[Board] Re: [Marketing] Communication concept development

[Robert Bray]

I'm slow. Read through all this just now, sounds like a great plan.

+1

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Arnulf Christl
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:03 AM
To: OSGeo-Board
Subject: Re: [Board] Re: [Marketing] Communication concept development

Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Arnulf Christl wrote:
>> ... 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.
>
> Arnulf,
>
> Excellent!
>
>> 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.
>
>  From this email:
>
>   http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/2007-November/001582.html
>
> I'd like to see a focus on new users, and potential sponsors under the
> assumption that other mechanisms are likely sufficient for existing
> projects, and potential new projects.
>
> I have not re-reviewed your various advocacy wiki pages.  I'm generally
> supportive of what I have read of them in the past.  My caveat would
> be that as the "message" is being fine tuned you will need to run it
> through the marketing committee for feedback.
>
> So, my sense is if you are confident in the direction, then I'm supportive.
> Don't let waiting for approval stop progress, but do keep the marketing
> committee.  If the marketing committee needs to spend money on this then
> lets gets some money in place for the effort (with the understanding
> that this comes out of a finite pool of money that will be available for
> marketing over the coming year).
>
> +1
>
> Does that help?
>
> Best regards,

Yes it does, thank you. Jeroen, Dave, Frank, me - just need one more to convince me. I'm a chicken.

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