[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2007 - whats in a name?

[Helena Mitasova]

Can someone take all the suggestions that we had so far and follow  
what Markus proposed
and prepare a vote on the name ( we did that for the 2006 conference  
too).
It would be good to collect the arguments for the names and include  
them in the proposal
so that we have something to think about before we vote.

Helena

Helena Mitasova
Dept. of Marine, Earth and Atm. Sciences
1125 Jordan Hall, NCSU Box 8208,
Raleigh NC 27695
http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/



On Oct 1, 2006, at 11:13 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:

> As a VisCom Guy and now a Branding Tsar too, I'd point out that we  
> chose the name "OSGeo" back in Chicago to represent us -- that is,  
> "OSGeo" is the banner and brand under which we are to bring our  
> messages, goals, hopes, dreams, etc, to the great unwashed masses.   
> We have already invested considerable time and effort into the  
> OSGeo name, and we will continue to do so.
>
> Presumably, and also as per discussions in Chicago, the OSGeo name  
> already supports the union of the memes "free", "open", etc.
>
> Marketing 101 teaches you about dillution of brand names: having  
> our main yearly event be named something other than OSGeo just  
> confuses the market.  Yes, I know the name FOSS4G is already out  
> there and has some brand equity -- but not as much as OSGeo already  
> has, I think.
>
> Sorry guys, but -- from a marketing standpoint at least -- "FOSS4G"  
> needs to be forgotten by all of us as quickly as possible.
>
> -mpg
>
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