[Foss4g2009] RE: Sponsorship Meeting FOSS4G2009

[Harley Prowse]

Hi Cameron,

Good idea, so I have CC'd this to the list for all to see and comment on
if desired.

I am all for seeing if we can get some involvement from the NZ Govt, but
I wonder about the wisdom of sponsoring something based in Australia
when they (the Govt) do not have a great track record of getting in
behind events here in NZ - although that is changing with more
involvement (and appreciated involvement as well I might add) from the
likes of NZGO, SSC and NZ Trade & Enterprise with respect to the Spatial
Industry in NZ.  This may also reflect a lack of suitable events in NZ -
being dominated by user group based events rather than general
geospatial events.  We did have a successful "Inaugural Geospatial
Conference" last week in Wellington which is encouraging.

Perhaps some involvement from NZ Govt will be useful in encouraging more
participation from NZ in FOSS4G2009 from NZ spatial industry
participants?


Harley Prowse

Director
Geographic Business Solutions Ltd.
harleyp at geobiz.co.nz
www.geobiz.co.nz
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com] 
Sent: 1 July 2008 10:30 a.m.
To: Harley Prowse
Cc: Tony Elson; cucumber sunshine
Subject: Re: Sponsorship Meeting FOSS4G2009

Thanks Harley, your thoughts are very useful. I wonder whether NZ
Government might be interested in sponsorship?
(I've found FOSS4G to be a great door opener for me and you may find the
same.)

Do you mind CCing this email to <foss4g2009 at lists.osgeo.org> so other
key parties can build upon your comments.

Harley Prowse wrote:
> Hi Cameron,
>  
> I am interested to assist if I can.  Unfortunately I cannot be part of

> the meeting tomorrow, but will catch up on minutes etc and get 
> involved after the fact.
>  
> I think you will be hard pressed to get sponsorship money from NZ 
> Geospatial companies unless they are already operating in Australia.
> Take ourselves as an example, we will attend the conference and 
> network etc, but with our limited marketing budget, we will have to 
> spend the money here where we are more likely to get a return in terms

> of new work.  The chances of us picking up work in Aus are small, 
> unless we are partnered with someone - like LisaSoft :-).
>  
> That said, we should still try.  There are some large companies here 
> that are doing open source work (mostly internally at this stage) who 
> have a presence in Australia (or it is the other way around?) e.g.
> Opus International, SKM, Beca - that may be interested in sponsorship
> - perhaps not a trade display, but maybe advertising or satchel 
> stuffers etc.
>  
> Regards
>  
>
> *Harley Prowse*
>
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