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

[Puneet Kishor]

I like the phrase "OSGeo Advocate."


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Puneet Kishor


On Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Cameron Shorter 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 Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com 
> 
> -- 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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