Re: Seeking help in promoting pgDay Asia

On Mon, 15 Feb 2016 23:50 Josh berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:

> On 02/15/2016 05:30 AM, Sameer Kumar wrote:
> > Thanks Josh for your guidance.
> >
> > One of the challenges we are facing now is lack of legal entity here in
> > Singapore. I have run out of time to go through paper work and get one
> > registered.
> >
> > I have spoken to my employer and they have agreed (in-principle) to be a
> > co-host and Organizing Partner and in-turn they will provide all local
> > help and support. E.g. getting sponsorship money, disbursing the money
> > to speakers for their travel grants, providing Visa letter to speakers
> > and attendees.
> >
> > Is there anything in this where community will have an issue? I want to
> > make sure we are not doing something which makes the community unhappy.
>
> That's pretty normal. Most places don't have an incorporated
> non-profit. The key is to just be honest and direct about where the
> money is going. What will get you a bad reaction is if you solicit a
> sponsorship as "PostgreSQL Singapore" and then someone gets an invoice
> from some company. What you should do is say something like this:
>
> "The finances for pgDay Asia 2016 are being handled by __company__ this
> year. We plan to incorporate a not-for-profit entity after this year's
> event. If there is any surplus from pgDay Asia, the funds will be used
> towards that organization."
>
> ... and, of course, do that.
>

Thanks! We will do that...

>
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> Josh Berkus
> Red Hat OSAS
> (any opinions are my own)
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