[Board] Commercialize OSGeo?

[Dave McIlhagga]

I'm not sure I understand why the rush to put these kinds of policies  
in place -- by having the board as the "evaluator" of these proposals  
- we're in a position to make a best decision we can based on the info  
presented to us for one-of cases such as this OSGeo Teach-in. Once you  
reach a point where you have a lot of demand for this -- that's really  
the point at which you want to have a policy.

Maybe it's just me -- but it feels like we're putting the cart ahead  
of the horse here ... trying to put a policy in place for a problem  
we're not sure we have.

As it stands - we have a one-of-a-kind proposal in front of us that I  
think we need to figure out if we support or not - either as is, or  
with changes the proponents would be comfortable making.


If there is a policy to be made -- I'd suggest it be to define a  
process by which third parties could make a proposal to work with  
OSGeo (whether for a teach-in, information session, joint-promotional  
activity, etc...) - and not simply restrict it to this one teach-in  
concept.

Dave



On 2-Jun-08, at 9:37 AM, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:

> +1 from me for these (two) proposals in case we come to make this  
> the policy.
> Ciao,
> Jeroen
>
> On Jun 2, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Arnulf Christl wrote:
>
>> 2. Make the brand "OSGeo Teach-in" available to sponsors and let  
>> them run
>> loose with it. I suggest to request for official feedback from
>> participants, maybe through some web interface and an option to  
>> exclude
>> sponsors that mess up the "OSGeo Teach-in"
>>
>> I prefer the second option.
>>
>> 2.a. Potential sponsors might want to try out the event type "OSGeo
>> Teach-in" *before* becoming sponsors to check whether it is  
>> commercially
>> viable. I would support this as long as we are still building the  
>> brand.
>
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