Linux is an operating system, created spontaneously, as a hobby, by a student named Linus Torvalds in Helsinki, Finland. Linus was interested in Minix UNIX system and he decided to form a system that will exceed Minix standards. He begun in year 1991 and shaped the version 0.02. Diligently he was supplementing what he has already done and in 1994 he completed the version 1.0. In January 2001 he developed an improved version 2.4. The development is still proceeding.
Linux system is working under the GNU General Public License. This way the original system code is freely accessible to anyone.

Today, Linux is the operational system that represents a revolution in the world of computers!

Therefore, we invite you politely to contribute as a sponsor to the realisation of the 1st INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL KIBLIX 2002, dedicated to Informational Technologies and operational system Linux. Festival will be held on November 7 till 9 at Multimedia Centre Kibla and Narodni dom Maribor.
Kiblix invites and calls students of technical (above all computer) sciences, experts in the field of computer sciences, mobile telephony and internet as well as all the others new technology and informational enthusiasts. Characteristic for the festival is informing and education. Programme consists of several lectures, presentations, round tables, practical workshops and symposiums.

The festival will last three days. Just as well the festival consists of three thematic areas; First day of the festival will be dedicated to the mobile telephony (Bluetooth technology, safety of operating through mobile phones, SMS application on the way to MMS, 3G telephony, entertaining contents in mobile telephony, influence of radiation of mobile phones to human health). Second day will be concentrated on Internet and safety of Linux systems (safety of data transmissions, safety of servers, safety of monetary operations,...) And finally, the third day will be entirely dedicated to operating system Linux and its software.

Festival Kiblix will be accompanied with integrative graphical image and variety of media through which it will represent itself to Slovene and international public. We will also provide a media support of the festival because the events of this kind offer a beautiful business opportunity for active partners of the festival.

We offer several possibilities of sponsorship cooperation and in turn we are glad to offer you a wide media echo in Slovene as well as in international space. And sponsorship appearance in most communicative users of contemporary technologies definitely has a big value.

In the next few weeks, we will call you in hope you will be willing to meet us. Until then we greet you sincerely and wish you much success.

Concept, integral visual image, media support and clearly defined target groups are all attributes that makes possible the effective appearance of sponsors and donators of the festival in the local and foreign media.

Expected target age group at the festival will be aged between 16 and 50 (70%); students of computer sciences, and other technical sciences, computer experts, Internet experts and other new technology enthusiasts.
Our estimation is to reach around 30.000 or 40.000 individuals with communicative activities. At the festival we expect 5.000 to 6.000 visitors, mainly local.

Our intention is also effective informing of printed and electronic media in compliance with media plan (1. media notification, the invitation to press conference, press conference, media report - on the first day, second day and final media report on the last day of the festival). Post - productive activities also include analysis of the media.

Media emergence at the festival: Poster (Edition No.: 5000, distribution: Slovenia and some other info points abroad), Booklet (Edition No.: 5000, distribution: Slovenia and some other info points abroad), Catalogue (Edition No.: 1000, distribution: at the festival), Invitation/flyer (Edition No.: 5000, distribution: Slovenia and some other info points abroad), Formal letter, Web site.

It is our firm belief your sponsorship or donation can contribute qualitatively to better execution of the festival as well as to strengthening of your good image inside the most communicative target groups.

Suggested possibilities of business cooperation:

General Sponsorship (GS) of the festival Kiblix -
contribution 9.000 EUR (2.000.000 SIT) :

• GS logo will appear visibly on every printed matter: Poster, booklet, catalogue, invitation, formal letter and press material
• GS logo will be published in accordance with media communication plan and appearance of the festival within Slovene printed and electronic media.
• GS logo will appear on festival's web page with the link to the GP's home page and with the postscript "General Sponsor of the festival"
  
• Notice about GS on Kibla's diode display
• Special space in the most visible area of Narodni Dom, where the GS can place it's notice board or a stand
• Invitation to GS to cooperate at festival's programme (introduction, lecture, etcetera)
• Possibility to distribute GS promotional material during the festival
• Possibility to publish an advertisement (2x) in the festival's catalogue

• Logo placement in festival's catalogue, in the area of daily sponsorship and in a special space designed for sponsors
• Logo placement in festival's bookleta
• Logo placement in press material with a subscription "Sponsor of the day "
• Logo will appear on festival's web page, in a special area designed for sponsors and with a subscription "Sponsor of the day"
• Invitation to the representatives of the sponsor to cooperate at the festival's programme on the sponsored day (introduction, lecture, etcetera)
• Possibility to distribute promotional material during the festival
• Possibility to publish one advertisement in the festival's catalogue

• Logo placement in festival's catalogue, in the area designed for media sponsorship
• Logo placement in festival's booklet
• Logo placement in press materials with a subscription "Media sponsor of the festival "
• Logo will appear on festival's web page, in a special area designed for sponsors and with a subscription "Media sponsor of the festival"
• Possibility to distribute promotional material during the festival
• Possibility to publish one advertisement in the festival's catalogue (1/2 page)

• Logo placement in festival's catalogue, in the area designed for sponsors
• Logo placement in festival's booklet, in the area designed for sponsors
• Logo placement on festival's home page
• Possibility to distribute promotional material during the festival
• Possibility to publish one advertisement in the festival's catalogue (1/3 page)

A possibility of business cooperation with a company, enterprise or a commercial organisation that is trading with an open code. In exchange for a 1.000 EUR (200.000 SIT) we offer a 30 minutes presentation within the festival's programme. Content description of a presentation will be published in the programme part of all printed matters of a festival and in the programme part on the festival's web page.

• Donator's name and logo placement in festival's catalogue, in the area designed for sponsors and donators
• Donator's name and logo placement on festival's web page

There is also a possibility of business cooperation in forms and sums that are not strictly limited to those mentioned above and are in compliance with other sponsors and donator's business interests.