[Board] Commercialize OSGeo?

[Dave McIlhagga]

Ok great - we're on the same page then. I think we would all like to  
get resolution for Paul/Jeff as soon as we can (hopefully in time for  
the board meeting). Let's hope it's a raging success so we can move on  
to replicating it in the future. :)

Dave




On 2-Jun-08, at 3:28 PM, Jeroen Ticheler wrote:

> Hi Dave,
> My opinion here was that the formulation below reflects what I  
> considered a good way to proceed with Paul's proposal. You could  
> call it rushing, I think the discussion went in different directions  
> and came back together to something most of us would / could agree  
> upon. I maybe wrong here thinking so, but my +1 was just to indicate  
> my support for the direction :-) I also think that it is fair  
> towards Paul and Jeff to bring this to a close and I'm not sure what  
> we win now by waiting/ postponing the discussion. Even tough my  
> previous proposal was to not use OSGeo as a brand name, but more as  
> an add-on, I can live with Arnulf's proposal. I just think this  
> discussion needs a closure, preferably before Friday's meeting.
> Refining it to not be restricted to only the teach-in concept makes  
> sense indeed.
> Ciao,
> Jeroen
>
> On Jun 2, 2008, at 9:14 PM, Dave McIlhagga wrote:
>
>> 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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