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background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">A<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2013-02-26"
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meeting of the OSGeo Board</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>resulted in general
consensus over OSGeo's priorities, which in turn should help the
OSGeo Board and OSGeo committees when guiding OSGeo into the
future.</p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">These principles are:</p>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
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font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">OSGeo should
act as a low capital, volunteer focused organisation.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px;
font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">OSGeo should
focus support on OSGeo communities and initiatives which support
themselves.</li>
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background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">Current priority areas
include:</p>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
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font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Global,
regional and local FOSS4G related events, or events which
include a FOSS4G stream.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
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font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Marketing
OSGeo, which is currently focused around<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://live.osgeo.org/" rel="nofollow" style="margin:
0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;
font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(12, 15, 128); outline:
none medium; text-decoration: none;">OSGeo-Live</a>.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px;
font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Education,
which is currently focused around the network of<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives"
rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px;
font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(12,
15, 128); outline: none medium; text-decoration: none;">Open
Source Geospatial Research and Education Laboratories</a>.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px;
font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Local Chapters,
as outreach initiatives are typically driven at the local level.</li>
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-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">So lets expand on these:</p>
<h3 style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 244,
244);">OSGeo as a low capital, volunteer focused organisation</h3>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
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font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
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-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">Should OSGeo act as a high
capital or low capital organisation? I.e., should OSGeo dedicate
energy to collecting sponsorship and then passing out these funds
to worthy OSGeo causes.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">While initially it seems
attractive to have OSGeo woe sponsors, because we would all love
to have more money to throw at worthy OSGeo goals, the reality is
that chasing money is hard work. And someone who can chase OSGeo
sponsorship is likely conflicted with chasing sponsorship for
their particular workplace. So in practice, to be effective in
chasing sponsorship, OSGeo will probably need to hire someone
specifically for the role. OSGeo would then need to raise at least
enough to cover wages, and then quite a bit more if the
sponsorship path is to create extra value.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
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font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
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-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">This high capital path is
how the Eclipse foundation is set up, and how LocationTech propose
to organise themselves. It is the path that OSGeo started
following when founded under the umbrella of Autodesk.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">However, over the last
seven years, OSGeo has slowly evolved toward a low capital
volunteer focused organisation. Our overheads are very low, which
means we waste very little of our volunteer labour and capital on
the time consuming task of chasing and managing money.
Consequently, any money we do receive (from conference windfalls
or sponsorship) goes a long way - as it doesn't get eaten up by
high overheads. As discussed and agreed by the board, this low
capital path is something that is working very well for us, and is
the path we should continue to follow.</p>
<h3 style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 244,
244);">Support initiatives which support themselves</h3>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">With the thousands of great
initiatives and opportunities that OSGeo could get involved in,
and limited budget, how should OSGeo set funding priorities?
Acknowledging that our volunteer community is blessed with many
talented individuals, our most effective way to tap into community
potential is to welcome individuals to "help scratch their itch".
Extending on this, funding priorities should follow the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong
style="font-weight: bold;">actions</strong><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of already successful
communities. (Note the difference between "talk" and "action"). If
a task or project is important enough, it will attract volunteers
and/or sponsors to make it happen. In practice, this will usually
equate to providing co-contributions rather than outright funding.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">OSGeo's focus should be on
initiatives which are of value to all or most OSGeo projects, and
to get best value for our limited budget, OSGeo should target
initiatives which have high value with minimal investment.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">With that in mind our
priorities should be:</p>
<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 0px; font-weight:
normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial,
Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color:
rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto;
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244);">
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px;
font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Cover the costs
of running OSGeo: Bank fees, insurance, infrastructure, hosting
etc.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px;
font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Support
marketing and out reach activities, with a primary focus on our
FOSS4G global conference, followed by regional and then local
FOSS4G or related events.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px;
font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Educational
type activities are a high priority, but likely will be a
minimal cost activity from OSGeo's perspective.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px;
font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Other
initiatives which fit our priorities, as suggested by
membership.</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
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vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">Initiatives which probably
wouldn't quality:</p>
<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 0px; font-weight:
normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial,
Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color:
rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent:
0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 244,
244);">
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px;
font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Sponsoring core
development of a particular project. (Too expensive, and only
supports one project)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px;
font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">OSGeo speaker
travel expenses, or booth registration costs at a conference.
(If conferences/local community feel this is important, they
will either: 1. pay for the keynote, 2. make use of local
talent, 3. waive fees for our non-profit, 4. find a local
sponsor)</li>
</ul>
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baseline; color: rgb(12, 15, 128); font-variant: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 244,
244);">Conferences and related events</h3>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">Conferences are financially
risky events. They need to be planned well in advance, and you are
never sure how many people will turn up, or whether some global
event will have a substantial impact on registrations.
Consequently, conferences such as FOSS4G require financial
guarantees up front in order to secure a venue. To support and
enable these conferences, OSGeo will endevour to retain sufficient
capital to offer such guarantees for any FOSS4G event requesting
it. If OSGeo's support is requested, then OSGeo would expect these
events to budget for a modest profit under conservative estimates,
and for OSGeo to retain profits from such events. To date, such
profits, while relatively modest, have been OSGeo's primary income
source.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">Other spatial conferences
regularly request an OSGeo involvement, such as providing<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate" rel="nofollow"
style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight:
inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family:
inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(12, 15, 128);
outline: none medium; text-decoration: none;">presenters</a>,
workshops,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Including_OSGeo-Live_at_your_event"
rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px;
font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(12,
15, 128); outline: none medium; text-decoration: none;">OSGeo-Live
DVDs for distribution</a>, or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Exhibition_Pack" rel="nofollow"
style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight:
inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family:
inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(12, 15, 128);
outline: none medium; text-decoration: none;">providing a booth</a>.
OSGeo facilitates such requests to the level we can achieve with
interested volunteers, but typically expects the conference or
sponsors to cover expenses.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">OSGeo has limited budget
set aside for code sprints, which are seen as a valuable forum for
given directly back to development teams. OSGeo will typically
expect co-contributions from interested sponsors, and would prefer
to support code sprints which are of benefit to multiple projects
and communities.</p>
<h3 style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
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font-family: Verdana, Arial, Bold, left-aligned; vertical-align:
baseline; color: rgb(12, 15, 128); font-variant: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 244,
244);">Education</h3>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">OSGeo is very supportive of
educational initiatives which is helping the spread of OSGeo to
students across the globe. This is currently focused around the
growing network of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives"
rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px;
font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(12,
15, 128); outline: none medium; text-decoration: none;">Open
Source Geospatial Research and Education Laboratories</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>within Universities around
the world.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">This educational initiative
is currently progressing well without requiring OSGeo's financial
support.</p>
<h3 style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
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font-family: Verdana, Arial, Bold, left-aligned; vertical-align:
baseline; color: rgb(12, 15, 128); font-variant: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 244,
244);">Packaging and Marketing</h3>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">OSGeo's marketing effort
has primarily been focused around the packaging and documentation
efforts of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://live.osgeo.org/" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px;
padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style:
inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align:
baseline; color: rgb(12, 15, 128); outline: none medium;
text-decoration: none;">OSGeo-Live</a>, and to a lesser extend,<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/" rel="nofollow"
style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight:
inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family:
inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(12, 15, 128);
outline: none medium; text-decoration: none;">osgeo4w</a>. In
2012, OSGeo-Live was used at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History"
rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px;
font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(12,
15, 128); outline: none medium; text-decoration: none;">45
events</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>without
OSGeo's financial support. It has been entirely driven by
volunteer labour, by 140 OSGeo-Live volunteers, and printing costs
have been covered by local events or sponsors.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">In the last couple of
years, OSGeo has covered local chapter expenses required to
purchase<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Exhibition_Pack" rel="nofollow"
style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight:
inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family:
inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(12, 15, 128);
outline: none medium; text-decoration: none;">non-consumable
items for conference booths</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(such as a retractable
banner).</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">In moving forward, OSGeo
hope to extend marketing reach by providing co-contributions
toward printing costs of consumable items at conferences, such as
toward OSGeo-Live DVDs.</p>
<h3 style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Bold, left-aligned; vertical-align:
baseline; color: rgb(12, 15, 128); font-variant: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 244,
244);">Local Chapters</h3>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">Much of OSGeo's marketing
initiates are applied at the local level. In many cases, this is
best supported through as little as an email list and wiki page.
OSGeo also supports local chapters by offering to pay for an<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Exhibition_Pack" rel="nofollow"
style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight:
inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family:
inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(12, 15, 128);
outline: none medium; text-decoration: none;">Exhibition starter
pack</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for local
chapters. Local chapters are also usually the coordinators of
conferences and related events, as mentioned above.</p>
<h3 style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Bold, left-aligned; vertical-align:
baseline; color: rgb(12, 15, 128); font-variant: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 244,
244);">Sponsorship</h3>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">OSGeo will continue to
welcome sponsorship. Due to OSGeo's low capital model, we are able
to make sponsor's contribution provide substantial benefit to the
greater OSGeo community. In return, we promote sponsors' logos on
our website and through our OSGeo-Live marketing pipeline (which
was used at 45 geospatial events around the world in 2012).</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px;
font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto;
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 244, 244);">However, OSGeo is doesn't
plan to either task volunteers with specifically chasing sponsors,
or hire someone to chase sponsorship on OSGeo's behalf.</p>
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