[Board] [OSGeo-Conf] Request for funding of OSGeo Live thumb drives.

[Jody Garnett]

Question here, does this go to the board, or to the marketing committee
(which we supply with a budget).

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Jody Garnett

On 4 March 2016 at 13:18, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) <
bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:

>
> Board Members,
>
> Can you please consider the following request for funding of OSGeo-Live
> thumb drives for attendees to a regional Geo Conference being put on in May.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> bobb
>
>
>
> On Mar 4, 2016, at 11:04 AM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Conference Committee holds no budget Bob
>
> Suggest you ask the board
> ______
> Steven
>
>
> On 4 Mar 2016, at 16:01, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) <
> bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> First, let me know if this is the wrong list to request from.
>
> We’re holding a regional Geo conference and would like to include a
> OSGeo-Live thumb drive in each attendees goody bag.  So, please consider
> this an official request for funding of OSGeo Live Thumb Drives for the
> event.
>
> This is a multi- discipline, multi-state event for all things Geo.  60
> confirmed presenters.  This will be a highly knowledgable audience and
> because of the varied subject matter it will be an excellent venue to get
> the word out about OSGeo and it’s mission, via the OSGeo Live project.
> More info about the event can be seen here:
>
> www.*umgeocon*.org
>
> We’ve planned for 350 attendees.  We can make our own thumb drives, and/or
> pay to have them made ourselves.  We’ve handed these out in the past and
> will also include a getting started cheat sheet for each user to get them
> going with the least amount of effort.
>
> I haven’t checked lately for the going rate on these.  Local suppliers are
> advertising ~$5 each for an 8GB USB3.0 blank drive.
>
> Request is for $2000 ($1750 for Drives, $250 for copying the OSGeo Live
> suite to each).
>
> Related, my submission of the OSGeo Live presentation has been accepted at
> the event, and there will also be a (free) GeoMOOSE workshop.
>
> bobb
>
>
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