<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the interesting read Marc, you are inspiring as always. I argued with the wiki on your behalf to restore the bulleted lists / numbered lits you had typed in.<div><br></div><div>I would love to consider the participating projects as "stakeholders" in your piece, and consider the role OSGeo plays as a software foundation. Both for projects (a place to belong, a legal party to own code, etc...) and for protecting users (holding projects to a standard of not just open source but inclusive/open governance etc...).</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 April 2016 at 03:28, Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Mark has started an excellent SWOT analysis of OSGeo, laying a
foundation for a practical, implementable vision for OSGeo. I
suggest everyone grad a coffee and take the time to read and then
comment:<br>
<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Marketing_Committee" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Marketing_Committee</a><br>
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Mark, thank you for the deep thought you have obviously put into
this. I'm excited to hear feedback from others, and ideas on how to
refine your ideas and put them into practice.<br>
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Warm regards, Cameron<br>
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<div>On 15/04/2016 2:04 am, Marc VLOEMANS
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<div>Dear all,<br>
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Thanks for the invite and effort preparing it. I will
certainly try to fill it out to my best of abilities. But I
feel it lacks an objective frame work to sift, group, choose,
prioritise and execute the results of the questionnaire.<br>
The present leap from vision/mission to objectives is often a
bit too big for me (I miss a storyline); explicit transparent
strategy formulation should make the questionaire easier :-).<br>
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<div>Unfortunately there are too many implicit assumptions when
it comes to our intended strategy. We already do many things
(events, projects, products, partnering, other initiatives)
for many stakeholders. But which add more value to these than
others (having a volunteer does not make something worthwhile
doing)? What do stakeholders expect from OSGeo (did we ever
ask)? Which initiatives are more instrumental to fullfil our
mission than others (not necessarily the number of mentions in
the questionaire...)? Which initoatives deserve more attention
than others (eg those fullfilling more objectives at the same
time)? If none of us is interested in executing a certain
activity/task, it does not mean that this activity is not
crucial to our existence.....<br>
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I have done some quick thinking and writing on how general
strategic principles would apply to OSGeo, where the Board's
objectives fit in and what possible avenues we have to meet
them. So I share this with the list via this link: <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Marketing_Committee" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Marketing_Committee" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Marketing_Committee</a><br>
For those who take the time to read, hopefully my thought
process can help with filling in the questionaire and deciding
what we are going to do and monitoring the results!<br>
<br>
<div>(For those who do not know me; I have a multi-decade track
record in strategy, business development and marketing with
most types of organzations. Good software has an architecture,
good strategy does too ;-)<br>
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<div>Please, do not consider this as a critique or an
alternative to vision/mission/objectives and related
questionaire, but rather as a means to fill essential gaps.
Ones to fill in order to optimise our added value as an
organisation.<br>
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<div>Happy reading.<br>
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<div>Cheers, Marc Vloemans<br>
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<div>Kind regards,<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2016-04-12 18:41 GMT+02:00 Massimiliano
Cannata <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch" target="_blank">massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch</a>></span>:<br>
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<div>Dear OSGeo Community member,<br>
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<div>during the Face to Face board meeting held in
February in Eide (Holland) a new 2026 OSGeo strategy has
been formulated. We are now in a phase of community
engagement to define the tactics to be implemented in
the 2016 so that we can advance toward our goals.<br>
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<div>For this reason, the board kindly ask you to
participate in the survey by filling (as many time as
your ideas are) the form at this url: <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB</a> [1]<br>
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<div>Details on the process and on the strategy are
available at <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/cannata/osgeo-2026-strategy" target="_blank">http://www.slideshare.net/cannata/osgeo-2026-strategy</a> [2]
and are described in the preamble of the survey.</div>
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<div>In the name of the Board of Directors,</div>
<div>Thanks and Best regards,<br>
</div>
<div>Maxi</div>
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[1] <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB</a>
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