[Board] OSGeo stall at FOSS4G

[Ian Edwards]

I'll source a table and some chairs - and a drape for the table.

If we need leaflet printing etc then it would be good to get the order very
early next week (although I have no idea what the print deadlines are).


On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> The UK chapter has a (UK-specific) pop-up banner that could be used, but
> not a lot of marketing materials- we've never had enough money to hold a
> lot of these in reserve. For what it's worth, I raised the question of the
> OSGeo booth on the board list several months ago, with little response- so
> most of the available volunteers that the UK chapter would have called on
> have been co-opted to help with other aspects of the event, and if you want
> the OSGeo stand properly staffed, you're going to need to organise this via
> the discuss list- we'll do what we can to help but we're all a bit
> stretched, as you can imagine!
>
> We can arrange printing of materials and have those delivered directly to
> the conference venue, so if you give us an idea of what you'd like *asap*
> then we can get it organised- bearing in mind that the costs will have to
> come out of what profits we would have paid back to OSGeo. It's probably
> best if you send us specific links to the svn to the files you'd like
> printed out to avoid any confusion. Furthermore, if there's a generic OSGeo
> banner held somewhere in the EU that could be couriered to the venue, let
> us know, and we'll give you a delivery address.
>
> As an aside for future events, I think there needs to be some guidelines
> for the LOC as to the staffing and provisioning of the OSGeo booth, to
> avoid these last minute panics- so that's one for the cookbook :-)
>
> Jo
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Ian Edwards <iedwards.pub at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Cameron, with all the conference arrangements in full swing it would
>> be good to give Jo space to focus on the rest of the event if possible.
>> I'll track down what we can provide, but I know that we do not have a booth
>> that can be assembled.  I'll get back to you with a summary of what we have
>> and what the options are going forward.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Cameron Shorter <
>> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Typical contents of an OSGeo booth are listed at:
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Exhibition_Pack#Exhibition_Pack
>>>
>>> It is likely that the English OSGeo Chapter has many of these items,
>>> such as a pop-up banner which can be provided locally.
>>>
>>> Jo, do you know what local exhibition material is available?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 26/08/13 19:27, Ian Edwards wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jeff
>>>
>>>  The main issue that was raised on last week's call is that we're not
>>> able to provide booths - only floor spaces. Our ability to help arrange
>>> specific details (e.g. additional equipment hire) is getting a bit
>>> stretched in these last few weeks.
>>>
>>>  Will you need additional equipment, or will the OSGeo stall all be
>>> shipped as pop-up banners that take care of themselves?
>>>
>>>  Many thanks
>>>
>>>  Ian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Jeff McKenna <
>>> jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ian,
>>>>
>>>> I have been working with the organizers to get a booth.  We are
>>>> confirmed for a Gold-level sized booth.  I also submitted location
>>>> choices for the booth.
>>>>
>>>> I am tasked with organizing the booth. I will tomorrow put together a
>>>> wiki and distribute it to Discuss, and will also contact the marketing
>>>> committee for help for materials.
>>>>
>>>> What do you mean by concrete plan?
>>>>
>>>> -jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2013-08-25 1:26 PM, Edwards, Ian wrote:
>>>> > Hi All,
>>>> >
>>>> > We haven't yet received a concrete plan for an OSGeo stall at FOSS4G
>>>> next month.
>>>> >
>>>> > The UK team will be too stretched to spend time on the stall.  If
>>>> anyone is interested in organising the stall itself, and coordinating
>>>> availability (particular of board, charter members, advocates and project
>>>> members) then please get in touch and let us know.
>>>> >
>>>> > Many thanks
>>>> >
>>>> > Ian
>>>> > FOSS4G 2013 team
>>>> > http://2013.foss4g.org
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