Sponsorship Transparency

We are thrilled to share insights into our sponsorship process for WordCamp Masaka 2025. This page aims to guide you through the transparent steps of becoming a sponsor and address any doubts you may have.

Non-Profit Nature of WordCamp Masaka 

WordCamp Masaka operates as a non-profit event, in line with all official WordPress Community events. This ensures that the event remains accessible and affordable, welcoming a diverse group of attendees. Sponsorship is essential to support the event’s costs while keeping ticket prices low and the experience high-quality.

Sponsors provide financial support in exchange for visibility and engagement within the WordPress community. Every sponsorship package is designed to enhance the event’s value while respecting its community-first ethos.

Our Sponsorship Team

The Sponsorship Team is composed of dedicated WordPress contributors from Uganda who ensure sponsors align with the open-source principles of the WordPress community. They create meaningful sponsorship opportunities that benefit both sponsors and attendees while preserving the event’s non-profit mission.

Sponsorship Application Process

1. Call for Sponsors: Organizations are invited to apply through our official website.
2. Application Review: The Sponsorship Team reviews each application to ensure it aligns with the WordPress community values and GPL compliance.
3. Notification: Selected sponsors are notified and provided with a sponsorship agreement outlining partnership terms.
4. Finalization: Once accepted, sponsors work with the team to finalize booth logistics, promotional materials, and any required details.

WordCamp Sponsorship Rules

The following rules apply to sponsors to ensure a fair and respectful environment.

Sponsors may provide:

• Their name and logo.
• Slogans that are an established part of their image.
• Their brand and trade names (only one brand will be listed on their profile page on our website; even if multiple affiliated brands are mentioned on their bio).
• Multiple sponsor materials at their booth.
• Their contact information (such as telephone numbers, email addresses, and URLs).
• Factual (value-neutral) displays of their actual products.
• Displays or handout materials (such as brochures) with factual, non-comparative descriptions or listings of their products or services.
• Price details, or other indications of savings or value, if factual and verifiable.
• Incentives to purchase or use their products or services, through coupons or discount purchase codes (subject to approval).
• Calls to action (CTA’s) (subject to approval).

Sponsors may not provide:

• Promotional or marketing material containing superlative messages or unprovable claims about the Sponsor, its products, or services
• Claims that WordPress, WordPress Foundation, meetup organisers, WordCamps, or WordCamp organisers endorse or favour a Sponsor or its products or services

Sponsors agree that:

The WordPress Foundation, its subsidiaries or related entities, and WordCamp organisers retain the authority to request and review sponsor materials before the event. They have the right to demand modifications to such materials beforehand, and insist on the removal of materials or cessation of practices that do not meet specified standards during WordCamps or related events.These conditions extend to materials on self-serve swag tables designated as sponsor utilisation.

All sponsors are expected to support the WordPress project and its principles, which include:

• No discrimination based on economic or social status, race, colour, ethnic origin, national origin, creed, religion, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, caste, social class, or disability.
• No incitement to violence or promotion of hate.
• No spammers.
• No unkind behaviour.
• Respect the WordPress trademark.
• Embrace the WordPress licence; if distributing WordPress-derivative works (such as themes, plugins, or WP distros). Any person or business officially associated with WordCamp should give their users the same freedom that WordPress provides, 100% GPL. This compatibility is needed for promotion at WordCamps similar to the guidelines followed on WordPress.org.
• Don’t promote companies or people that violate the trademark or distribute WordPress derivative works that are not 100% GPL compatible.

Sponsorship does not entitle one to speak at an official WordPress event, nor does it alter the WordPress or WordCamp trademark usage policies outlined by the WordPress Foundation. The Foundation and its subsidiaries reserve the right to amend these guidelines and expectations by notifying sponsors in writing at any time.

Selling physical goods at WordCamp is prohibited due to the diverse regulations governing sales and the associated liability risks for the WPCS.

At WordCamp Masaka 2025, we believe in fostering meaningful collaborations between sponsors and the WordPress community. Transparency is core to our values, and we strive to make the sponsorship process as clear and straightforward as possible for experienced and new sponsors. We look forward to welcoming you as a valued sponsor and contributing to the continued success of WordCamp Masaka.