[Board] Request for funding of OSGeo Live thumb drives for regional Geo-conference

[Bob Basques]

All,

I haven’t heard anything back on the following request from anyone (other
than Jody commenting about where this should be sent . . .).

So trying again . . .

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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 to new folks 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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Bob Basques
bbasques at sharedgeo.org
612.598.9210
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