[Board] ICC 2015 in Rio de Janeiro

Mon Jul 28 17:00:47 PDT 2014

We have seen a number of discussions come in around sponsorship of 
events, such as this.
The last official OSGeo Board position on sponsorship of events was 
written up at:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Conferences_and_related_events

/"... Other spatial conferences regularly request an OSGeo involvement, 
such as providing presenters, workshops, OSGeo-Live DVDs for 
distribution, or providing a booth. OSGeo facilitates such requests to 
the level we can achieve with interested volunteers, but typically 
expects the conference or sponsors to cover expenses.//
//OSGeo has limited budget set aside for code sprints, which are seen as 
a valuable forum for giving directly back to development teams. OSGeo 
will typically expect co-contributions from interested sponsors, and 
would prefer to support code sprints which are of benefit to multiple 
projects and communities./"

I'm open to updating this position, but suggest we should do it 
holistically, rather than being reactive as each new opportunity arises.
In particular, we should look at our current and expected budget, 
identify what percentage can be allocated toward supporting conferences, 
and provide guidelines for selection criteria.
Does the above Board Priorities address our current feelings? If not, 
how should it change?
Once we have answered these questions, we will be in a better position 
to answer specifics about conferences such as ICC 2015.

On 29/07/2014 6:52 am, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> I agree with Gerald that having a booth at this ICC event and a visible
> presence is very important.  As Suchith mentioned, we do have a strong
> representation in Brazil of ICA-OSGeo labs, so I would hope we can
> leverage those local leaders to help make the booth happen.  I will
> contact Georg Gartner and get his thoughts on this (OSGeo booth, OSGeo
> presence, OSGeo as a 'partner' on the conference site).
>
> As an aside, taking a look at the opening page of the ICC event site
> (http://www.icc2015.org/), it sure is made very very clear that this event
> is the flagship event for the International Cartographic Association -
> it's mentioned in the second line of text; the welcoming letter from Georg
> really sets the tone for the event being their ICA event.  Take a second
> to review our FOSS4G Portland opening page and look for any OSGeo
> reference (https://2014.foss4g.org/) - you'll have to pan all the way down
> the page to the very bottom and notice a very bland small font text
> "FOSS4G 2014 is a production of the OSGeo organization." - doesn't exactly
> make one think it is *the* OSGeo event.  We have lots to learn from the
> ICA community indeed.
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
>
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>> I am hoping to attend ICC 2015 (though i cannot confirm fully now). If so,
>> it will be a pleasure to setup OSGeo booth and promote OSGeo with other
>> colleagues.
>>
>> I am sure there will be many volunteers (especialy local volunteers) to
>> help with OSGeo booth and promotion as we have a very strong community in
>> Brazil and ICC 2015 will be a great opportunity to promote OSGeo's
>> Education initiative and activities.
>>
>> I suggest that  Jeff emails Georg informing OSGeo's interest to have a
>> booth at ICC 2015 and requesting free (or a substantial discount) from the
>> local organisors of ICC 2015.
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org]
>> On Behalf Of Jorge Sanz
>> Sent: 28 July 2014 10:57
>> To: Fenoy Gerald
>> Cc: board at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Re: [Board] ICC 2015 in Rio de Janeiro
>>
>> 2014-07-28 11:40 GMT+02:00 Fenoy Gerald <gerald.fenoy at geolabs.fr>:
>>> Hello,
>>> I knew about the ICA-OSGeo MOU but I did not know that Suchith will
>>> attend this conference. You also said that you will have help there.
>>> So with this new knowledge, I think we can now say that OSGeo will be
>>> present there, so what about the booth then ?
>>>
>>> When I mentioned the MOU it was more to have new ones that speaking
>>> about the well known existing one. Sorry if I was not clear.
>>>
>>> Note that I was guessing, maybe wrongly, that we may ask for a free
>>> booth there.
>>> Or at least a special discount for a foundation such as OSGeo.
>>>
>>> Hope to hear back from you,
>>> Best regards,
>> Having a MOU and the Geo For All network in common with ICA,  I guess that
>> asking for a free booth (or a substantial discount) makes a lot of sense.
>> Indeed it's good for both parts, that OSGeo has a good presence there,
>> promoting projects and community building.
>>
>> It should be great to reach there other OSGeo'ers, a booth for a three
>> days conference is quite a lot of work for just two (probably hyper
>> busy) attendants.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> --
>> Jorge Sanz
>> http://www.osgeo.org
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz
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