{"id":725,"date":"2019-11-07T09:40:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T20:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.auckland.wordcamp.org\/?p=725"},"modified":"2019-11-07T09:40:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T20:40:30","slug":"a-little-love-for-our-venue-sponsors-gridakl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2019\/a-little-love-for-our-venue-sponsors-gridakl\/","title":{"rendered":"A little love for our venue sponsors GridAKL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gridakl.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">GridAKL<\/a> have been our sponsors for 2 WordCamps in Auckland and 3-4 years of meetups based in Auckland. They always give us the venue hire for free, and while we&#8217;ve always been really appreciative, we actually asked what the value of such a sponsorship would be in general terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, the answer is <strong>up to $3,800<\/strong> for a two day event!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was a huge surprise to the organising team, and when we mention them as an <strong>In-kind<\/strong> sponsor, we really weren&#8217;t open with the true value of their contribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the budget is released later this month, it will clearly show just how important ATEED and GridAKL&#8217;s continued support for WordPress Auckland\/New Zealand truly is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/2019.auckland.wordcamp.org\/files\/2019\/11\/EIVfl_8WwAApqAs-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Attendees on day one at WCAKL\" class=\"wp-image-726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/11\/EIVfl_8WwAApqAs-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/11\/EIVfl_8WwAApqAs-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/11\/EIVfl_8WwAApqAs-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/11\/EIVfl_8WwAApqAs-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/auckland.wordcamp.org\/2019\/files\/2019\/11\/EIVfl_8WwAApqAs.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Photo credit: Glen Young @geekpulp on Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We just wanted to say a huge thank you from all of us who had a wonderful weekend, thanks GridAKL!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P.S: Don&#8217;t forget, their TechCafe area has Free membership for those freelancers who want to join a tech community, meet clients or be involved away for their house! Sign up at <a href=\"https:\/\/gridakl.com\/techcafe\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/gridakl.com\/techcafe\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GridAKL have been our sponsors for 2 WordCamps in Auckland and 3-4 years of meetups based in Auckland. They always give us the venue hire for free, and while we&#8217;ve always been really appreciative, we actually asked what the value of such a sponsorship would be in general terms. 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