<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Jody et al<br><br></div>Thanks for singling me out ;-)<br></div><div>Please take your time to read further. I have given it some time to assess if I should involve myself. <br></div><div><br></div>I will gladly participate in the Marketing Committee and try to revive it.<br></div><div>There are practical things that need to be taken care of and I have some time on my hands...<br></div><div>But I am dubious if the present organisation is able to appreciate the need for true marketing (we tend to be our own worst enemy at times :-(.<br></div><div><br></div><div>So my ambition goes beyond ad hoc activities. We need some structural apporach and plan.<br></div><div>Therefor I also intend to professionalise the Marketing-function at OSGeo, as I strongly believe that this is key to future success (as long as we intend to add value to our stakeholders and foundation remit). Succesful communities tend to have a professional attititude and approach to marketing. Marketing as a means to align products/services, stakeholders, channels/reach, WIIFM/gain, promotion. Marketing directly overlaps our strategy: what do we want to be for whom?<br><br></div><div>I hope that the committee-members will agree on and actively support the above! (Can I get an Amen...?)<br></div><div><br></div>Back to the <b>here and now</b>. Looking at the - to me still broad - communicationrelated objectives for 2016 (<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Strategic_Plan_2016">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Strategic_Plan_2016</a>), some questions/comments/suggestions;<br></div>- I am to make an initial list of actions/tasks/to do's in the Wiiki<br>- MarkCom members/Jody please add<br>- MarkCom members sign on per item/activity as the person responsible<br></div><div>- MarkCom members involved will have a monthly meetup (preferably Skype or other where we see faces)<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the future, I acknowledge not everyone is versed in what marketing (not just promotion) entails (vice versa; do not ask me too much on how others develop software ;-)<br></div>- I am to make a format for a marketing plan (please mind, this is not only addressing PR/Communications) and put it in the wiki<br></div>- the Board is invited to use the format for its future strategy-making-process, as marketing is dependent on Board decisions regarding direction of the foundation, resources/priorities, <br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Kind regards,<br><br></div>Marc Vloemans<br><div><br>Mobile +31(0)651 844262<br>LinkedIn: <a href="http://nl.linkedin.com/in/marcvloemans" target="_blank">http://nl.linkedin.com/in/marcvloemans</a><br>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/marcvloemans" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/marcvloemans</a><div><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/marcvloemans" target="_blank">http://www.slideshare.net/marcvloemans</a></div><br></div></div></div></div>
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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
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<div dir="ltr">Taking a chance to round up outstanding activities from prior board meetings:
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<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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<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>* <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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<li>S01: showcasing excellence in our communities<br>
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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>
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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>
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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
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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>
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<li>S03: Fostering our mission, vision and goals<br>
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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>
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</li><li>S04: Empowering our communities and extending our reach<br>
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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>
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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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