<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Greetings all,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> If you would like, we can post presentations on the osgeo.org site. I need to start several sections in the site, and this would help populate them. This will also allow you to collaborate and update these documents i the context of the wider community. </DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Daniel Brookshier</DIV><DIV>Community Manager </DIV>214-207-6614<BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 17, 2006, at 12:32 PM, Pericles S. Nacionales wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <P><FONT size="2">Cameron,<BR> <BR> Check Aaron Racicot's presentation available at<BR> <A href="http://pearl.ecotrust.org/gis_day_05/index.phtml">http://pearl.ecotrust.org/gis_day_05/index.phtml</A>.<BR> <BR> There might also be other presentations available at<BR> <A href="http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/community/presentations/">http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/community/presentations/</A><BR> <BR> Cheers!<BR> -Perry<BR> <BR> On Friday 17 February 2006 12:10, Cameron Shorter wrote:<BR> > I have a presentation at work on Monday (Sunday for you in USA) where I<BR> > aim ton convince managers that they should support Open Source GIS<BR> > projects.<BR> ><BR> > So if anyone already has material that I can copy then that would be great.<BR> ><BR> > Frank Warmerdam wrote:<BR> > > Michael P. Gerlek wrote:<BR> > >> A lot of us participate in various industry and community groups and<BR> > >> events, and I'm already seeing requests of the form "hey, can you take<BR> > >> 5/10/30 minutes and describe this OSGeo thing for us at the next XYZ<BR> > >> meeting?"<BR> > >><BR> > >> It Would Be Nice(tm) if we could put together a basic set of slides<BR> > >> describing what OSGeo does, who we are, etc, etc. Perhaps two<BR> > >> versions, one short and one long.<BR> > >><BR> > >> (If folks agree, I'd be happy to help with this.)<BR> > >><BR> > >> But of course, we'd need to pick a logo first... :-)<BR> > ><BR> > > Michael,<BR> > ><BR> > > Arnulf is proposing forming a committee that would include producing<BR> > > promotional material and presentation material. I certainly think this<BR> > > is an important early initiative and will help us ensure a reasonably<BR> > > unified message with regard to OSGeo.<BR> > ><BR> > > Perhaps we still have time to get a motion on the table for todays<BR> > > Board meeting to designate such a committee.<BR> > ><BR> > > Best regards,<BR> <BR> --<BR> Pericles S. Nacionales<BR> Conservation Biology Program<BR> University of Minnesota<BR> e-mail: <A href="mailto:naci0002@umn.edu">naci0002@umn.edu</A><BR> <BR> ---------------------------------------------------------------------<BR> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <A href="mailto:discuss-unsubscribe@mail.osgeo.org">discuss-unsubscribe@mail.osgeo.org</A><BR> For additional commands, e-mail: <A href="mailto:discuss-help@mail.osgeo.org">discuss-help@mail.osgeo.org</A><BR> <BR> </FONT> </P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>