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

[Bob Basques]

Ok, standing by.

Bobb
On Mar 8, 2016 1:30 PM, "Jody Garnett" <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sounds like an amazing event, marketing committee should have a budget to
> work against shortly (it is an agenda topic for this week and you can see
> the budget
> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Operational_Budget_for_2016>
> on the wiki ).
>
> Cameron is involved with both marketing committee and OSGeo live and
> should be able to assist.
>
>
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 8 March 2016 at 08:59, Bob Basques <bbasques at sharedgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> --
>> Bob Basques
>> bbasques at sharedgeo.org
>> 612.598.9210
>>
>>
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