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Amen brother Marc! (just to show I read entire content).<br>
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All I've read so far sounds great.<br>
Go for it. I suggest being careful not to over-commit initially,
until the volunteer base builds up. Identify what you personally can
achieve, and do a great job of it, (which it sounds like you will
do). Success breeds success and hopefully will attract more
volunteers.<br>
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Go Marc Go!<br>
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..../priorities and above all ambitions!<br>
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On a personal note; I care about what (we say) we stand for.
But the present succes of open spatial IT does not seem to
really impact our organisation internally. Nor our position
in the wider world. Transition times have come...or we
become a dinosaur....<br>
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Thanks for reading and hope to work with y'all<br>
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Marc<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2016-03-25 13:32 GMT+01:00 Marc
VLOEMANS <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div>Jody et al<br>
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Thanks for singling me out ;-)<br>
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<div>Please take your time to read further. I have
given it some time to assess if I should involve
myself. <br>
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I will gladly participate in the Marketing
Committee and try to revive it.<br>
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<div>There are practical things that need to be
taken care of and I have some time on my hands...<br>
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<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>
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<div>So my ambition goes beyond ad hoc activities.
We need some structural apporach and plan.<br>
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<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>
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<div>I hope that the committee-members will agree on
and actively support the above! (Can I get an
Amen...?)<br>
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Back to the <b>here and now</b>. Looking at the -
to me still broad - communicationrelated objectives
for 2016 (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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>),
some questions/comments/suggestions;<br>
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- 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>
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<div>- MarkCom members involved will have a monthly
meetup (preferably Skype or other where we see faces)<br>
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<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>
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- 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>
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- 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>
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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
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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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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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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>
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<div>So far we are waiting
on the strategic plan,
best I can offer right now
is:</div>
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<div>* <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016#OSGeo_2016_Strategic_Plan"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016#OSGeo_2016_Strategic_Plan">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016#OSGeo_2016_Strategic_Plan</a></a>:</div>
<div>* <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Strategic_Plan_2016"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Strategic_Plan_2016">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Strategic_Plan_2016</a></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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<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
moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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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