<div dir="ltr"><div>Up to now we have had one of our OSGeo members ask an organization if we could list them as a friend, and then confirm with the board that this is okay. The things I look for in considering this is if OSGeo already has a close working relationship, and how a proposed organization's activities support our goals as an organization (the events you listed are an example of this).</div><div><br></div><div>For establishing a formal relationship, and signing an agreement, others on this list are better equipped to answer.</div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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<div>Per Jodys suggestion below, I’m moving this thread about requesting a partnering agreement be be set up between OSGeo and GITA-SharedGeo. Not sure if this should be considered two different requests or just one. Both organizations are long time
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<div>The desire to promote the OSGeo organization at the upcoming GITA conference (<a href="http://www.gitasw.org" target="_blank">www.gitasw.org</a>) has inspired this request. There is also an upcoming SharedGeo sponsored conference (www.<a href="http://umgeocon.org/" target="_blank">umgeocon.org/</a>)
that will be heavy on the OSGeo influcene in it’s presentations. Both of these events would benefit as well as OSGeo. There will also be more OSGeo influenced events in the future.</div>
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<div>What’s the process moving forward for setting up a partnering/sharing agreement? This will make future advocacy of OSGeo much more streamlined in the future for GITA and SharedGeo</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Please ask on the board list, we can make a description of the organization and add it to the website.</div>
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<div>If you are interested let's approach the board, with the information you provided here, and set up a page for GITA (highlighting the good work, and open source advocacy) they do.</div>
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Thank you for the assistance. Per your question: “Q: Does GITA have a partner relationship with OSGeo?”<u></u><u></u></div>
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GITA does not have an MOU or similar in place with OSGeo. However,<u></u><u></u></div>
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SharedGeo runs all of GITA’s operations (we are the entity behind the curtain),<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-8446692155980734306m_4923332444483214440m_6752538467264246588MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
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As you are probably aware, SharedGeo is one of the prime supporters of the OSGeo GeoMoose project, last coordinating a $60,000 upgrade which resulted in GeoMoose 3.0.<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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So going forward I hope you will think of the GITA-SharedGeo team as an unsigned, but very proactive partner. We would very much like to officially promote OSGeo Live at the GITA Phoenix Conference: <a href="http://www.gitasw.org/" style="color:purple" target="_blank">www.gitasw.org</a>.
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<div>Is this enough info to use for setting up a Press release? Should I start up something?</div>
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<p>I like Jody's idea of a news item. I suggest draft it up a joint OSGeo-Live/GITA press release at:
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<p>You could add a quote from GITA. Get a quote from one of the <big title> people at OSGeo Live to add legitimacy.</p>
<p>"Angelos Tzotsos, chair of OSGeo Live and vice president of the OSGeo Foundation said ..." (assuming ok with Angelos)</p>
<p>The press release can include an endorsement of the speaker's involvement with OSGeo-Live as an authoritative contributor.<br>
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<div>And the organizers want to play up the OSGeo angle a bit more, what’s the quickest way to get official recognition / permission to say that OSGeo is advocating for the presentation? The organizers want to send out a promotional blast in a few
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