<div dir="ltr">No worries Cameron, I should of sent it in two emails, the objectives and then my take on it :)  Personally I am inspired as a volunteer, but a bit daunted by the amount of work to be done.<div><br></div><div>I also agree with bob that obtaining assistance is a decent direction, however that is a decision to be made by the marketing committee - we may be able to think of several approaches.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 March 2016 at 13:05, Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    Jody, board,<br>
    I'm with Bob on this. You might want to be careful in word selection
    and in case you are seen as a boss telling a worker what to do,
    which is sometimes uninspiring for a volunteer.<br>
    <br>
    Ask people doing the work what they would like to focus on. If it
    fits with OSGeo priorities (which I'm expecting it will), then
    approve any reasonable budget requests they ask for. <br>
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    Cheers, Cameron<div><div class="h5"><br>
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    <div>On 19/03/2016 5:24 am, Basques, Bob
      (CI-StPaul) wrote:<br>
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      <div>It seems like there is enough going on that some
        consideration should be applied to the idea of actually hiring
        some individual or Comp. to handle some of this.  I think the
        community is going to be hard pressed to retain a volunteer for
        this type of stuff over the long run.</div>
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      <div>bobb</div>
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            <div>On Mar 18, 2016, at 1:00 PM, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>>
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              <div dir="ltr">Taking a chance to round up
                outstanding activities from prior board meetings:
                <div><br>
                  <div>* <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016</a></div>
                  <div>* <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2016-3-10" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2016-3-10</a></div>
                  <div>* <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2016-3-10" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2016-3-10</a> </div>
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                  <div>Here is what I have found for the
                    marketing committee (CCing Marc from discussion list
                    in the hopes we can recruit him):<br>
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                      <ul>
                        <li>Motion: Contact Marketing Committee
                          with strategic plan of 2016 to give new
                          mandate to them for reviving marketing
                          activities.<br>
                        </li>
                        <li>MOT2: Approve 1000 USD as intreim
                          budget for Marketing committee by e-mail vote</li>
                      </ul>
                      <div>So far we are waiting on the
                        strategic plan, best I can offer right now is:</div>
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                      </div>
                      <div>* <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016#OSGeo_2016_Strategic_Plan" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016#OSGeo_2016_Strategic_Plan</a>:</div>
                      <div>* <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Strategic_Plan_2016" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Strategic_Plan_2016</a></div>
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                      <div>The good news (for the marketing
                        committee) is that most of these objectives are
                        about communication - so we can help:</div>
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                        <div>
                          <ul>
                            <li>S01: showcasing excellence in
                              our communities<br>
                              <br>
                              We have a lot of amazing work happening in
                              OSGeo, and it is staggering how much of it
                              is not known. I for example had no idea a
                              400 person local chapter event was held
                              recently in Romania. By the same token
                              some of the triumphs taking place with
                              GeoForAll or individual projects are not
                              known.</li>
                            <li>S02: proactively engage with
                              external partners<br>
                              <br>
                              We are starting to gather a network of
                              friendly organizations, and build up
                              formal relationships (memorandums of
                              understanding with OGC) or closer (joint
                              initiatives with ICA, or being a guest
                              member of LocationTech). <br>
                              <br>
                              By the same token we have a lot of
                              sponsors or participating organizations
                              (often donating in-kind work on our OSGeo
                              projects). You can see me making an effort
                              to revamp our sponsor program. Next I hope
                              to update our support-providers page to
                              highlight participating organizations.<br>
                              <br>
                              We would like to seek out additional
                              organizations to work with ... how can we
                              help OGC reach out? More direct on the
                              open-source advocacy side how can we tell
                              the participation message again and again
                              and again.<br>
                            </li>
                          </ul>
                          <ul>
                            <li>S03: Fostering our mission,
                              vision and goals<br>
                              <br>
                              Check out the about page for revised <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/about" target="_blank">
                                mission, vision, goals</a>. This is a
                              bit of a branding/product exercise - but
                              rather than focusing on what makes OSGeo
                              special - how can we promote goals.<br>
                              <br>
                            </li>
                            <li>S04: Empowering our communities
                              and extending our reach<br>
                              <br>
                              I know the marketing committee has budget
                              to help with event handouts. In this case
                              consider the marketing committee as the
                              community being empowered - is there
                              anything we can do to assist? Do you want
                              to put up a short term contract to update
                              website content? Do you need a graphics
                              designer (or one of those logo
                              competitions to get a consistent set of
                              logos created for each committee).<br>
                              <br>
                              TLDR: work with the volunteers that show
                              up for the marketing committee, and ask
                              for help to make up the gap.</li>
                          </ul>
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                      <div>I hope this will be a productive
                        discussion, please resist the urge to include
                        <a href="mailto:discuss@osgeo.org" target="_blank">discuss@osgeo.org</a>
                        - use this (and every day) as an opportunity to
                        recruit volunteers for the marketing committee.</div>
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                              <div>Jody Garnett</div>
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Software and Data Solutions Manager
LISAsoft
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