[OSGeo-Discuss] Marketing meeting to finalise definition of an OSGeo Ambassador role - starting now

[Cameron Shorter]

Meeting about to start now. Please drop in if you have an interest.

On 30/05/12 06:59, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> I've set up a meeting next week to discuss then finalise the setting 
> of an OSGeo Ambassador role. Hope to see many of you at the meeting, 
> or if you can't make it, please share your thoughts (and vote?) on 
> email before hand.
>
> Location: irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo
> Time:
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2012&month=6&day=4&hour=20&min=30&sec=0&p1=264&p2=240&p3=215&p4=179&p5=224
>
> Location 	Local time 	
> 	
> Wellington <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=264> 
> (New Zealand) 	Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 8:30:00 AM 	
> 	
> Sydney <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=240> 
> (Australia - New South Wales) 	Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 6:30:00 AM 	
> 	
> Rome <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=215> (Italy) 
> Monday, 4 June 2012 at 10:30:00 PM 	
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> New York <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=179> 
> (U.S.A. - New York) 	Monday, 4 June 2012 at 4:30:00 PM 	
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> San Francisco <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=224> 
> (U.S.A. - California) 	Monday, 4 June 2012 at 1:30:00 PM 	
> 	
>
>
> The current proposal is here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Ambassador
>
> This topic has been discussed by many of you on discuss, marketing and 
> board email lists. Here is a summary of comments, along with my 
> suggestions:
>
> 1. There has emerged to be two roles which people have been 
> categorising under the title of "OSGeo Ambassador"
> a. Someone knowledgeable in OSGeo, who can speak at conferences and 
> the like. This is what we are focusing on for this definition of the role.
> b. Someone who can negotiate MOU and similar on behalf of the OSGeo 
> board. This is proposed to be treated separately, with the OSGeo Board 
> delegated to someone they see fit to do the job, on a case-by-case basis.
>
> 2.  There has been concern (from FrankW?) about defining a role which 
> is exclusive and prevents people from just stepping up an 
> volunteering. This is addressed by letting anyone who believes they 
> have OSGeo experience and thinks them self worthy can step forward and 
> volunteer.
>
> 3. There has been concern (from Arnulf?) that our categorisation is 
> too complicated. (We are proposing Board Members, Charter Members, 
> Voted Positions, Community Members). I believe that we do need some 
> way to define OSGeo experience, because that is one of the key 
> criteria that conference organisors look for when selecting speakers 
> and key notes. We can potentially de-emphasise the categorisation by 
> moving it into the "Description" field rather than making a heading 
> out of it.
>
>
> -- 
> Cameron Shorter
> Geospatial Solutions Manager
> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>
> Think Globally, Fix Locally
> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
> http://www.lisasoft.com


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Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
http://www.lisasoft.com


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