Hello all,

As we discussed during the Spring Meeting we have put together a more structured program for City Meet Sponsorships this year.  In an attempt to offer a higher level of visibility and thus attractiveness to the sponsors a tiered approach has been created which offers local businesses an extremely unique way to market themselves to a very large, captive audience for three days.  The Gold Sponsorship package comes complete with a window screen, front and center on the press box which we think will be attractive plus there are several other new sponsorship opportunities including the tried and true heat sheet ads.   All options and a complete description of the sponsorship opportunities are laid out in the attached media package.

We ask that you help us get this sponsorship program out in the community in front of businesses you think will have interest in marketing to our audience in the stands.  With the larger sponsorship offerings we hope to attract larger businesses with larger marketing budgets!  We believe that a clear, concise message along with a professional media package will equip your teams with the tools necessary to present and sell the sponsorships efficiently.   

You can begin distributing the attached media package to individuals and businesses you believe will have interest in sponsorship immediately.  I have included my own contact information in the package for people to contact me with any questions they might have.  Once someone is ready to register their sponsorship request please provide them with the following link.  Once completed, the GKAISA Board will be in touch with them for final details and billing.   

https://forms.gle/QJRrj2wwkDjkSrcS6

The Deadline for registering sponsorships is June 15th this year.  We have moved it up in order to ensure we have the proper amount of time to organize the sponsorships and have sufficient time for the various printing requirements the new options provide.  

Every dollar of sponsorship raised goes directly to the reduction of the cost of hosting City Meet which you will feel in the reduction of costs passed on to teams such as per swimmer registration for the meet.  Therefore, like last year, we are requesting that each league work together with the teams in your league to provide a minimum of sponsorship sales per league.  Leagues 1 and 2 should target ten (10) new advertisers per league.  Leagues 3 and 4 should provide six (6) and Leagues 5 and 6 should provide at least two (2).  The GKAISA board will be working together to target some high level sponsors and for our part we will commit to providing at least 5 sponsors ourselves.  If we all work together we can drive down the growing cost of this meet to ensure more swimmers have access to this great event!

Should anyone have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at [email protected].  

Best regards,

Nick