<div dir="ltr">I was going to add Q&A/Clarifications to the website page. I think you already fielded some questions did you not Jeff?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="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 January 2017 at 11:22, Jeffrey Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ortelius@gmail.com" target="_blank">ortelius@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">+1 on all these. It may be a bit much to ask folks to subscribe to our<br>
list, does it allow through public posts, or could we moderate those<br>
through and respond cc'ng the original person but keeping the response<br>
on the list? Wiki is a great idea too.<br>
<br>
I concur that the project management overhead on our side is probably<br>
not worth it, lets see what kind of questions/responses we get.<br>
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On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Cameron Shorter<br>
<<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> If we decide to answer questions publicly (which I think we should), then I<br>
> also suggest that we encourage vendors to send questions to this public<br>
> marketing email list.<br>
><br>
> Re question about breaking project up, I'd suggest we aim to minimise OSGeo<br>
> volunteer workload and risk by encouraging bidders to team up under one<br>
> prime rather than put in multiple bids for multiple components.<br>
><br>
> Adding a wiki with questions and official responses is probably a good idea<br>
> too.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 18/01/2017 6:35 AM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 17 January 2017 at 11:14, Jeffrey Johnson <<a href="mailto:ortelius@gmail.com">ortelius@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> One question I have had already is how are we going to respond to<br>
>>>> questions from potential vendors. Should they send them to<br>
>>>> <a href="mailto:secretary@osgeo.org">secretary@osgeo.org</a> to be forwarded to us?<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> I assume so; you may wish to volunteer act as point for the EOI process.<br>
>>> If<br>
>>> I remember our meeting notes Marc and I are digging into policy/strategy<br>
>>> document.<br>
>><br>
>> Im happy to be the POC, but I do NOT want people emailing me directly<br>
>> with these questions and prefer to answer them formally. Perhaps we<br>
>> ask the secretary to prepare any questions and send them to us and we<br>
>> can respond as a group formally and with a public record (even if I am<br>
>> taking the lead)<br>
>><br>
>>>> The question at hand was whether we would consider splitting up the<br>
>>>> contract so that a firm was only proposing for one or two parts and we<br>
>>>> would have another vendor for the other component(s). I think this<br>
>>>> could be ok, but would require more project management on our side.<br>
>>>> Should we put language to this effect in the letter to discuss?<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> I see.<br>
>>><br>
>>> The update to splitting out content migration is it could dovetail into<br>
>>> an<br>
>>> going editing role in 2018.<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Really hoping we can get this out today, the clock is ticking :)<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Can we send it, and answer questions as they come in. You can add Q&A to<br>
>>> the<br>
>>> <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/marketing/rebranding.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.osgeo.org/<wbr>marketing/rebranding.html</a> page.<br>
>><br>
>> Marc, I'd prefer you send this to discuss as the chair of our committee.<br>
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