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<div class="">I’ve been a part of a few groups that have both generated and selectively given away the OSGeo Live thumb drives for some number of years now. In my opinion it’s the single best “hard” promotional item that OSGeo generates for the purpose of
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<div class="">The idea is to think about those that will use it from a mass handout, and not dwell on the ones that don’t. I don’t see this type of marketing plan as a waste, I see it as better way to cover an event. With a saturation process, we are better
able to market the Drive and explain it’s uses at an event level, vs working in a one on one fashion. The folks that already have an interest are going to go and try it for themselves, they are not the target, it’s the ones that don’t know about it that you
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<div class="">We also go out of our way to make it easy for first timers to use the Thumb drive by also including a cheat sheet 3x5 card that explains step by step how to get started with it. </div>
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<div class="">If this method of advertising for OSGeo is seen as unpalatable to the group, then I could convert our request over to asking for a sponsorship of our event by OSGeo instead.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Just joining in to let you know that at recent events I've visited these USB drives were not given away for free but instead sold for a few Euros. This makes it possible for everyone interested to get a drive
while at the same time avoiding unnecessary waste (both money and electronics) because - let's face it - most people who get one for free will not use it.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Best wishes,</div>
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<div class="">Cameron is involved with both marketing committee and OSGeo live and should be able to assist.<br class="">
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I haven’t heard anything back on the following request from anyone (other than Jody commenting about where this should be sent . . .).<br class="">
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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.
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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:
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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.
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I haven’t checked lately for the going rate on these. Local suppliers are advertising ~$5 each for an 8GB USB3.0 blank drive.
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Request is for $2000 ($1750 for Drives, $250 for copying the OSGeo Live suite to each).<br class="">
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Related, my submission of the OSGeo Live presentation has been accepted at the event, and there will also be a (free) GeoMOOSE workshop.<br class="">
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