US-IALE: Sponsorship Committee

US-IALE SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE

Want to Sponsor a US-IALE Conference?

Purpose: To contact and recruit possible sponsors for the annual US-IALE conferences, and develop and maintain a database of possible sponsors.

Justification: Conference costs are skyrocketing and conference registration is becoming prohibitively expensive, especially for students. A possible way to lower the registration fees is to increase revenue for the annual conference by obtaining sponsorship from a wide variety of organizations such as government agencies, companies, and educational institutions that support landscape ecology.

Committee Chair:
Bob Keane
Research Ecologist
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory
5775 West US Hwy 10
Missoula, MT 59808-9361
Phone: 406-329-4846
Fax: 406-329-4877
Email: rkeane@fs.fed.us

Members: A two-year rotation of US-IALE members while maintaining continuity.

Duties: Committee will contact government agencies, educational institutions, private companies, non-governmental organizations, and other entities to determine if they would be interested in sponsoring the annual conference. All interested and non-interested organizations will be entered in a database that will be maintained by this committee. This database will be shared with conference organizers, local hosts, meeting planner, US-IALE President and Treasurer, and others who may be helpful to obtain support. Local hosts can also provide the committee with sponsor contact information. The committee will also write proposals to potential sponsors as needed. The sponsorship committee is responsible for soliciting funding from national and international sponsors, while the local conference organization committee and local hosts are responsible for solicit funding from local sponsors. The efforts of soliciting funding will be assisted by the US-IALE Executive Committee (especially President and Treasurer), meeting planner, other US-IALE members and friends.

Immediate tasks:

Develop sponsorship guidelines. Prepare a document that contains the specifics involved in sponsorship including the following:
1. Levels of sponsorship. The Sponsorship level would be tied to commensurate cost and benefit specifications. For example, there might be five sponsorship levels with the lowest set at $250 and that would sponsor a conference session, while another might be $1000 and that would sponsor a keynote presentation.
2. Financial guidelines. Details on how the sponsor would give the funds to US-IALE
3. Benefits of sponsorship. Details on what the sponsorship gives to the sponsor.
Create a sponsor database. Develop a database with the contact information of all past, current, and future sponsors, and those interested in sponsoring.
Contact sponsors., Start the development of the database by contacting possible sponsors.

Members for 2008-2010

Paul Hessburg, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Wenatchee WA

Brian R. Sturtevant, Research Ecologist, Institute for Applied Ecosystems Studies, US Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Jerry A. Griffith, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Geography University of Southern Mississippi

Laura R. Musacchio, Ph.D., A.S.L.A. Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture Faculty, Conservation Biology, Water Resource Sciences, & Urban and Regional Planning programs

Kathryn Lindsay, Ph.D. (Biology) Manager, Habitat Landscape Conservation & Biodiversity Standards Section, Habitat & Ecosystem Conservation Division, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada

Want to Sponsor a US-IALE Conference?

Why sponsor the US-IALE Annual conference?

To represent your organization in the rapidly growing field of landscape ecology
To publicize your organization to world-class landscape ecologists, students, and scientists, and practitioners.
To advertise your organization and its products to landscape ecology professionals and develop new markets
To attract potential employees, collaborators, and graduate students.

What does sponsorship entail?

Conference sponsorship can take many forms. Organizations can pay for standard conference costs such as audio visual, coffee services, and internet fees. Organizations can also provide funds at several levels and each level represents a different level of acknowledgement for your organizations. These levels are:

Global Level -- $5,000 and above

Opening Reception and Poster Reception Sponsorship

Company banner at the event clearly visible for all attendees to see
Company sign at sponsored event
Free exhibition booth ($600 value)
Two free conference registrations ($600 value)
Verbal recognition at general sessions
Full page ad/acknowledgement in the program ($500 value)
Announcement at the banquet
Listing in the final conference program
Web link from the US-IALE web site to your web site

Continental Level -- $2,000 to $5,000

Banquet Sponsorship

Company banner at event clearly visible for all attendees to see
Company sign at sponsored event
Free exhibition booth ($600 value)
One free conference registrations ($300 value)
Verbal recognition at general sessions
Half page ad and acknowledgement in the conference program ($250 value)
Announcement at the banquet
Listing in the final conference program
Web link from the US-IALE web site to your web site

Regional Level -- $1,000

Lunch Sponsorship (There are two lunches)

Sponsor lunch on one of the days
Company sign at sponsored event
Acknowledgement in the final program

Keynote Sponsorships (There are usually two keynotes)

Sponsor a keynote presentation
Company sign at sponsored event
Company recognized for sponsorship in introduction
Acknowledgement in the final program

Ecosystem Level -- $500

Continental Breakfast Sponsorships (There are three breakfasts)

Sponsor breakfast on one of the days
Company sign at sponsored event
Acknowledgement in the final program

Symposium and Oral Session Sponsorships (There are many sessions)

Sponsor any symposium during the conference
Company sign at sponsored symposium
Acknowledgement in the final program

Patch Level -- $250

Coffee break Sponsorships (There are usually six breaks)

Sponsor a coffee break during the conference
Company sign at sponsored break
Acknowledgement in the final program

Ads in the Conference Program

All ads need to be black & white, camera ready or will not be included
Full Page ad (8.0" x 11")- $500.00
Half page ad (8.0" x 5.5") - $250.00

Conference Exhibitor - $600

Conference booth space
Registration reduction for one attendee
Listing in the final program

What else do I get for my sponsorship?

Your sponsorship will be acknowledged in the Conference Program Book. Sponsors will also be acknowledged on our web site (with links to sponsors’ web sites depending on level of sponsorship) and newsletters. Your representative(s) attending our conferences will be given name tags with color ribbons as sponsors.

How do I sponsor the US-IALE conference?

Provide your contact information to the current treasurer of US-IALE (http://www.usiale.org/officers.htm) and he/she will provide you detailed instructions on how to sponsor a conference including how to provide payment. Government sponsors will be provided with the information to successfully send funds to the conference organizers.

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