Hello,<br><br>Here are some brief thoughts ahead of the meeting;<br><br>Publications:<br><ul><li>Consider collecting a hit list of publications/sites/blogs/lists etc which we can target and the suitable media type for each forum</li>
</ul><ul><li>Directions is one of the main publications that springs to mind - <a href="http://www.directionsmag.com/">http://www.directionsmag.com/</a>, there are no doubt others both international and regional. I think having a variety of avenues will help reach a wider audience.</li>
</ul>What are the main competitive events?<br><ul><li>From a Geo point of view there are a growing number, the big ones like Where2.0 GeoWeb and the international vendor conferences. Regionally i guess the vendor events i.e. OZRI then there's the organisation style events such as GITA, GeoCart (NZ), SIRC (NZ). </li>
</ul>Communication with members <br><ul><li>Again i favour multi channel (lists/emails/publications etc) with the prime focus on the web site - i find blogs attached to events can be a little thin on interesting content, perhaps an RSS feed for people to sign up to to? A mailing list is key. </li>
</ul>Sponsorship companies<br><ul><li>Paul's details from 07 are spot on and I think cover off the larger players - what approach do we take i.e. approach Autodesk etc through their local presense here in Oz? I think there's got to be quite a few local organisations and companies that would be interested in either sponsorship or exhibiting - here is small NZ selection who are taking an active interest in this area, I'm not long into Australia so perhaps someone else can provide a heads up on the targets here?</li>
</ul><ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li>Geographic Business Solutions NZ</li><li>National GeoSpatial Office</li><li>State Services Commission</li><li>ProjectX</li><li>SSI</li><li>NZ Defence Force</li><li>Landcare Research New Zealand</li>
</ul><br>Thats all for now<br><br>Simon<br><br><br><br><br>