[Buildroot] Sponsoring needed for the Buildroot Developers Meeting

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 08/09/2018 14:36, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> As already announced on the mailing list, we are going to have a
> Buildroot Developers Meeting on October 20-21 in Edinburgh. This
> meeting is really important, as it allows a number of core Buildroot
> developers to work together during two days, and spend this time
> reviewing pending patches and discussing current topics/issues in
> Buildroot.
> 
>   https://elinux.org/Buildroot:DeveloperDaysELCE2018
> 
> We have this meeting next to ELCE every year, and most of the time, we
> manage to find a meeting location for free, often in a hackerspace or
> company.
> 
> However, for the Edinburgh edition, despite lots of effort, we haven't
> been able to find a meeting location free of charge, and meeting rooms
> to rent were either expensive or offered limited opening hours (or
> both).
> 
> Therefore, we booked an Airbnb place that is sufficiently large to host
> the meetinng during the two days. The cost is 683 EUR, see the receipt
> at http://thomas.enix.org/airbnb-buildroot-meeting-oct2018.png.
> 
> In order to offset the cost of renting this place, we are looking for
> companies willing to make a donation to sponsor this event. We have a
> legal entity called "Buildroot Association" in France with a bank
> account, so we can issue a bill and receive a wire transfer.
> Considering the overall cost, even two sponsors at 200-250 EUR would be
> sufficient. It is a very small cost compared to the amount of work that
> is done by volunteer developers on their spare time during this meeting.
> 
> Of course, donations from individuals are also welcome, but considering
> the number of companies using Buildroot, we believe it should be
> possible to find 2/3 small companies willing to help the project.

 Essensium/Mind will certainly be a sponsor for the meeting room. Additional
sponsors are still welcome, though.

 Regards,
 Arnout

> Of course, companies who sponsor the event will be visible on
> https://buildroot.org/sponsors.html, and will be thanked in the next
> release announcement e-mail.
> 
> Do not hesitate to contact me for additional details.
> 
> Thanks a lot for your support,
> 
> Thomas
> 

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