[Board] Re: [Marketing] Communication concept development

[Dave McIlhagga]

+1

Dave


On 22-Nov-07, at 5:24 AM, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:

> +1 from me, even though that is obviously biased, so feel free to  
> ignore!
> Jeroen
>
> On Nov 22, 2007, at 10:59 AM, Arnulf Christl wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> Marketing is starting on the development of a communication  
>> concept for OSGeo. To do this a proposal was requested from the  
>> people who also did the work around GeoNetwork opensource (Birgit  
>> and Ines). In the IRC meeting yesterday it was discussed how to  
>> follow up:
>> http://logs.qgis.org/osgeo/%23osgeo.2007-11-21.log (11:01:41 onwards)
>>
>> I wanted to talk to Birgit Aigner before actually voting for going  
>> ahead to find out whether we have had any contact before [0], to  
>> explain my globalization related concerns[1] to her and to find  
>> out whether I trust them to be able to do it. I do. In short,  
>> talking to her convinced me that OSGeo should take the proposed path.
>> I will meet Birgit in person to start the detailed briefing that  
>> she needs to get going. Obviously I will introduce her to what I  
>> think is relevant. If you could attend to my FOSS Business Models  
>> Talk at FOSS4G you may have an idea of the direction in which this  
>> will go. I wrote a mail to Marketing summing up what Jeroen,  
>> Michael, Venka, Tyler and many others have brought together wrt to  
>> marketing. This will be our starting point. * http:// 
>> lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/2007-November/001582.html
>>
>> My briefing will also focus on topics related to my lonely  
>> advocacy contributions in the Wiki:
>> * http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Category:Advocacy
>>
>> I am somewhat uncertain as to whether this is what OSGeo at large  
>> wants though. *And* it is the first time that I come into the  
>> situation to actually spend money from OSGeo that I have not  
>> collected myself. This might also explain part of my reluctance  
>> and potentially unexpected formal way of doing things.
>> By virtue of my role a chair of Marketing I am probably entitled  
>> to go ahead without more backing but I would like to get at least  
>> five +1 from the Board confirming this - or vetoes and directions  
>> on what to do instead. If you need more information before you can  
>> do this please ask for it.
>> Best regards,
>> -- 
>> Arnulf Benno Christl
>> http://www.osgeo.org
>> (OSGeo Board Member)
>> +50.7342N   +7.0707E
>>
>> [0] I never met Birgit before and there have not been any  
>> commercial activities between us or companies that any of us are  
>> involved with.
>>
>> [1] as a global corporation we have to carefully balance between  
>> cost and quality. A Germany based company will probably have the  
>> highest costs and thus also higher prices than any other location  
>> in the world. So we wondered whether it is a good idea to do this.
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