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

[nicolas bozon]

+1 Nick


2012/6/7 Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com>

> Hi Cameron,
>
> Sorry I couldn't make the meeting- I'm happy with the change of name, so
> +1 from Jo on OSGeo Advocate as a name for this new role
>
> Jo
>
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Cameron Shorter <
> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Minutes of this meeting are here:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Meeting_2012-06-04#Minutes
>>
>> Consensus was that the role should be created as outlined [1], with a
>> change of title from "OSGeo Ambassador" to "OSGeo Advocate", as
>> "Ambassador" implies that the OSGeo board has assigned the role to someone
>> after a selection process (which is not the case for this volunteer role).
>>
>> Voting will remain open for the next 48 hours if people who couldn't make
>> the meeting wish to vote.
>>
>> +1 Cameron Shorter to accept the "OSGeo Advocate" role.
>>
>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Ambassador
>>
>> On 30/05/2012 6:59 AM, 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
>>
>>   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
>>
>>   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
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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 Sourcehttp://www.lisasoft.com
>>
>>
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