[Marketing] getting printed materials ready for boston

Jody Garnett jody.garnett at gmail.com
Mon Jul 31 08:39:09 PDT 2017


Thanks Guido - that would make me feel more comfortable than shopping to a
hotel.
On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 8:38 AM Guido Stein <gstein at appgeo.com> wrote:

> If you need last minute printing, I recommend using Staples, they have a
> location near my office and I can pick things up that need to go to the
> FOSS4G. (https://storelocator.staples.com/stores/en_US/MA/Boston/0063)
>
> You can also have things sent to my office if you need a place to store
> things before the conference.
>
> -guido
>
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 9:27 AM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Okay - I may need to ask for more budget for new information sheets (we
>> only planned on content from get interactive - Luca and yourself move
>> quickly!)
>> On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 11:58 PM Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <
>> astrid_emde at osgeo.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jody,
>>>
>>> I wasnot asked/assumed to do the printing for Boston. I had bad
>>> experiences with sending material to the US. It takes ages.
>>>
>>> Hope you get the material printed locally. And please also print the A4
>>> INFORMATION SHEETS from the projects that are on the way. Worst case
>>> could be some copies from the next copy shop.
>>>
>>> I am off for one more week on holidays.
>>>
>>> See you
>>>
>>> Astrid
>>>
>>> Am 2017-07-30 00:33, schrieb Jody Garnett:
>>> > Astrid I wanted to check if we were both being asked (or assumed) to
>>> > be handling printing for Boston? I kind of hoped it was handled, but
>>> > Marc took off on holiday :) With Boston two weeks away we may be
>>> > cutting it close to get both materials printed locally, and collect
>>> > any revisions the team had after foss4ge.
>>> >
>>> > Hunting through email here was Marc's shopping list - $1500 USD for
>>> > the following:
>>> >
>>> >       * two roll up banners
>>> >
>>> >       * general 4 page folder (1000, shiny finish)
>>> >
>>> >       * stickers (shot finish)
>>> >       * (Marc already has a table cloth)
>>> >
>>> > Options for printing:
>>> > - recommended printer trade.4over.com [1] that can ship to Boston
>>> > - Michael Smith used Office Max to print for us at OSCon
>>> >
>>> > - Any others ...
>>> >
>>> > STICKERS
>>> >
>>> > Marc has requested, and I have received the following:
>>> >
>>> > - sticker 85x55mm-def.pdf
>>> > - sticker 98x98mm-def.pdf
>>> >
>>> > These were used in foss4ge - and were a bit large for my tastes
>>> > (people have small laptops now).
>>> >
>>> > ACTION: Ask Jeffrey Johnson if he has the smaller stickers to include
>>> > in the print run.
>>> >
>>> > BANNERS
>>> >
>>> > Marc has requested, and I have received the following:
>>> > - rollupbanner1-def.pdf 22.5 MB (so print ready) "osgeo" banner
>>> > - rollupbanner2-def.pdf 37.8 MB (so print ready) "open source compass"
>>> > banner
>>> >
>>> > A3 BROCHURE - Print 200
>>> >
>>> > Marc has requested, and I have recieved:
>>> > - osgeo-broucher-def.pdf 24 MB (so print ready)
>>> >
>>> > We have a draft here:
>>> > -
>>> >
>>> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/marketing/print/brochure_a3.pdf
>>> > [2]
>>> > - This does not match exactly what is printed (due to use of low
>>> > resolution graphics)
>>> >
>>> > ACTION: We need a copy of this for US Sizes (not A4) because Boston?
>>> > Or do we may extra for a non standard size...
>>> >
>>> > Luca is working on revising the a3 content:
>>> > -
>>> >
>>> https://github.com/lucadelu/osgeo/tree/brochure_svg/marketing/print/brochure_a3
>>> > [3]
>>> > - these are cut down draft graphics not suitable for printing
>>> > - the full resolutions background images are in github, perhaps use of
>>> > svg image element could be used
>>> > - page 2-3 has some errors, the "open geospatial content" needs to go
>>> > big or go home - not use in a quote box
>>> > - page 4-6 thanks for fixing bold text, the project logos do not look
>>> > good, especially geonetwork on its white background. I think we would
>>> > need to use logo+name consistently for this to work. Let us be content
>>> > to hand out project information sheets if there is more interest in a
>>> > specific project. You had some feedback on "turn-key" / "integrated"
>>> > solutions - perhaps calling them all "web mapping?"
>>> > - page 6-7 hard to make the foss4g logo to work (since no other
>>> > sections have logos, even though they have sub brands). We can remove
>>> > the bullet points for foss4g. FOSS4G Section will need to happen after
>>> > Local Chapters (since text refers to local chapter to learn more about
>>> > local events). Software Foundation - can turn the block into two
>>> > normal bullet points. Picture of people is from a code sprint - not a
>>> > foss4g event and held in a laptop. I think we will need a different
>>> > picture ( https://flic.kr/p/7rmX59 or the boat pic so it looks like a
>>> > party https://flic.kr/p/La4VHE ). And frame in a picture frame :)
>>> > - page 6 - looks good we should move the logos under "supporting
>>> > osgeo" since they are sponsor logos
>>> >
>>> > ACTION: Luca is scheduled to visit with Pim ASAP to get these changes
>>> > applied to the "print ready" graphics.
>>> > ACTION: Print as part of initial print job if ready, if not print
>>> > locally in boston and pick up!
>>> >
>>> > A4 INFORMATION SHEETS
>>> >
>>> > We have the following here:
>>> > -
>>> >
>>> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/marketing/print/osgeo_a4.pdf
>>> > -
>>> >
>>> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/marketing/print/geoforall_a4.pdf
>>> >
>>> > Luca has corrected a problem with the osgeo_a4.svg - so we should
>>> > print that.
>>> >
>>> > And Luca and others are possibly making more information sheets:
>>> >
>>> > - osgeo A4 sheet - nice short alternative to brochure
>>> > - geoforall A4 sheet - a couple mistakes (extra line break, no
>>> > geoscience) but so far nobody has corrected
>>> > - foss4g A4 sheet - no point they are already at boston
>>> > - osgeo live A4 sheet
>>> > - grass A4 sheet
>>> >
>>> > And because it is boston do we need to consider reformatting for
>>> > Letter, or paying more for a non standard size.
>>> >
>>> > ACTION: Luca is scheduled to visit with Pim ASAP to get these changes
>>> > applied to the "print ready" graphics.
>>> > ACTION: Print as part of initial print job if ready, if not print
>>> > locally in boston and pick up!
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Jody Garnett
>>> >
>>> > Links:
>>> > ------
>>> > [1] http://trade.4over.com
>>> > [2]
>>> >
>>> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/marketing/print/brochure_a3.pdf
>>> > [3]
>>> >
>>> https://github.com/lucadelu/osgeo/tree/brochure_svg/marketing/print/brochure_a3
>>>
>>> --
>>> Astrid Emde
>>> Charter Member
>>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Astrid_Emde
>>>
>> --
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
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