Hi Tyler - please see below some feedback from the media relations manager for the Italian OSGEO Chapter, GFOSS.it<br><br>I apologize if the message is slightly longer than expected (by myself, for a start ;) )...but I thought it was a good idea to share/refresh some points which are maybe not known to all, and which I consider important for OSGEO marketing in 2010-2014.<br>
<br>a) First and most important: I am glad that Massimiliano issued his request to the OSGEO marketing committee.<br><br>b) For your information, Massimiliano contacted also GFOSS.it with a similar request for "patrocinio" (i.e. patronage), and we have already confirmed this will happen.<br>
<br>This means, at the local level, that we will be advertising the event through our standard "news/events" mailing lists and media relations.<br><br>NB: the mailing lists I am referring to are not the "normal" discussion lists (with some 430 readers).<br>
I am talking about the same channels which allow GFOSS.it events to be known to a direct audience (direct e-mail) of various thousands of people in Italy, with mailing lists built gradually over three years, identifying targets interested in geospatial information (as users or suppliers).<br>
<br>These are also the same channels which over the past three years have generated interest on "free/open geospatial" towards audiences which we did not think could be interested, like: <br><br>- having blind people participate in collaborative mapping projects "on the road"<br>
- independent movie directors use GIS packages to support their production plans<br>- major national radio entertainment shows interviewing us<br><br>c) As GFOSS.it, we have been organizing at least one event per month since October 2007.<br>
These events have been involving attendance of anything between 10 and 240 people, with ages from 10 to 80.<br><br>In general, we have always maintained a line saying "this is organised by GFOSS.it, which is also the local chapter for OSGEO". <br>
<br>Logos are presented as needed, and we have developed a local logo which shows also the OSGEO logo (see the <a href="http://www.gfoss.it">www.gfoss.it</a> banner).<br><br>I think this model helps to maintain a clear identity between the "umbrella" organization, and the local organizer, while providing visibility to both.<br>
<br>to date, we never made any request for support to OSGEO for "general" events (this does not mean that we would not consider this in the future ;) )....simply: we thought that it was important to work on a "local brand" (while the OSGEO brand already had a lot of marketing at the upper level).<br>
<br>There may have been a few events where we basically forgot to indicate the OSGEO logo in the past.<br>Where this happened- it was either in the very first steps of the local chapter (with lots of start-up challenges), or in a few minor cases where life priorities win over the volunteer activity which is the base driving the local chapter.<br>
<br>From 2008, I can't think of a case where we did not mention in some form OSGEO, within the life cycle of an event we have organized.<br><br>d) For those who don't know me<br><br>- discovered recently that an Andrea Giacomelli is credited on shapelib development: <a href="http://shapelib.maptools.org/">http://shapelib.maptools.org/</a> ... I don't even remember if that is me (maybe in 1997-1998, when I was doing more coding than today)...however the only other Andrea Giacomelli I know is an economist from Tuscany, so I don't think that's him....but I don't remember!! ...I'd be glad to verifiy more in depth;)<br>
<br>- PhD in hydrology (1997) with 16 years of experience in GIS-based data integration and analysis experience and some 30 publications/presentations on these topics (including the famous "geospatial Tuscan card player" video produced in early 2007 [1]...you should all have seen this by now ;) ....also OSGEO has visibility in this video....)<br>
<br>- member of no PSC, but has been one of the first GRASS users in Italy (installing and managing the system in Politecnico di Milano - Dept. of Hydraulics, in 1993 or 1994), and still uses GRASS within his support to large environmental remediation studies, working for multinational clients<br>
<br>- never participated to date to a FOSS4G conference (given the difficulty for a private sector environmental company to fund intercontinental travel ;) ), but has first hand experience in creating and organizing international and/or not always conventional events. May I suggest a small clip [1] to learn about my flagship project to date, and a full list of projects [2].<br>
<br>- promoting the Barcelona event actively since February 2009.....Andrea's spot for Barcelona to any European citizen with a stake in geospatial is : "You should come to Barcelona; if you can't come, let's talk...we have X months to do it" (where X = months missing to September 2010)<br>
<br>- looking forward to reach Barcelona in September<br><br>e) Let me know if you need more information. I'll be glad to support, if possible.<br><br>Saluti<br><br>Andrea Giacomelli<br><a href="http://www.pibinko.org">http://www.pibinko.org</a><br>
<br>[1] <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZOQSn5tyqQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZOQSn5tyqQ</a><br>[2] <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7dGyq5qHdI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7dGyq5qHdI</a><br>[3] <a href="http://www.pibinko.org/projects.php?l=en&pmode=list">http://www.pibinko.org/projects.php?l=en&pmode=list</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/12/11 Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tmitchell@osgeo.org" target="_blank">tmitchell@osgeo.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div>Massimiliano Cannata wrote:<br>
> Dear marketing committee,<br>
><br>
> with this mail I'm officially asking a philosophical support of OSGeo<br>
> for the XII GRASS and FOSS4G meeting of the Italian Language users.<br>
><br>
> The event will be held in Lugano (South Switzerland) on the 10-11-12<br>
> February 2010.<br>
><br>
> The organization is coordinated by myself (Massimiliano Cannata) with<br>
> the support of <a href="http://gfoss.it" target="_blank">gfoss.it</a> users (actually the Italian local chapter) and<br>
> the historical Italian users of GRASS (Zatelli, Brovelli, Ciolli, etc.).<br>
><br>
> The program includes workshops, invited talks, and presentations.<br>
><br>
> In the case I will be the contact for OSGeo for this event<br>
> (massimiliano.cannata [] <a href="http://supsi.ch" target="_blank">supsi.ch</a>).<br>
><br>
> In the case of acceptance of this request I think that some<br>
> arrangement to enhance OSGeo visibility is required (market material).<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Massimiliano<br>
><br>
> P.s.:<br>
> - Monetary support is not request but as always is more then welcome<br>
> (just the coffee break expenses are needed)<br>
> - For those who don't know me (<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maxi71</a>):<br>
> Massimiliano has a P.h.D. in Geodesy and Geomatic and is member of the<br>
> GRASS PSC and participate to the OSGeo activity since the first join<br>
> meeting in Bangkok between GRASS and Mapserver and presented to all<br>
> the OSGeo meetings with different contributions.<br>
> I was one of the Funding member of the Italian OSGeo Chapter and its<br>
> first liason officer.<br>
><br>
</div></div>Thanks for bringing this to the list,<br>
<br>
I know this event is typically well attended and run by many OSGeo<br>
members, so I support this request. It'd be great to be listed as a<br>
supporter of the event. There are some further thoughts on here that<br>
may apply - in particular a follow up report would be nice to have to<br>
show how OSGeo support helped:<br>
<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Event_Management" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Event_Management</a><br>
<br>
On another note, any local chapter should feel free to say that they are<br>
doing or supporting something, without having to come to ask the OSGeo<br>
marketing committee. In that case, just make sure it's clear that the<br>
"local chapter" is doing it and not say it is OSGeo in general. Hope<br>
that makes sense.. In this case I support either approach - any<br>
thoughts from others on the list?<br></blockquote><div><br><br></div></div><br>