[OSGeo-UK] How to spend some money

[Jo Cook]

Hi Steven,

Some of this is a matter of terminology- I'm not sure that "market" is the
right word to use. We have historically tried to collate a set of case
studies, and I think this is a valid thing for the local chapter to do- but
it definitely does take more time and money than we currently have
available. Having said that, if there were case studies available then our
website/github repository might be a good place to collect them.

Jo

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don’t think OSGeo:UK can or should specifically market QGIS vs other
> desktop GIS.
>
> Open Source evangelists need to articulate the holistic case for an Open
> GeoStack from server to desktop to web and that is a full time role rather
> than a piece of marketing collateral.
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 10 Feb 2017, at 12:06, Ian Mayo <ian at planetmayo.com> wrote:
>
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> Hello UK Chapter folk,
>
> Let us know what you think, or even let us know of other options- we'd be
> happy to contribute to other projects but need a clear funding mechanism to
> do it.
> ...
>
>
> The capability gap the between O/S & Commercial toolkits is shrinking.
> But, I'm pretty sure the marketing gap is large & growing.
>
> How about funding the development of a professional quality QGis
> marketing pack, targeting UK councils/public bodies.
>
> The pack could contain examples of how frequent geospatial
> challenges/tasks are performed with QGis, together with case studies
> of QGis/Open Source adoption and testimonials.
>
> The materials would be Open Source, and customisable to suit the
> opportunity at hand.
>
> No, sadly I don't hold the skills to be a candidate for the work.
>
> Regards,
> Ian
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