[Foss4g2009] Re: Slashgeo's participation to FOSS4G 2009

Cameron Shorter cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Sat Sep 12 00:26:31 EDT 2009 

Alexandre,
Great to hear that Slashgeo will be covering FOSS4G in person!

What we have in place for other news agencies is a cross promotional 
contra-deal.
We put the news agency's logo on our website and in our program in 
return for a foss4g logo on the news agency's web site, and in paper 
presentation, along with a FOSS4G story on the web site, and listing in 
the events calendar.

In SlashGeo's case, I think that swapping banner logos on websites is 
all that need be added. You are already publishing FOSS4G stories.

How does that suit?

Alexandre Leroux wrote:
>
> Hi Cameron,
>
> Great news! I just learned I'm going to FOSS4G 2009! I will of course 
> share stories about my presence at the conf on slashgeo.org :-)
>
> Is there any media registration fee? Is there anything I should know 
> if I want to efficiently discuss FOSS4G over Slashgeo.org? I haven't 
> found any 'media-specific' information on the official FOSS4G 2009 
> website.
>
>
> Thanks Cameron!
>
> Alex :-)
> -- 
> Alexandre Leroux, M.Sc., Ing.
> Environnement Canada / Environment Canada
> Centre météorologique canadien / Canadian Meteorological Centre
> Section de la réponse aux urgences environnementales /
> Environmental Emergency Response Section
> alexandre.leroux at ec.gc.ca
>
>
> On 04/30/09 14:26, Alexandre Leroux wrote:
>>
>> Hi Cameron,
>>
>> I just published on Slashgeo a story about FOSS4G 2009. I added 
>> content to make it even worthier. See it here: 
>> http://slashgeo.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/30/1758208
>>
>>
>>> You will get your next story on Sunday/Monday.
>>
>> Thanks! Please submit only pertinent milestones or news about FOSS4G 
>> 2009. We'll gladly publish it.
>>
>>
>>> I wonder whether you can add a FOSS4G category. I can get an icon 
>>> created for you if you give me the requirements.
>>
>> That's optional in my opinion, but if you want to do so, we use 80x80 
>> pixels logos. (that's pretty small)
>>
>>
>>> Ideally I'd like to use a logo which includes the date of the 
>>> conference.
>>
>> I would prefer the inverse, using a logo that could be used for 
>> FOSS4G for Slashgeo year over year.
>>
>>
>>> I can offer you media partner status for FOSS4G too, in return for a 
>>> banner add for FOSS4G on slashgeo.
>>> I can get your logo on our website, and listing in all our press 
>>> releases. (I just noticed I forgot to add the media list to my last 
>>> press release.)
>>
>>
>> We'd be interested. Wouldn't it make sense if we wait until we can 
>> confirm someone from Slashgeo will attend FOSS4G 2009? As I said, I 
>> really wanna go this year, but it's subject to budget approval...
>>
>>
>> Have a nice day Cameron,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Alexandre Leroux wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Cameron!
>>>>
>>>> Great! For your info, Slashgeo does not publish press releases 
>>>> directly, but rather 5-15 lines summaries with links (e.g. to a 
>>>> press release).
>>>>
>>>> We do not have banners, in fact, we never displayed ads since our 
>>>> launch in 2005.
>>>>
>>>> As for your 'permanent ad' request, we do have a 'Top Donors' list 
>>>> on our main page and in our open budget that act as ads for our 
>>>> contributors, at the moment a donation of 26$ is required to be 
>>>> amongst the 'top donors' (next 'lowest top donation' after 25$ is 
>>>> 75$).
>>>>
>>>> I guess the best free way to have FOSS4G coverage on Slashgeo is to 
>>>> simply have someone submit stories about it. As long as it's 
>>>> pertinent, we'll publish it.
>>>>
>>>> O'Reilly's Where 2.0 website points to Slashgeo (because we'll be 
>>>> 'media' at that event) and thus should attract more people new to 
>>>> Slashgeo - having FOSS4G featured on Slashgeo could help you reach 
>>>> more people other than the usual Slashgeo readers.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And of course, If I make it to FOSS4G, I'll definitely share 
>>>> round-ups myself on the site.
>>>>
>>>> It's really up to you Cameron. We have thousands of readers and 
>>>> it's probably not too much work to actually submit a story or two - 
>>>> and more can be done if you think it's worthed. Otherwise, I won't 
>>>> be offended if you do nothing at all!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>> -- 
>>>> Alexandre Leroux, M.Sc., Ing.
>>>> Environnement Canada / Environment Canada
>>>> Centre météorologique canadien / Canadian Meteorological Centre
>>>> Section de la réponse aux urgences environnementales /
>>>> Environmental Emergency Response Section
>>>> alexandre.leroux at ec.gc.ca
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 04/27/09 18:10, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>>> Excellent, you have sold me.  :)
>>>>>
>>>>> I've added you to our press release list.
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder whether slashgeo can make use of one of the FOSS4G banner 
>>>>> adds, as described here:
>>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Marketing
>>>>> This could accompany all FOSS4G announcements.
>>>>>
>>>>> We could possibly modify it for you if required. In particular, 
>>>>> I'd like to make sure the logo keeps the data of the conference on 
>>>>> it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd also love it if the website could keep a permanent add for 
>>>>> FOSS4G on the site. Banner adds have proven to be very effective, 
>>>>> attracting over 20% of delegates to foss4g 2007.
>>>>>
>>>>> What are your thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>> Alexandre Leroux wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Cameron,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I invite the one who manages the 'marketing' elements of FOSS4G 
>>>>>> to submit 5-10 lines summaries to Slashgeo.org/submit.pl with 
>>>>>> appropriate links.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Slashgeo has over 1,900 registered members, about 30,000 daily 
>>>>>> hits, reaching thousands of geospatial professionals every day. 
>>>>>> We're ad-free and non-profit too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll try to make it myself to Sydney. Already started the long 
>>>>>> approval process with my bosses... my team uses extensively OSGeo 
>>>>>> software :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Alexandre Leroux, M.Sc., Ing.
>>>>>> Environnement Canada / Environment Canada
>>>>>> Centre météorologique canadien / Canadian Meteorological Centre
>>>>>> Section de la réponse aux urgences environnementales /
>>>>>> Environmental Emergency Response Section
>>>>>> alexandre.leroux at ec.gc.ca
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 04/27/09 04:45, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>>>>> OSGeo international community leaders and translators,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Monday 4 May, next week, we will be announcing that 
>>>>>>> registration is Open for the FOSS4G conference.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Delegates who came to the FOSS4G conference heard about it:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    * 36% from a colleague
>>>>>>>    * 26% from a weblink
>>>>>>>    * 20% from a previous conference
>>>>>>>    * 10% from email
>>>>>>>    * 7% other
>>>>>>>    * 1% from a paper mailout
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In order to promote FOSS4G as widely as possible, we are again 
>>>>>>> asking for help from our international OSGeo community to help 
>>>>>>> translate the press release in order to attract an international 
>>>>>>> community to FOSS4G. We are looking to promote FOSS4G to the 
>>>>>>> region by having specific conference threads addressing language 
>>>>>>> and regional specific issues, and to demonstrate this commitment 
>>>>>>> by personalising the message into local languages.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Next Monday, I encourage you to forward your translated press 
>>>>>>> release to your local email lists and contacts, invite work 
>>>>>>> associates to the conference, include the FOSS4G logo in your 
>>>>>>> website.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The press release has been copied to: 
>>>>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_11_Translations 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To make translation easier, we have highlighted the changed text 
>>>>>>> in red font. This font doesn't need to be copied into the final 
>>>>>>> text.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Note: The URL for registrations has not been released yet, and 
>>>>>>> we are using http://2009.foss4g.org as a place-marker for the 
>>>>>>> moment. We will update the URL in the translations at the end of 
>>>>>>> the week.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks in advance for your help,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cameron Shorter, FOSS4G Organising Committee chair.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>


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