[Board] Sponsor Networking / Info Exchange

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

I haven't been able to do anything along these lines this time  
around.  Just mentioning it in case someone else has some energy to  
through at it.

Tyler

On 7-Aug-07, at 8:06 AM, Dave McIlhagga wrote:

> Tyler,
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> The goal was to be able to provide a time-slot after the conference  
> for a brief presentation (probably by the President and Executive  
> Director) on the activities of the past year, upcoming activities  
> etc.. with as much of the board present in order to have an  
> exchange of ideas for the future with our key sponsors. This would  
> be followed by a networking opportunity for board and guests.
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> In some respects, I think of this as a feel good event for our key  
> sponsors, an opportunity to thank them for their ongoing support,  
> and a chance to show in a bit more depth how their support is  
> helping the foundation in terms of reaching it's goals.
>
> Priority #1 obviously would be to ensure that our key sponsors ( in  
> this case INPE and Autodesk) can participate, and to work with them  
> on specific timing to work around their schedules.
>
> Since we only have 2 eligible sponsors at this point, we might want  
> to consider for this event only inviting other sponsors to send a  
> representative if they are interested.
>
> I assume we would need to coordinate this with the organizing  
> committee.
>
> Dave
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> On 6-Aug-07, at 1:16 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
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>> One of the perks of the higher level sponsorship levels is to have  
>> some time with the board at the annual event.
>>
>> Both Autodesk and INPE have sponsored at a level that provides these:
>>
>> * Invitation to Sponsor Information Exchange Event with Board of  
>> Directors following annual OSGeo International Conference
>>
>> * Invitation to Sponsor Networking Event with OSGeo Board of  
>> Directors and other invited guests following annual OSGeo  
>> International Conference
>>
>> Any ideas for pulling something like this together?  I'd have to  
>> dig into the archives to see more specifically what we'd been  
>> thinking for these meeting, but I think I remember the general idea.
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Tyler Mitchell
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Open Source Geospatial Foundation
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