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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 2 Jul 2017, at 19:46, <a href="mailto:board-request@lists.osgeo.org" class="">board-request@lists.osgeo.org</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Send Board mailing list submissions to<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org" class="">board@lists.osgeo.org</a><br class=""><br class="">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board<br class="">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>board-request@lists.osgeo.org<br class=""><br class="">You can reach the person managing the list at<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>board-owner@lists.osgeo.org<br class=""><br class="">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br class="">than "Re: Contents of Board digest..."<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Today's Topics:<br class=""><br class=""> 1. Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo is the host of FOSS4G not a guest<br class=""> (Michael Terner)<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Message: 1<br class="">Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 14:45:38 -0400<br class="">From: Michael Terner <mgt@appgeo.com><br class="">To: "Astrid Emde (OSGeo)" <astrid_emde@osgeo.org>, conference<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><conference_dev@lists.osgeo.org><br class="">Cc: OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>, OSGeo Board<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><board@lists.osgeo.org><br class="">Subject: Re: [Board] [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo is the host of FOSS4G not a<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>guest<br class="">Message-ID:<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><CAEFvZu7q4YSCPUTjhwZga24772QG3hgzCxF2RyWHx2RfGc06OQ@mail.gmail.com><br class="">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br class=""><br class="">+ Conference Dev<br class=""><br class="">Again, this is *entirely* the Board's call. But I just want to make sure<br class="">everyone is clear on what is being presented right now. Below is a screen<br class="">shot of our home screen, where it clearly states "Presented by: OSGeo"<br class="">including the logo. You need to scroll down to near the bottom of the page<br class="">(past our videos, our location map, our keynotes and other information) to<br class="">see the "sponsor recognition". Also, and with due respect to Bonn, we<br class="">believe (and worked jointly with OSGeo on the language), that "Presented<br class="">by" is the proper terminology. Indeed, the conferences are "*hosted by"* the<br class="">local organizing committees (LOC's). The "competition" is all about which<br class="">city gets to *host* the event; and it does need to be made clear that OSGeo<br class="">is the overarching organization that is "presenting" and supporting the<br class="">event.<br class=""><br class="">We will do what is asked, but personally I'm a little confused about why<br class="">"both" isn't appropriate?<br class=""><br class="">MT<br class="">[image: Inline image 1]<br class=""><br class="">On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <astrid_emde@osgeo.org><br class="">wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Hi all,<br class=""><br class="">I agree with Maxi.<br class=""><br class="">In 2016 we had the OSGeo logo on the FOSS4G webside with<br class=""><br class="">hosted by OSGeo<br class=""><br class="">See http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html<br class=""><br class="">That would be better.<br class=""><br class="">Astrid<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Am 2017-07-02 10:22, schrieb Massimiliano Cannata:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Dear community and board members,<br class="">Today I found out that OSGeo is a a SPONSOR of the FOSS4G-2017 Boston<br class="">conference.<br class=""><br class="">This is disappointing me !<br class=""><br class="">At least for two reasons:<br class=""><br class="">1- foss4g is the OSGeo's conference, so OSGeo is the host not a guest<br class="">(have you ever seen AGU sponsoring it's annual event?)<br class=""><br class="">2- OSGeo is already providing seed and risk exposure money so it<br class="">shouldn't need to pay for get exposure or being listed in the sponsor<br class="">page.<br class=""><br class="">So, as an OSGeo charter member, I formally ask the board to remove<br class="">OSGeo from the sponsor list !<br class=""><br class="">Regards<br class="">Maxi<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Discuss mailing list<br class="">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br class="">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class="">--<br class="">Astrid Emde<br class="">Charter Member<br class="">Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br class="">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Astrid_Emde<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Board mailing list<br class="">Board@lists.osgeo.org<br class="">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">*Michael Terner*<br class="">*Executive Vice President*<br class="">617-447-2468 Direct | 617-447-2400 Main<br class="">Applied Geographics, Inc.<br class="">24 School Street, Suite 500<br class="">Boston, MA 02108<br class="">www.AppGeo.com<br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">This e-mail message and any attachments may contain confidential or legally <br class="">privileged information. 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