[OSGeo-Conf] Committee Meeting to discuss 2008 RFP
Frank Warmerdam
warmerdam at pobox.com
Wed May 16 12:26:08 EDT 2007
Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
> Frank asked:
>> o Do we really aim to be *the* geospatial conference of the year?
>
> Sure -- aim high, why not. It should be "the" event of the year within
> our target demographic and content scope.
Michael,
I've been taught to aim low to avoid disappointment. :-)
Seriously, we clearly want to be the leading event for our target market.
But I don't feel that we need to be the biggest, or the most highly publicised
geospatial event of the year.
If I wanted it to be *the* geospatial event of the year, I'd no doubt want
to broaden it's appeal a great deal, mount a huge marketting campaign and
so forth. But I'd be happy for it to clearly be the leading event around
FOSS geospatial software.
Anyways, I don't mean to quibble, nor am I asking that the statement be
removed.
Best regards,
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