[Foss4g2010] Prospectus and second Press Release

[Lorenzo Becchi]

Arnulf, thanks for the "non-for-profit" note.

I'll include Marketing into the discussion but it would be good to publish
soon.

lorenzo

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) <arnulf at osgeo.org>wrote:

> Lorenzo Becchi wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> we have our first version of the prospectus [1] .
>> we are ready to "open the doors", only need to double check the final
>> prices with Maria and we can publish on the web site.
>>
>>
>> I've started editing the second press release to communicate the opening
>> of the subscriptions and the sponsorship programme.
>> I've adapted the text from the prospectus. I invite you to revise as I
>> always feel uncomfortable writing in English.
>>
>
> Lorenzo,
> the press release still needs restructuring and some polishing. I suggest
> that we let the Marketing Committee help us with it. Please forward your
> mail to them if you think this is a good idea. I added a notice that the
> release is still in progress.
>
>
> I have one concrete question on this section:
>
> <.>
> "OSGeo Community Awards
>
> The attendance will vote the best use case of OSGeo Software implementation
> in Government and in Business. and then the best education program around
> OSGeo Software. And No Profit organizations.
> </.>
>
> Are you sure that you want to vote on all of these topics? I have a hard
> time understanding what would be the best "No Profit organization"? For the
> background, there is a distinction in English between "non-profit", that is
> an incorporated company and "not-for-profit", that is an organization that
> is not incorporated. The original OSM (not counting the OSM Foundation) was
> kind of a "not-for-profit". OSGeo and OpenGeo are technically both
> "non-profit" but there is an obvious difference in mission. So which of the
> three would you suggest could be awarded? I believe this is a slippery slope
> and would just drop it.
>
> Regards,
> Arnulf.
>
>  ciao
>> lorenzo
>>
>> [1]
>> https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2010/documents/sponsorship-prospectus-09122009.pdf
>> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2010_Press_Release_2
>>
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