[FOSS4G2016] Regarding 10th anniversary

[Marc Vloemans]

Till et al

Regarding our sub-text/proposition....I prefer to stick to one pay-off line, the original one; Building Bridges!
Communicating more than one pay-off line in the same mail/poster/other broadcast is bad-practice in PR/Communication. (think also of the number of other items to be mentioned; sponsors/partners/program items/invitation to attend/etc). It is comparable to redundant/non-functional and even conflicting code lines on your screen....it looks like cheap 'discounting' retail practice. 


And besides; Buiding Bridges conveys added value, a promise to attendees, a positive signal to the world. Just another 10-year claim pales in comparison, it will undoubtedly reap new and elongated list-threads and deviates our focus. 

Unfortunately I have on monday afternoons/early evenings structurally a couple of conference/team calls with the US. Attending the IRC meeting is next to impossible for me, unfortunately. 

Kind regards,
Marc Vloemans


> Op 16 nov. 2015 om 10:36 heeft till.adams at fossgis.de het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Hey Bart,
> 
> no problem with that! We germans are experts. We also had two "first german speaking UMN Mapserver meetings" (as Jörg can remember)  - and we got that managed ;-)
> 
> Perhaps an issue for PR&M how far we gonna emphasize that?
> 
> Till
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Am 2015-11-16 09:01, schrieb Bart van den Eijnden:
>> I share Anton’s concerns. Portland marketed themselves as 10th FOSS4G
>> (and these was extensive discussion on the mailing list how they came
>> to this), I don’t think we can do this again. It only leads to
>> confusion.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Bart
>> 
>>> On 16 Nov 2015, at 08:38, till.adams at fossgis.de wrote:
>>> 
>>> Anton,
>>> 
>>> it's in the eye of the beholder. But we are the only really, really true 10th anniversary.
>>> 
>>> First FOSS4G-named worldwide-conference was Lausanne 2006. Before there was an OSG2005 in Minneapolis.
>>> 
>>> So
>>> 
>>> 1. 2006 Lausanne,
>>> 2. 2007 Victoria,
>>> 3. 2008 Cape Town,
>>> 4. 2009 Sydney,
>>> 5. 2010 Barcelona,
>>> 6. 2011 Denver,
>>> -. 2012 - none (because Bejing failed)
>>> 7. 2013 Nottingham,
>>> 8. 2014 Portland
>>> 9. 2015 Seoul
>>> 
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> 10. 2016, right?
>>> 
>>> I really would like to put that as one aspect on our agenda.
>>> 
>>> So far, Till
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Am 2015-11-16 00:46, schrieb Anton Popov:
>>>> Hi list,
>>>> 
>>>> while thinking about the upcoming Early-Bird-Shirts I stumbled across [1] ;)
>>>> There was a suggestion to put the logos of the previous FOSS4Gs longside
>>>> a "10th anniversary" title -.
>>>> 
>>>> First of all I'm counting 11 logos there [1] (10 of which are labeled
>>>> "FOSS4G"). Second number 9 (PDX) seems to already have celebrated a 10th
>>>> birthday (it's in their logo!!).
>>>> 
>>>> So from a marketing point of view, I don't think it is wise to have a
>>>> second 10th anniversary.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm aware that the FOSS4G conference emerged from those other user
>>>> conferences (UMN/Grass/???) and counting the years is therefor difficult
>>>> ;). But still, since the 10th has been mentioned in several discussions
>>>> already, I thought to bring it up, before it's too late. I for one (if I
>>>> had visited PDX and wasn't into all that orga-stuff (i.e. a regular
>>>> attendee)) would have quite a deja vu effect on this.
>>>> 
>>>> Or has this been discussed somewhere already?
>>>> Can someone clarify for me how the anniversary should be regarded? =)
>>>> 
>>>> TIA
>>>> Anton
>>>> 
>>>> [1] http://www.foss4g.org/
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