[OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G

[Ravi Kumar]

+1 for FOSS4G may this inspire a multitude as it has always. FOSS4G is the
brand of OSGeo Conference for sure.
Ravi Kumar

On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Maria Antonia Brovelli <
maria.brovelli at polimi.it> wrote:

> I agree completely with Venka. Our strength up to now has to be
> inclusive,  considering  all excellent and community based free and open
> source projects. Let us continue in this way!!!
> Happy sunday!
> MAria
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> Da: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto di Venkatesh
> Raghavan <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>
> Inviato: domenica 11 ottobre 2015 14.09
> A: discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G
>
> I think the OSGeo-Live project that you are leading can be safely
> (re)-named as
> FOSS4G-Live as it has a wonderful array of software projects that are not
> under the OSGeo umbrella as yet.
>
> Venka
>
> On 2015/10/08 5:08, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> > +1 for "OSGeo conference".
> >
> > Adding a perspective from someone who marketed FOSS4G 2009.
> > Creating a marketing message is all about minimising words used,
> > because "less words get read more".
> >
> > When explaining FOSS4G to people outside our community you need to use:
> >
> > "international conference for Free and Open Source Software for
> > GeoSpatial (FOSS4G), presented by the Open Source Geospatial
> > Foundation (OSGeo)."
> >
> > vs
> >
> > "international Open Source Geospatial (OSGeo) conference"
> >
> > This is a good question to put to the charter members for a vote at
> > some point.
> >
> > On 8/10/2015 1:39 am, Marc Peterson wrote:
> >>> From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-
> >>> bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Barry Rowlingson
> >>> Yes, you and I and everyone *on this mailing list* knows
> >>> the difference and the relationship between OSGeo and FOSS4G. But
> >>> there are people out there in geospatial who don't know either.
> >> Emphatic +1
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