What does it mean to sponsor a Connecticut .NET Developers Group meeting event?
Who we are: We are Connecticut's largest developer group of Microsoft .NET technlogies (over 1000 members in our email list). The group consists of developers, architects, technical leaders, project and IT managers who work and reside in Connecticut. We are a member of INETA which is the official Microsoft Users Groups Organization.
What we do: Our mission is to help the Connecticut .NET developers' needs and expectations by providing information, presentations and other events to enhance productivity and enjoyment of Microsoft .NET Technologies.
What you do: Pay for the pizza and soda at our event meetings
What you get:
* Get your company logo on the homepage of our website during the time of promoting the event meeting (about 4 weeks). We plan to have 'click-thru' tracking in the next version of our website soon.
* Get your company mentioned in all emails that go out to our membership list that are geared towards promoting our events. We have a member list of over 1000 members that receive event announcements and soon, our monthly newsletter. We plan to have about two mailings per month.
* You can have literature about your products and services available to the attendees during the meeting. You and your employees are also welcome to attend our events.
* During the time of promoting the event meeting - you can have job postings (with links) at our website (for example see our Jobs board)
* We put your logo on our THANK YOU slide that is in the PowerPoint deck that plays during the meeting "warm up" (similar to the advertisement slide show in movie halls) . For an example see our Meeting Show deck.
* Our undying gratitude.
Our meeting events are held on the 4th Tuesdays of the month from 6-8PM at the Microsoft Farmington CT Office. Our presenters are very notable developers from the Microsoft .NET Development community. We also plan to have INETA speakers (from Microsoft) in future meetings. Please take a look at the upcoming meeting announcements at our site. Our meetings usually has from 35 - 50 attendees and we have had over 60 attend our last meeting (in March), so the cost of sponsorship varies (our average is ~$3-4 per attendee == $60-70 per sponsor). We do request a RSVP from our members in order to get a pizza/soda count tally prior to our meetings. Event Sponsors' contributions are monthly-based and primarily for pizza & soda related costs for the month's event meeting. Though we are a non-profit group, we are not yet an IRS Sec 503 category so currently, we cannot offer a tax-exemption benefit.
Please get in touch with us at ctdotnet@gmail.com if you would like to sponsor us or for more information.
With thanks,
Carl Franklin
S.B. Chatterjee
Acting Directors, Connecticut .NET Developers Group (www.ctdotnet.org)
--- AN UPDATE ---
a). Our sponsorship costs are only pizza/soda related. The average cost per attendee is $3-4. Our average attendance is about 45 per event. So, the average sponsorship cost would be about $60-70 per meeting that is payable after the event. Currently, our sponsorship arrangement is only on a month by month basis.
b). Regarding job postings - we have had quite a few requests and since space is very limited, we are constraining it to: 6 lines per job posting with 6 postings per month (event meeting duration). The posting can contain hyperlinks to the full job descriptions listing at your site, Dice.com, Monster.com, etc. Please send the job postings to us via email (ctdotnet@gmail.com). Should we need to edit it for any reason, we'll let you know prior to posting. We also plan to incorporate the job postings in our monthly newsletter which is slated for May/June.
c). We can provide a table for distributing literature about your company during the meeting event. Of course, you and your employees are also welcome to attend our events.
d). Should you wish to place a logo at our website (example right column - www.ctdotnet.org) during the duration of the event sponsorship, please send us a copy of or link to your logo.
e). With our agreement with Microsoft and our members we cannot give out our membership email list.
We have received some very positive feedback from Microsoft itself and we intend to serve the Connecticut .NET Developer community in the best possible ways. We hope you can join us in doing so.