[FOSS4G2017] Marketing plan

[Jeff McKenna]

 From the message in that ticket, it seems there is come confusion on 
the use of this mailing list.  You will notice at the top of the mailing 
list subscription page is stated "FOSS4G 2017 LOC and Public 
Discussions" https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2017

I also am an admin for this mailing list.  I have not noticed many 
unsubscription problems - there are about 90 subscribers, and, as these 
open discussions and planning increase, the numbers will grow and grow, 
which is a win/win.  Are you concerned that the open discussions and 
planning is hurting something?  That is of course what this list is for. 
  Please share your thoughts here.  Are some people on the LOC not used 
to open discussions?  No need to be shy, speak your mind here, we are 
all here to help.

Why don't we start by setting up an IRC meeting for next week, and 
everyone step through each committee and setup tasks, that we can all 
help with.

-jeff



On 2016-09-16 10:45 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Hello Boston committee,
>
> As I mentioned earlier in 'next steps', the marketing committee for
> Boston should begin to speak up and put some ideas and steps in writing
> on the OSGeo wiki, and we could meet at next week's IRC meeting to
> discuss these plans.   Today I noticed some confusion on the marketing
> steps  (see https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1793).
>
> Regarding press releases, typically the FOSS4G XXXX marketing committee
> will
>
> 1) draft their release text on a page in the OSGeo wiki (for really
> great examples, see the many press releases for FOSS4G 2009 at
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Releases)
>
> 2) send the wiki draft press release to foss4g2017 mailing list (here)
> for the group to verify and discuss
>
> 3) when ready then follow the steps to submit an OSGeo 'news item',
> which is outlined at http://www.osgeo.org/content/news/submit_news.html
> (which automatically posts your press release to osgeo.org, twitter,
> discuss list, announce list  - i.e. send your press release to
> 'news_item (at) osgeo (dot) org'
>
> I also mentioned here in a previous message the importance of sharing
> the logos, through a wiki marketing page, that will then spawn the 2017
> logo to be placed on so many important web pages in the community, but,
> i will save that for the next IRC meeting.
>
> Does this make sense?
>
> -jeff
>
>