[epo-core] new aims/membershgip section for site, proposed

[J. Shirley]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Mike Whitaker <mike at altrion.org> wrote:
> Follow-up question:
>
> UK or US spellng? :)
>

bouth!

This needs to be more specific to CxOs, I think, with immediate
tangible benefits to the company:
 - As a company, organisation membership gives a clear statement that
you believe in and support the usage of modern Perl for new
development, making it easier to hire smart Perl hackers and get help
via community channels

I propose something like the following sections:
- As a company in a competitive global market, it is imperative to
find and secure quality development staff.  As a sponsoring
organization, it is evident that there is a clear understanding of
modern Perl and a pledge to support further development.  This
promotes the idea of an enjoyable working environment, as well as
higher success rates tapping into the community channels and the
wealth of knowledge present there.

- As a company with a software development department, the ever
growing challenge of finding and securing quality development staff is
made more difficult by a competitive global market.  Corporate and
Organizational sponsorship of EPO is an advertisement for highly
talented developers to know they'll make a good decision working for a
company that understands and wants to use modern Perl.  Furthermore,
showing the community that you support the future development of the
language and advocating enlightened development helps establish a
foothold in a brilliant and helpful social community, which is
centered around knowledge sharing.

I need to take a shower now, but if you want me to get more
marketroid-corporate speak I can try more.  The other points are quite
good, but I believe this is the separation of telling vs. selling.

Telling people about the org is different than selling memberships,
especially corporate memberships.  That is all about Selling.

-J