<div dir="ltr">No worries Cameron, I should of sent it in two emails, the objectives and then my take on it :) Personally I am inspired as a volunteer, but a bit daunted by the amount of work to be done.<div><br></div><div>I also agree with bob that obtaining assistance is a decent direction, however that is a decision to be made by the marketing committee - we may be able to think of several approaches.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 March 2016 at 13:05, Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Jody, board,<br>
I'm with Bob on this. You might want to be careful in word selection
and in case you are seen as a boss telling a worker what to do,
which is sometimes uninspiring for a volunteer.<br>
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Ask people doing the work what they would like to focus on. If it
fits with OSGeo priorities (which I'm expecting it will), then
approve any reasonable budget requests they ask for. <br>
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Cheers, Cameron<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>On 19/03/2016 5:24 am, Basques, Bob
(CI-StPaul) wrote:<br>
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<div>It seems like there is enough going on that some
consideration should be applied to the idea of actually hiring
some individual or Comp. to handle some of this. I think the
community is going to be hard pressed to retain a volunteer for
this type of stuff over the long run.</div>
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<div>bobb</div>
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<div>On Mar 18, 2016, at 1:00 PM, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>>
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<div dir="ltr">Taking a chance to round up
outstanding activities from prior board meetings:
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<div>* <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016</a></div>
<div>* <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2016-3-10" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2016-3-10</a></div>
<div>* <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2016-3-10" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2016-3-10</a> </div>
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<div>Here is what I have found for the
marketing committee (CCing Marc from discussion list
in the hopes we can recruit him):<br>
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<ul>
<li>Motion: Contact Marketing Committee
with strategic plan of 2016 to give new
mandate to them for reviving marketing
activities.<br>
</li>
<li>MOT2: Approve 1000 USD as intreim
budget for Marketing committee by e-mail vote</li>
</ul>
<div>So far we are waiting on the
strategic plan, best I can offer right now is:</div>
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<div>* <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016#OSGeo_2016_Strategic_Plan" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016#OSGeo_2016_Strategic_Plan</a>:</div>
<div>* <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Strategic_Plan_2016" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors#Strategic_Plan_2016</a></div>
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<div>The good news (for the marketing
committee) is that most of these objectives are
about communication - so we can help:</div>
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<div>
<ul>
<li>S01: showcasing excellence in
our communities<br>
<br>
We have a lot of amazing work happening in
OSGeo, and it is staggering how much of it
is not known. I for example had no idea a
400 person local chapter event was held
recently in Romania. By the same token
some of the triumphs taking place with
GeoForAll or individual projects are not
known.</li>
<li>S02: proactively engage with
external partners<br>
<br>
We are starting to gather a network of
friendly organizations, and build up
formal relationships (memorandums of
understanding with OGC) or closer (joint
initiatives with ICA, or being a guest
member of LocationTech). <br>
<br>
By the same token we have a lot of
sponsors or participating organizations
(often donating in-kind work on our OSGeo
projects). You can see me making an effort
to revamp our sponsor program. Next I hope
to update our support-providers page to
highlight participating organizations.<br>
<br>
We would like to seek out additional
organizations to work with ... how can we
help OGC reach out? More direct on the
open-source advocacy side how can we tell
the participation message again and again
and again.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>S03: Fostering our mission,
vision and goals<br>
<br>
Check out the about page for revised <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/about" target="_blank">
mission, vision, goals</a>. This is a
bit of a branding/product exercise - but
rather than focusing on what makes OSGeo
special - how can we promote goals.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li>S04: Empowering our communities
and extending our reach<br>
<br>
I know the marketing committee has budget
to help with event handouts. In this case
consider the marketing committee as the
community being empowered - is there
anything we can do to assist? Do you want
to put up a short term contract to update
website content? Do you need a graphics
designer (or one of those logo
competitions to get a consistent set of
logos created for each committee).<br>
<br>
TLDR: work with the volunteers that show
up for the marketing committee, and ask
for help to make up the gap.</li>
</ul>
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<div>I hope this will be a productive
discussion, please resist the urge to include
<a href="mailto:discuss@osgeo.org" target="_blank">discuss@osgeo.org</a>
- use this (and every day) as an opportunity to
recruit volunteers for the marketing committee.</div>
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