Hi Sylvain,<div><br></div><div>this is indeed something that is being discussed at various places. The short answer is that it is primarily a local matter. Kul is looking into the opportunities for worldwide local sponsorships, but he indicated there is little chance this is going to be possible. </div>

<div><br></div><div>So yeah, definitely try to find local sponsors. Probably we should set up a place where we can share experiences (good sponsor kits, talking points) and discuss strategies. Lets at least agree not to worry too much about having the same brands in sponsorships - and that whatever we do - no sponsors mentioned on the Wikimedia projects themselves (stating the obvious). As a contest we already have enough momentum to be interesting - last September our contest websites combined received about 7 million hits if I recall correctly (to be confirmed). </div>

<div><br></div><div>Sylvain, if you have any proposal to share, or material (also if it is in French) please do!</div><div><br></div><div>Lodewijk<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">El 20 de abril de 2012 12:55, Sylvain Boissel <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:sylvain.boissel@wikimedia.fr">sylvain.boissel@wikimedia.fr</a>&gt;</span> escribió:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello,<div><br></div><div>We at Wikimedia France had some discussions about what we want to ask potential (commercial) sponsors to fund, and what conditions we can accept from them.</div>

<div><br></div><div>I know some discussion about this occured during the last Chapters Meeting in Berlin, but I don&#39;t know what was concluded.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As we have to decide soon to have time to send requests to potential sponsors, we would like to have some more advice... What do you think about commercial sponsorship ?</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div>


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