[VisCom] Geospatial Events calendar?

[Milton Lofberg]

Sorry, one more question: is there some sort of design that the t-shirts
must conform to? 

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:mpg at lizardtech.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 11 January 2007 06:25
To: Tyler Mitchell (External); Tim Bowden
Cc: Milton Lofberg; OSGeo Visibility committee
Subject: RE: [VisCom] Geospatial Events calendar?

I'm sorry I'm not following this thread closely -- I'm really busy
preparing a presentation entitled "Open Source Licensing 101"... :-(

HOWEVER, I still do plan to have a VisCom mtg on Friday to try and clear
the decks of the Event plans for '07...

-mpg

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: visibilitycommittee_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:visibilitycommittee_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of 
> Tyler Mitchell
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 11:18 AM
> To: Tim Bowden
> Cc: Milton Lofberg; OSGeo Visibility committee
> Subject: Re: [VisCom] Geospatial Events calendar?
> 
> On 10-Jan-07, at 9:22 AM, Tim Bowden wrote:
> 
> > Ok, I've just had a look at those links and the first question I 
> > have to ask is where does that leave us with our stand at the lca 
> > open day?
> > (http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Australia#LCA_Open_Day)  We haven't

> > gone through any of the process outined; I guess we just assumed we 
> > could do an OSGeo promotion; probably because it's all been
> a rush job
> > on short notice.  Given Frank and Tyler's positive response so far I

> > assume that's not too much of a problem ;-)  Whatever we do, we have

> > to be quick as we have only 1 week till the open day to get 
> > organised.
> 
> I think we're all happy to see you organising something and that 
> Arnulf's comments may be more focused on larger, more formal events 
> that need more OSGeo official help (i.e. funding, volunteer 
> enticement, etc).  At least I am happy to see a local group organising

> a presence at this event.  As part of VisCom, I'm happy to help with 
> getting your event going.  Though it hasn't been on our radar before 
> now, I see it as a great opportunity to help give the Australian 
> chapter some momentum to get organised.  Do you have sponsorships 
> already or enough volunteer funding to help get the stand and brochure

> printing?
> 
> > Practical matters; We will need to get our brochures printed.  I'm 
> > thinking about 300 of each.  (Cameron / Milton any better estimate?
> > There are expected to be 300-400 through the gates.  I can't see 
> > /everyone/ wanting a brochure)  That should leave us with some over 
> > for the next event.  What brochures or posters are available please?
> 
> The brochures are available at:
> http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/OSGeo_Brochures_v1_PDF.zip
> and a double-sided (or two page) overview sheet is here:
> http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/OSGeo_Overview.pdf
> 
> And a openoffice presentation file I pulled together (nothing
> fancy!)
> is here:
> http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/au2006_slideshow.odp - you should be 
> able to run it and walk away.
> 
> There are single PDF files, one for each project (excluding OpenLayers

> and GeoNetworks, unfortunately).  There is also one PDF in there that 
> has all these projects as separate pages - so you can
> easily print all of them quickly and/or use them in a slideshow.   
> There are 10 altogether and they are starting to show their age, but 
> it's all we've got right now.
> 
> As an aside, if anyone wants to try out their graphic layout skills 
> using http://scribus.net software - I have source files for all the 
> brochures.  They need some updating (logo) and we need a couple more 
> to be produced.
> 
> > T-shirts.  The Event management page recomends OSGeo T-shirts.  We 
> > would only need 4 (I think) however there probably isn't enough
> time to get
> > that sorted.
> 
> Tell us what sizes you could use - if we have them in stock, we might 
> be able to ship them.  Otherwise I agree it is too quick to get them 
> organised.  If you find a local vendor that could rush some 
> silkscreening or something, you could grab our logo and try it out.
> 
> > Publication. Once we know what we are doing we need to get
> the word
> > out
> > on the street in Sydney.  Not sure yet where.  What GIS blogs can we

> > get a mention on?
> 
> What does the rest of VisCom think - would we want to do a press 
> release?  We usually reserve those for large organisation-wide 
> announcements though.  I'd at least target DirectionsMag and Slashgeo.
> 
> I'm keen to see you get into this conference and will do whatever I 
> can to help.  Especially if you say hi for me to Wayne Piekarski who 
> also has a stand on some great augmented reality stuff.  (Bonus points

> if you find some common ground for us to work with him ;-) )
> 
> Best wishes!  I'm on/offline during moving this week but will still be

> doing work.
> 
> Tyler
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