[FOSS4G-Oceania] Swag

[Martin Tomko]

I like the idea of books, but raise two issues:

  *   Budget – this is a really expensive proposition. Some $10 vs 30 + for a book is a considerable problem, I believe.
  *   Book selection: I like the fact we are not generating waste, but that is only true if the book suits you. Now, this is FOSS4G, not an “esri” conference, and diversity is the keyword here. Unless it is a book about GDAL/PROJ we have an issue 😉. Not everyone uses QGIS< or Python, or R< or Java etc, and for osme there are no books. The logistics of assuring fit are immense. From the books noted, I do like those about “generic” maps, rather than one tied to a software, for sure.
I still need a bike drink bottle, though ☺

M.

From: FOSS4G-Oceania <foss4g-oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, 26 August 2018 at 12:23 pm
To: John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com>
Cc: "foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org" <foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: Re: [FOSS4G-Oceania] Swag

I’m still super keen on tea towels! Maybe I’m a bit of an old man, but I could always use of tea towels and having one that reminds me of our conference would be great!
On Sat, 25 Aug 2018 at 11:07 pm, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com<mailto:johnwbryant at gmail.com>> wrote:
I think it's a nice, creative idea. It avoids waste generated by the usual conference swag; if any attendees opt not to take books, we can sell, raffle, gift, and donate the extras.

Possibly could identify a few publishers and see what kind of bulk discounts we could get - Locate Press, Packt Publishing, Safari/O'Reilly, and Manning are a few that jump to mind. (I notice Locate Press<https://locatepress.com/books>, run by Gary Sherman - the creator of QGIS - does printing in Australia).

Potentially it's a good opportunity to engage the community in the next couple of months, with the question 'which books?'.

Just having a look at the budget, we haven't actually allocated any specific money to swag, apart from t-shirts, this was a bit of an oversight. We'll need to adjust this and allocate something, since we committed to our sponsors. We have, however, allocated to some items we probably won't use, and we're sitting on a comfortable sponsorship surplus, so I think we'll have enough flexibility to come up with something.

+1 for looking into the idea further and coming up with a cost estimate.

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