Arnulf, thanks for the "non-for-profit" note.<br><br>I'll include Marketing into the discussion but it would be good to publish soon.<br><br>lorenzo<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arnulf@osgeo.org">arnulf@osgeo.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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we have our first version of the prospectus [1] .<br>
we are ready to "open the doors", only need to double check the final prices with Maria and we can publish on the web site.<br>
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I've started editing the second press release to communicate the opening of the subscriptions and the sponsorship programme.<br>
I've adapted the text from the prospectus. I invite you to revise as I always feel uncomfortable writing in English.<br>
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Lorenzo,<br>
the press release still needs restructuring and some polishing. I suggest that we let the Marketing Committee help us with it. Please forward your mail to them if you think this is a good idea. I added a notice that the release is still in progress.<br>
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I have one concrete question on this section:<br>
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"OSGeo Community Awards<br>
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The attendance will vote the best use case of OSGeo Software implementation in Government and in Business. and then the best education program around OSGeo Software. And No Profit organizations.<br>
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Are you sure that you want to vote on all of these topics? I have a hard time understanding what would be the best "No Profit organization"? For the background, there is a distinction in English between "non-profit", that is an incorporated company and "not-for-profit", that is an organization that is not incorporated. The original OSM (not counting the OSM Foundation) was kind of a "not-for-profit". OSGeo and OpenGeo are technically both "non-profit" but there is an obvious difference in mission. So which of the three would you suggest could be awarded? I believe this is a slippery slope and would just drop it.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Arnulf.<br>
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ciao<br>
lorenzo<br>
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[1] <a href="https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2010/documents/sponsorship-prospectus-09122009.pdf" target="_blank">https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2010/documents/sponsorship-prospectus-09122009.pdf</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2010_Press_Release_2" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2010_Press_Release_2</a><br>
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