<div dir="ltr">Thanks for feedback Astrid, Gert-Ja (and Jeff!).<div><br></div><div>Gert-Ja I am having trouble turning your feedback into a useful mandate to ask the board for. In a sense I want to answer your question of if we are a MarkCom or MarkComCom ... not sure if I am being slow on the uptake, or if are answering a different question?</div><div><br></div><div>Let me try again in the form of a letter we can send to the board. </div><div><div><br></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><i>OSGeo Board:</i></div></div><div><div><i><br></i></div></div><div><div><i>The marketing committee is in the process of reforming and would like to ask for a mandate (similar to what has been provided in the motion to form the <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Motion_to_form_Conference_Committee">conference committee</a>, <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/IncubatorMotion.html">incubation committee</a>, ...).</i></div></div><div><div><i><br></i></div></div><div><div><i>The revamped committee seeks responsibility for:</i></div></div><div><div><i>* growing our community with new users</i></div></div><div><div><div><i>* establish a marketing strategy</i></div></div></div><div><div><i>* providing support for events</i></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><i><br></i></div></div><div><div><i>Specifically for 2017 we are willing to take responsibility for:</i></div></div><div><div><i>* Managing a RFQ process to reboot the OSGeo website</i></div></div><div><i><br></i></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><i>We should be clear that this is a marketing committee focused on user outreach. We are not taking responsibility for all OSGeo communication. The OSGeo board is expected to continue to issue press releases. OSGeo projects are expected to continue to offer release announcements for developers. Events are expected to handle their own publicity. </i></div></blockquote><div><div><i><br clear="all"></i><div><div class="gmail-m_-2461047685881348608gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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