[FOSS4G-Oceania] FOSS4G SotM Oceania Supporters Recognition Post

[Cameron Shorter]

Alex,

While I think it important to publicly thank people for the conference, 
I think it worth asking why we are thanking, and how can our thanking be 
helpful.

I notice we are thanking Uni of Melbourne, and SSSI, who have both been 
great enablers for us and deserve our thanks. But can we be more 
impactful for them? How has their involvement involved their 
organisational goals? Is the Uni wanting to promote education? Attract 
Students? Something else? How can we demonstrate that we are achieving 
that? Is SSSI wanting to promote the GIS industry? Are they wanting to 
demonstrate their position as a facilitator and enabler of GIS 
conversations? Discussing how successful the event is can demonstrate that.

For both these uses, I'd expect that a thank you, just before or during 
the event would be best for that. Also we should be sending to the 
widest audience, which we will have just before the event.

I also question why we are not listing all our sponsors. Sponsors are 
typically wanting to demonstrate their relevance within the OSGeo 
community, and hopefully attracting customers. Timing for a thanks to 
them should be about the same time.

Cheers, Cameron


On 23/08/2018 4:53 PM, Alex Leith wrote:
> Hey Folks
>
> Can you please have a quick read of this, and let me know if it sounds 
> good? I'm hoping we can recognise all the organisations that have 
> given us support to make this event happen: 
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NcSdY_QUeN1PAWXQ2qXJ2xT00rrZ45rXGZAZF6ocuz8/edit#
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex
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> Alex Leith
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