[FOSS4G2016] Regarding 10th anniversary

Mon Nov 16 05:47:41 PST 2015

As Till stated it's due to the cancelling of Beijing 2012 that 2016  
will be the tenth FOSS4G.
"10 th Anniversary" suggests something annual for 10 consecutive  
years, which is (Beijing 2012!) not the case.
The "10th FOSS4G" is more accurate, but I'd suggest to skip that, and  
instead emphasize the 10th anniversary of OSGeo.org (february 26th, I  
think?). That should be an extra incentive to make sure OSGeo has a  
distinctive visibility on FOSS4G (garlands, balloons!)

@Jeff: is there already an OSgeo 10th anniversay committee (not just  
for FOSS4G)?

regards,

GJ

Marc Vloemans <mvloemans at boundlessgeo.com> schreef:

> 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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