[Live-demo] Fwd: [Projects] update your project's FOSS4G banner

Alex M tech_dev at wildintellect.com
Thu Oct 29 16:01:16 PDT 2015


I was thinking about the scenario where the banner for the upcoming conf
isn't available at release time for the .5 releases.

-Alex

On 10/29/2015 03:48 PM, James Klassen wrote:
> The banner and link have changed each year for the upcoming FOSS4G
> conference.
> On Oct 29, 2015 5:40 PM, "Alex M" <tech_dev at wildintellect.com> wrote:
> 
>> My only question is where to put the link, and do we use a generic
>> banner, or do we change the banner out each release for whatever the
>> upcoming foss4g is?
>>
>> -Alex
>>
>> On 10/29/2015 03:37 PM, James Klassen wrote:
>>> This is how the GeoMoose project views announcing the next FOSS4G
>>> conference.  As an OSGeo project we find it beneficial to both our
>> project
>>> and OSGeo to raise awareness of the conference and of the other OSGeo
>>> projects.
>>>
>>> OSGeo Live showcases quite a few of these projects and shows how both at
>> a
>>> community/project level and software level we work together to build a
>>> greater ecosystem.
>>>
>>> Personally, it makes sense to me for OSGeo Live as a project to support
>>> raising awareness of the primary international conference devoted to the
>>> projects and community that OSGeo Live showcases.
>>> On Oct 29, 2015 5:16 PM, "Angelos Tzotsos" <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I believe we should endorse the international FOSS4G event on our web
>> site
>>>> without asking anything in advance. This is what other official OSGeo
>>>> projects have done so far...
>>>>
>>>> Then we have all the time to approach the LOC and ask if/how they wish
>> to
>>>> distribute OSGeoLive on the event.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Angelos
>>>>
>>>> On 10/28/2015 11:56 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi OSGeo-Live team,
>>>> We've had a request to include the next international FOSS4G logo on our
>>>> website.
>>>> I'm interested in thoughts on this?
>>>>
>>>> I think it would make sense to add a list of events, including FOSS4G,
>> at
>>>> the bottom of this page:http://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html
>>>>
>>>> Probably under a heading:
>>>> =Appearances in upcoming events=
>>>> Expect to see OSGeo-Live highlighted at the following upcoming events:
>>>> * <date> <logo> <event title> <location>
>>>> * ...
>>>>
>>>> We can source upcoming events for the next 12 months from:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History
>>>>
>>>> I think we should set a minimum of the level of involvement from
>>>> conferences before they get mentioned. Probably either:
>>>> * Handing out OSGeo-Live USBs in a showbag or OSGeo booth and/or
>>>> * Using OSGeo-Live in workshop(s)
>>>> * Presenting the OSGeo-Live presentation within a plenary session
>>>>
>>>> If a conference just provides an OSGeo-Live presentation within the
>>>> program, it that enough to get a mention?
>>>>
>>>> I think that mentioning OSGeo-Live as part of a presentation is not
>> enough
>>>> to get a mention.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> Cameron
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> <
>> jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
>>>> Date: Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 5:56 AM
>>>> Subject: [Projects] update your project's FOSS4G banner
>>>> To: "projects at lists.osgeo.org" <projects at lists.osgeo.org> <
>> projects at lists.osgeo.org> <projects at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello OSGeo project officers, incubation teams and mentors,
>>>>
>>>> Please help the Bonn FOSS4G team now, and be sure to update or add the
>> new
>>>> FOSS4G 2016 logo to your project site.  There are lots of logos and
>> banners
>>>> available for preview at
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Marketing
>>>>
>>>> For those projects that might need a custom size, the developer
>> ishttps://github.com/apovde and would happily help you I'm sure.
>>>>
>>>> Let's make FOSS4G 2016 awesome :)
>>>>
>>>> -jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>>>> OSGeo Charter Memberhttp://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
>>>>
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