[Board] Booth at FOSS4G NA 2015

[Andrew Ross]

Dear Jeff, Jachym & Everyone. It is our pleasure. Please give me a shout 
when you get a bite on who will lead the efforts. Thanks again!

Kind regards,

Andrew

On 16/12/14 19:10, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Thanks for the update on FOSS4G-NA, it sounds like your event is 
> shaping up nicely.  And thanks for the offer of a free booth for 
> OSGeo, I agree that it is important that we take advantage of this.
>
> Having tried to organize a booth remotely, each and every time it 
> comes down to boots on the ground: a local chapter rep bringing 
> materials, banners etc.  So I'll fire a message to the local chapters 
> list now, to hopefully find a champion for the booth.
>
> Board: are any Board members attending FOSS4G-NA in March, and want to 
> help organize the OSGeo Booth?
>
> Andrew thanks again for this.
>
> -jeff
>
>
> PS. I am returning now from another successful event, FOSS4G-Asia, 
> which has definitely built excitement in the region for the upcoming 
> 'big bang' in Seoul in September! :)
>
>
>
> On 2014-12-15 8:24 PM, Andrew Ross wrote:
>> Dear OSGeo board,
>>
>> I'm not sure who the best person is to contact for this so I'll reach
>> out to you in hopes you can help.
>>
>> I am pleased to share with you that FOSS4G North America 2015 continues
>> to develop nicely. The program has been selected, the schedule created,
>> and it is a strong one!
>>
>> Sadly, due to space limitations, we couldn't take all the amazing talks
>> we would have liked to. For what it's worth, we are doing what we can to
>> make even more room and add a poster/map session. We'll share some more
>> details soon as well as details for the fun activities being planned.
>>
>> The main purpose of my email is to reach out to identify who will be
>> organizing an OSGeo booth at the event. A table top display
>> <https://www.eclipsecon.org/na2015/sites/default/files/classicBooth_0.png> 
>>
>> will be provided, or you can choose to do something else that fits
>> within the space. The space will be 10' wide x 5' deep. Power, a stool,
>> and a wastebasket is included. We are providing this at no cost to 
>> OSGeo.
>>
>> If you would, please help identify someone to lead the efforts. Thanks
>> so much.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>