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

[Suchith Anand]

Hi Cameron,

Apologies i won't be able to attend this meeting . The OSGeo Ambassadors idea is good but the important thing is as many people do this not just charter members or a select few. I am sure many people are already promoting OSGeo through their presentations in conferences, events etc. I personally always make it a point to promote OSGeo (at least few slides ) in any conference, events that i get opportunity to present.

For example for a conference , the more presenters talking about OSGeo in their presentations (not just keynote speakers) the more impact it has. That sends a powerful message of the impact and potential of OSGeo  to the wider audience.

Best wishes,

Suchith



From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Cameron Shorter
Sent: 29 May 2012 22:00
To: OSGeo Marketing; OSGeo Discussions
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Marketing meeting to finalise definition of an OSGeo Ambassador role

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.




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