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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">+1 from FOSS4G-Europe - this would have
reduced our initial slate of work considerably. I gladly stick to
rules that make sense and save my weekend :)<br>
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-Peter<br>
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On 03/27/2014 09:50 PM, Darrell Fuhriman wrote:<br>
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<div>One of things that has become apparent in going through the
process of getting sponsorships for FOSS4G is that the current
system is rather unwieldy. In fact, the use of the word “system”
implies a type of order which does not exist.</div>
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<div>There are no designated contacts at each company, no
consistent tracking of past sponsorships or expressions of
interest, no tracking of non-functioning e-mails, or people who
have left a company.</div>
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<div>In short, it’s a complete fucking disaster.</div>
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<div>This is a problem because:</div>
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<div>1) FOSS4G is dependent on sponsorships to finish in the black</div>
<div>2) OSGeo is dependent on FOSS4G events (not just the big
annual conference) for a large portion of its income</div>
<div>3) We should be making it easy, not hard, to keep
FOSS4G/OSGeo solvent.</div>
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<div>We have individuals who have expressed an interest in getting
all of the past and current data into a CRM so we can more
easily track this in the future. However, unless there is a
future for such a system, it’s probably not worth the
non-trivial amount of effort it would take.</div>
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<div>Hence, I propose:</div>
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<div>The 2014 LOC will work to configure an instance of SugarCRM,
including entering the data we have collected on current and
past sponsorships.</div>
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<div>After the conclusion of FOSS4G 2014, OSGeo would agree to:</div>
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<div>1) Move the SugarCRM instance to be hosted and maintained by
OSGeo</div>
<div>2) Strongly encourage (mandate?) its use by future OSGeo
affiliated conferences</div>
<div>3) Give access to other geospatial related events as
appropriate</div>
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<div>I realize there is some reluctance to "give orders" to the
people who have volunteered to do these events. However in the
long run having a central CRM will <i>reduce</i> the amount of
work required by future LOCs, and by past ones who get requests
to dig out contact information from events that occurred years
ago.</div>
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<div>The use of a CRM could also be expanded to track contact
information for all attendees including which events they’ve
attended, so they can be contacted about future relevant events
– another case where there is no coordination or sanity to any
of the extant data.</div>
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<div>Thoughts?</div>
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<div>Darrell</div>
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