[Foss4g2009] Re: [Aust-NZ] Aust-NZ FOSS4G Booth [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Cameron Shorter]

I've had a chat with Bruce and Jody about this.
Thinking about logistics, I think it is important for the Aust-NZ OSGeo 
chapter to have a central nerve centre (ie a booth) that the Organising 
Committee can work from.

In particular, the Organising Committee will be filling lots of roles 
including:
* Addressing any technical glitches that may happen in the conference. 
Ie be findable by delegates who have noticed a problem.
* Coordinate planned foss4g activities and volunteers
* Standard OSGeo promotion to local delegates. This will be our best 
opportunity to source local OSGeo members for the next 5 years or so.

Unless there are any objections, I'll discuss logistics with Tour Hosts.

Jody Garnett wrote:
> I thought the Aust-NZ chapter was putting on the conference :-)  I
> agree that a lot of us are not going to sit still long enough to be in
> a booth :-D
>
> However it would be a really good place for advocacy and to promote
> our chapter (may be case of preaching to the converted?).
>
> Do we know if OSGeo is going to have a booth?
>
> Jody
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Bruce
> Bannerman<bruce.bannerman.osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Jody,
>>
>> It's a great idea, however some thoughts:
>>
>> - We'll need to find some money for the stand $2,500 at least
>>
>> - We're hosting the FOSS4G-2009, so a lot of us will be helping to organise
>> the conference
>>
>>
>> It would be good to have a place for people to find out about us though if
>> we could find additional volunteers to stand at the booth and get the
>> required money.
>>
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>>> [mailto:aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jody Garnett
>>> Sent: Thursday, 30 July 2009 10:36 AM
>>> To: aust-nz at lists.osgeo.org
>>> Subject: [Aust-NZ] Aust-NZ FOSS4G Booth
>>>
>>> I have an interesting question; I just noticed that my
>>> organization is sponsoring the "power station" (which while
>>> more expensive then a booth does not include a place for me
>>> to hang out at FOSS4G).
>>>
>>> As the local OSGeo group organizing the conference are we
>>> going to have a booth? And if so can I please hang out at it :-)
>>>
>>> Jody
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