[Marketing] Marketing Digest, Vol 55, Issue 16
Daniele
daniele.ocu at gmail.com
Wed May 30 13:36:32 PDT 2012
Hello all,
I will be at a meeting from an hour before our marketing meeting so I am not sure I'll be able to make it. I like that the roles are being discussed and will become more clear but I do completely agree with Arnulf that the categories are a bit too many and I think we will be better off just sticking with two or three maybe along these lines:
- Board members have most permissions
- Ambassadors represent and are a face to OSGeo with voting and more active participation
- volunteers can contribute to content and vote on some issues
Remember we are in the Web 2.0 and simplicity is a key tool and strategy and makes things easier in a collaborative atmosphere.
I hope I can make to the meeting but if not I will keep up to date as soon as it happens.
Daniele
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> 1. Marketing meeting to finalise definition of an OSGeo
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> 2. Re: Marketing meeting to finalise definition of an OSGeo
> Ambassador role (Jo Cook)
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> Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 06:59:39 +1000
> From: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> To: OSGeo Marketing <marketing at lists.osgeo.org>, OSGeo Discussions
> <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: [Marketing] Marketing meeting to finalise definition of an
> OSGeo Ambassador role
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> I've set up a meeting next week to discuss then finalise the setting of
> an OSGeo Ambassador role. Hope to see many of you at the meeting, or if
> you can't make it, please share your thoughts (and vote?) on email
> before hand.
>
> Location: irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo
> Time:
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2012&month=6&day=4&hour=20&min=30&sec=0&p1=264&p2=240&p3=215&p4=179&p5=224
>
> Location Local time
>
> Wellington <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=264> (New
> Zealand) Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 8:30:00 AM
>
> Sydney <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=240>
> (Australia - New South Wales) Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 6:30:00 AM
>
> Rome <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=215> (Italy)
> Monday, 4 June 2012 at 10:30:00 PM
>
> New York <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=179> (U.S.A.
> - New York) Monday, 4 June 2012 at 4:30:00 PM
>
> San Francisco <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=224>
> (U.S.A. - California) Monday, 4 June 2012 at 1:30:00 PM
>
>
>
> The current proposal is here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Ambassador
>
> This topic has been discussed by many of you on discuss, marketing and
> board email lists. Here is a summary of comments, along with my suggestions:
>
> 1. There has emerged to be two roles which people have been categorising
> under the title of "OSGeo Ambassador"
> a. Someone knowledgeable in OSGeo, who can speak at conferences and the
> like. This is what we are focusing on for this definition of the role.
> b. Someone who can negotiate MOU and similar on behalf of the OSGeo
> board. This is proposed to be treated separately, with the OSGeo Board
> delegated to someone they see fit to do the job, on a case-by-case basis.
>
> 2. There has been concern (from FrankW?) about defining a role which is
> exclusive and prevents people from just stepping up an volunteering.
> This is addressed by letting anyone who believes they have OSGeo
> experience and thinks them self worthy can step forward and volunteer.
>
> 3. There has been concern (from Arnulf?) that our categorisation is too
> complicated. (We are proposing Board Members, Charter Members, Voted
> Positions, Community Members). I believe that we do need some way to
> define OSGeo experience, because that is one of the key criteria that
> conference organisors look for when selecting speakers and key notes. We
> can potentially de-emphasise the categorisation by moving it into the
> "Description" field rather than making a heading out of it.
>
>
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> Cameron Shorter
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> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
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> Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 15:08:08 +0100
> From: Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com>
> To: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> Cc: OSGeo Marketing <marketing at lists.osgeo.org>, OSGeo Discussions
> <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [Marketing] Marketing meeting to finalise definition of
> an OSGeo Ambassador role
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> Can't make the meeting, I'm afraid- this weekend is a long holiday weekend
> in the UK! I'd also prefer to vote after the meeting rather than before,
> when (I presume) the proposal will have been discussed and potentially
> re-formulated.
>
> My thoughts- initially I thought the idea was too complicated, but if we
> envisage outside organisations/conferences coming to us for speakers, then
> we will need something like you suggest. I wonder, in all honesty, how much
> that is going to happen, but at least we will have somewhere to point them
> to.
>
> Jo
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Cameron Shorter
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I've set up a meeting next week to discuss then finalise the setting of
>> an OSGeo Ambassador role. Hope to see many of you at the meeting, or if you
>> can't make it, please share your thoughts (and vote?) on email before hand.
>>
>> Location: irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo
>> Time:
>>
>> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2012&month=6&day=4&hour=20&min=30&sec=0&p1=264&p2=240&p3=215&p4=179&p5=224
>>
>> Location Local time
>>
>> Wellington <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=264> (New
>> Zealand) Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 8:30:00 AM
>>
>> Sydney <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=240> (Australia
>> - New South Wales) Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 6:30:00 AM
>>
>> Rome <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=215> (Italy) Monday,
>> 4 June 2012 at 10:30:00 PM
>>
>> New York <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=179> (U.S.A.
>> - New York) Monday, 4 June 2012 at 4:30:00 PM
>>
>> San Francisco <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=224> (U.S.A.
>> - California) Monday, 4 June 2012 at 1:30:00 PM
>>
>>
>> The current proposal is here:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Ambassador
>>
>> This topic has been discussed by many of you on discuss, marketing and
>> board email lists. Here is a summary of comments, along with my suggestions:
>>
>> 1. There has emerged to be two roles which people have been categorising
>> under the title of "OSGeo Ambassador"
>> a. Someone knowledgeable in OSGeo, who can speak at conferences and the
>> like. This is what we are focusing on for this definition of the role.
>> b. Someone who can negotiate MOU and similar on behalf of the OSGeo board.
>> This is proposed to be treated separately, with the OSGeo Board delegated
>> to someone they see fit to do the job, on a case-by-case basis.
>>
>> 2. There has been concern (from FrankW?) about defining a role which is
>> exclusive and prevents people from just stepping up an volunteering. This
>> is addressed by letting anyone who believes they have OSGeo experience and
>> thinks them self worthy can step forward and volunteer.
>>
>> 3. There has been concern (from Arnulf?) that our categorisation is too
>> complicated. (We are proposing Board Members, Charter Members, Voted
>> Positions, Community Members). I believe that we do need some way to define
>> OSGeo experience, because that is one of the key criteria that conference
>> organisors look for when selecting speakers and key notes. We can
>> potentially de-emphasise the categorisation by moving it into the
>> "Description" field rather than making a heading out of it.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Geospatial Solutions Manager
>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>
>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Sourcehttp://www.lisasoft.com
>>
>>
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