<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">The positives I see from the board identification of a need (for
marketing), is that some really great marketing ideas are starting
to flow onto our email lists, from the likes of Marc and others. We
have some really experienced business development, marketing, and
strategy people within the OSGeo community. You might want to check
out some of the OSGeo Advocate profiles at
<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate</a></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I have tended to view it a resource for outreach, as many listed here are already active participants.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">A few encouraging words from the board, offering to support personal
initiatives to drive OSGeo marketing forward would likely be
valuable at this point. (I've had a couple of private emails
questioning whether marketing initiatives would be welcomed by the
board.)<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I would welcome marketing initiatives, when we outlined our goals (as you see in the strategic planning document) many of the goals were with respect to communication and marketing.</div><div><br></div><div>Beyond board support for personal initiatives I would like to see the marketing committee equipped with a budget and mandate </div><div>--</div><div>Jody</div></div></div></div>