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

Cameron Shorter cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com
Mon Sep 14 19:09:13 EDT 2009 

Alexandre,
Much as I'd love to offer you a fee registration for your very 
appropriate news source, we don't have any spare cash in the budget.  
The global financial crisis has effected us as well, and we have managed 
to keep the conference on track by setting up a very tight budget.

Alexandre Leroux wrote:
>
> Hi Cameron,
>
> Well, we don't have any banners on Slashgeo's main page. However, what 
> I can offer is a place at the top of our "Top Slashgeo Donors" list by 
> considering the registration fee equivalent to a donation. That would 
> provide a link to the FOSS4G website (probably there for at least 
> months if not years - we don't get many donations) on Slashgeo's main 
> site.
>
> Reminder: Slashgeo has over 2,000 registered members, about 30,000 
> daily hits, reaching thousands of unique IP addresses (and 
> geoprofessionals) every day.
>
> That's said, it's really up to you. My employer can pay the 
> registration fee if you prefer not having a media-related agreement 
> with Slashgeo. Thanks for letting me know of your decision!
>
> 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 09/12/09 00:26, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> 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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