[Board] Funny how the world looks different outside the board ...

[Ari Jolma]

Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) kirjoitti:
> I started a simple press release here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Press_Release_Board_2008
>
> Todo:  Add a few details about the new directors, Ari and Howard.  
> Consider a short sentence for each director too?  This may be the 
> first time some readers will ever have been introduced to an OSGeo 
> board, might as well impress them with the caliber of people involved!

Perhaps add an affiliation after each director? I.e., I'd be "professor 
at Helsinki University of Technology, Finland" or professor of 
geoinformatics (which I am for one week still, then professor of 
environmental planning and management information technology ... and our 
university will also change its name next year, but whatever).

Cheers,

Ari

>
> Most of the press release "process" can fall into our simpler news 
> item methods.  Much of the press release process was to help guide the 
> marketing committee and others outside of the board who wanted to make 
> releases.  Since it hasn't been used much at all, maybe twice, then I 
> suggest we handle this on the board list and then let me go through 
> posting the release itself.  That is, bypass Marketing and Legal 
> review, while at the same time we push it out through normal news 
> channels.
>
> Tyler
>
>
> On 20-Aug-08, at 8:43 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
>
>> Arnulf Christl wrote:
>>> Dave,
>>> thanks for the comment. In my company nobody knows either. :-) I also
>>> thought that people should take on their new roles at a fixed date - 
>>> say
>>> first of September.
>>
>> Arnulf,
>>
>> We discussed when the change would take effect in the meeting and there
>> was no consensus for it to be any time other than immediately following
>> the decision.   However, we can certainly choose to make an announcement
>> on September 1st if desired.
>>
>> >  As I am on vacation and might suffer from varying
>>> degrees of online deprivation I don't feel like doing it right now.
>>> Hmmm. Maybe in my new role as president (which still feels awkward 
>>> to me)
>>> I could even suggest that we make the official announcement on 
>>> 2008-09-01
>>> where the new faces and roles are presented, we have a press 
>>> release, etc.
>>
>> I would note that there is quite a bit of overhead in preparing a formal
>> press release.  Perhaps you just meant an announcement via
>> announce at lists.osgeo.org and the web site?  If so, just make sure the
>> announcement is sent to news_item at osgeo.org
>>
>>> Maybe together with the announcements of the new logo and web site 
>>> design
>>> that Tyler sent around?
>>
>> Perhaps I missed this, but I'm on webcom and I'm not aware of a new web
>> site design.  If it is a bit of restructuring of the main page then it
>> hardly seems to require announcing.
>>
>> PS. With regard to the changed roles, I have updated the wiki and web 
>> site
>> locations that I'm aware of listing officers.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> -- 
>> ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- 
>>
>> I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam, 
>> warmerdam at pobox.com
>> light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam
>> and watch the world go round - Rush    | Geospatial Programmer for Rent
>>
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Prof. Ari Jolma
Geoinformatiikka / Geoinformatics
Teknillinen Korkeakoulu / Helsinki University of Technology
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