<div dir="ltr">Well done putting this together Alex and trying to keep important stakeholders happy.<div>I think you have done a really good job listing the myriad of partners.</div><div><br></div><div>I see benefit in adding a mention of what SSSI and Uni Melb expect to get out of the event, but realise that they need to articulate that themselves.</div><div><br></div><div>If it's important to get this out soon, then perhaps some of the points Cameron raises could be addressed at the conference itself.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 23 Aug 2018 at 18:32, Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Alex,</p>
<p>While I think it important to publicly thank people for the
conference, I think it worth asking why we are thanking, and how
can our thanking be helpful.</p>
<p>I notice we are thanking Uni of Melbourne, and SSSI, who have
both been great enablers for us and deserve our thanks. But can we
be more impactful for them? How has their involvement involved
their organisational goals? Is the Uni wanting to promote
education? Attract Students? Something else? How can we
demonstrate that we are achieving that? Is SSSI wanting to promote
the GIS industry? Are they wanting to demonstrate their position
as a facilitator and enabler of GIS conversations? Discussing how
successful the event is can demonstrate that.</p>
<p>For both these uses, I'd expect that a thank you, just before or
during the event would be best for that. Also we should be sending
to the widest audience, which we will have just before the event.</p>
<p>I also question why we are not listing all our sponsors. Sponsors
are typically wanting to demonstrate their relevance within the
OSGeo community, and hopefully attracting customers. Timing for a
thanks to them should be about the same time.</p>
<p>Cheers, Cameron<br>
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<div>Can you please have a quick read of this, and let me know
if it sounds good? I'm hoping we can recognise all the
organisations that have given us support to make this event
happen: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NcSdY_QUeN1PAWXQ2qXJ2xT00rrZ45rXGZAZF6ocuz8/edit#" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NcSdY_QUeN1PAWXQ2qXJ2xT00rrZ45rXGZAZF6ocuz8/edit#</a></div>
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<div>Cheers,</div>
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