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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thank you to all who have put in a
significant effort in pushing through on this website re-branding
activity.<br>
For transparency, and to demonstrate the rigour that has been
applied to this process, could I please ask each person who has
been involved to explain the depth of your involvement in your
assessment, and why you agree with this motion (or not). I will
then vote based on my trust of the process and my trust that the
individuals involved have followed the process.<br>
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To start:<br>
* I reviewed the RFQ that was developed and sent out, along with
the proposed process. I was impressed with the professionalism of
both. I am familiar with the individuals involved with this
selection process, and have been impressed over the years with
their clear thinking, ability to suggest good ideas, their follow
through on making things happen and professionalism. Assuming they
confirm that they have continued to be thorough in their process,
and confident in their selection, I shall back their decision.<br>
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Warm regards, Cameron<br>
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On 09-Mar-17 10:08 AM, Marc VLOEMANS wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Dear Marketing List,</div>
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<div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Thanks to the
unrelenting energy of the Marketing Committee en members of
the Board, I have the pleasureof asking you for approval of
our choice of agency to conduct the Rebranding and Website
Project for OSGeo: GetInteractive (for examples of their
previous work see <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.getinteractive.nl/" target="_blank">www.getinteractive.nl</a>)</div>
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<div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">I herewith ask you
formally to approve the choice for GetInteractive as the
agency that will execute the Rebranding and Website Project as
previously described in the EoI and RFP. Please do so before
Saturday 12.00 noon CET. This allows the committee to draft
the contract and collect Board signature in order to have the
agency start the project in time.<br>
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<div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Some back ground on
the process:</div>
<div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">- we cast our Call
for Expression of Interest as widely as our network and
channels allowed</div>
<div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">- we received 4
serious EoI's, which all were invited to send in a proposal</div>
<div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">- of these, 2 were
shortlisted based on price and project scope</div>
<div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">- GetInteractive was
chosen as the winner, based on critical items such as:</div>
<div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">pricing, experience
with community-sites, quality of reference projects,
comprehensiveness of their proposals, user-friendliness and
technical specifications of proposed CMS, their experience
with open source, realisme of planning and efforts,
demonstrated professionalism in the EoI/RFP process and such.</div>
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<div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">We have 'happily'
drawn upon Jeffrey's particular experience in the CMS-field
and he has volunteered to manage the project on our behalf.
Jody's eye for detail and process has kept us on track as the
overall planning needed to be met. Therefore I feel we have
achieved the best value for our money and can safely enter the
next stage in the project.</div>
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<div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Again, I wish to
thank all involved in a process that has been executed
meticulously but (thankfully) fast enough to have our revamped
brand and website in place well before FOSS4G2017 to
immediately benefit from it.</div>
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<div>Kind regards,<br>
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Marc Vloemans<br>
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Mobile +31(0)651 844262<br>
LinkedIn: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://nl.linkedin.com/in/marcvloemans"
target="_blank">http://nl.linkedin.com/in/marcvloemans</a><br>
Twitter: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://twitter.com/marcvloemans" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/marcvloemans</a>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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