
Cotonou – needs interview (not scheduled yet)
Bremen – needs orientation (scheduled already)
Rockford – needs orientation (scheduling)

MeetupMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. Venue Approval Request
Winnipeg, MB
Saint Louis, MO

#community-management, #meetups-2, #queue, #status, #wordcamps