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+import datetime
+
+from django.db import models
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+from symposion.conference.models import Conference
+
+
+class SponsorLevel(models.Model):
+    
+    conference = models.ForeignKey(Conference, verbose_name=_("conference"))
+    name = models.CharField(_("name"), max_length=100)
+    order = models.IntegerField(_("order"), default=0)
+    description = models.TextField(_("description"), blank=True)
+    
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ["conference", "order"]
+        verbose_name = _("sponsor level")
+        verbose_name_plural = _("sponsor levels")
+    
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return u"%s %s" % (self.conference, self.name)
+    
+    def sponsors(self):
+        return self.sponsor_set.filter(active=True).order_by("added")
+
+
+class Sponsor(models.Model):
+    
+    name = models.CharField(_("name"), max_length=100)
+    external_url = models.URLField(_("external URL"))
+    annotation = models.TextField(_("annotation"), blank=True)
+    contact_name = models.CharField(_("contact_name"), max_length=100)
+    contact_email = models.EmailField(_(u"Contact e\u2011mail"))
+    logo = models.ImageField(_("logo"), upload_to="sponsor_logos/")
+    level = models.ForeignKey(SponsorLevel, verbose_name=_("level"))
+    added = models.DateTimeField(_("added"), default=datetime.datetime.now)
+    active = models.BooleanField(_("active"), default=False)
+    
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return self.name
+    
+    class Meta:
+        verbose_name = _("sponsor")
+        verbose_name_plural = _("sponsors")