[Board] Booth at FOSS4G NA 2015

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the update on FOSS4G-NA, it sounds like your event is shaping 
up nicely.  And thanks for the offer of a free booth for OSGeo, I agree 
that it is important that we take advantage of this.

Having tried to organize a booth remotely, each and every time it comes 
down to boots on the ground: a local chapter rep bringing materials, 
banners etc.  So I'll fire a message to the local chapters list now, to 
hopefully find a champion for the booth.

Board: are any Board members attending FOSS4G-NA in March, and want to 
help organize the OSGeo Booth?

Andrew thanks again for this.

-jeff


PS. I am returning now from another successful event, FOSS4G-Asia, which 
has definitely built excitement in the region for the upcoming 'big 
bang' in Seoul in September! :)



On 2014-12-15 8:24 PM, Andrew Ross wrote:
> Dear OSGeo board,
>
> I'm not sure who the best person is to contact for this so I'll reach
> out to you in hopes you can help.
>
> I am pleased to share with you that FOSS4G North America 2015 continues
> to develop nicely. The program has been selected, the schedule created,
> and it is a strong one!
>
> Sadly, due to space limitations, we couldn't take all the amazing talks
> we would have liked to. For what it's worth, we are doing what we can to
> make even more room and add a poster/map session. We'll share some more
> details soon as well as details for the fun activities being planned.
>
> The main purpose of my email is to reach out to identify who will be
> organizing an OSGeo booth at the event. A table top display
> <https://www.eclipsecon.org/na2015/sites/default/files/classicBooth_0.png>
> will be provided, or you can choose to do something else that fits
> within the space. The space will be 10' wide x 5' deep. Power, a stool,
> and a wastebasket is included. We are providing this at no cost to OSGeo.
>
> If you would, please help identify someone to lead the efforts. Thanks
> so much.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Andrew
>
>