[VisCom] [Fwd: EU Infrastructure Report]

[Peter Moran]

-2.  Not a good use of resources right now.  Also, I've been with other organizations where we do all the groundwork and reporting and then the consultancy adds content from other organizations, reformats and prettifies the data, then tries to sell the report back to the contributors.

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:mpg at lizardtech.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 9:16 AM
To: dev at visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [VisCom] [Fwd: EU Infrastructure Report]

-1.

-mpg
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arnulf Christl [mailto:arnulf.christl at ccgis.de] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 5:26 AM
> To: dev at visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
> Subject: [VisCom] [Fwd: EU Infrastructure Report]
> 
> Hello,
> I have been contacted by GDS who specialize in putting 
> together reports 
> that are distributed to a large number of addresses. Their main asset 
> being that these addresses are highly focused and reach a 
> well defined 
> set of people at the management and decision makers level. 
> The current 
> topic regards spatial data infrastructures and 
> interoperability within 
> EU plus selected countries further to the east.
> 
> We (as company CCGIS) have done this kind of promotion with 
> GDS before 
> and the direct result was zero. Still, I wanted to let you 
> know about it.
> 
> If any of you considers this to be an important enough 
> channel to make 
> us spend €13,750 (which corresponds to Premium Sponsorship) 
> or any other 
> level please feel free to go to their web site and check out the 
> details. I have received an additional PDF document that I 
> can send you 
> offlist.
> 
> Additionally you will have to contact FunCom. I am pretty 
> sure that with 
> some heavy dickering and the very good references that we 
> have we will 
> be able to reduce the cost considerably but I will not be 
> able to do it 
> myself. Too much else already.
> 
> In my personal opinion we should not take any action and 
> defer this kind 
> of thing for later. Please answer by the weeekend so that I 
> can give GDS 
> a reply on Monday.
> 
> Would this be something that we could vote for? The easiest would be 
> that someone votes with a -1 and we forget it.
> 
> Thanxalot,
> Arnulf.
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	EU Infrastructure Report
> Date: 	Tue, 9 May 2006 11:33:21 +0100
> From: 	Jessica Watkins <jwatkins at gdsinternational.com>
> To: 	<arnulf at osgeo.org>
> CC: 	'Holly Windsor' <hwindsor at gdsinternational.com>
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Arnulf,
> 
> 
> 
> Good speaking with you today. Here is the information you requested
> regarding the *EU Infrastructure Report. *Please feel free to take a
> look at our website www.euinfrastructure.com
> <http://www.euinfrastructure.com/>
> 
> 
> 
> The proposed package for *OS Geo Foundation* is as follows:
> 
> 
> 
>      * Position on the *Executive Roundtable* – interview with *OS Geo
>        Foundation* executive
>      * *OS Geo Foundation* to take a *Single Page 
> Advertisement* in the
>        premium position of outside back cover, with a free reprint
>      * Additional 1000 word *Case Study* or *Technical 
> Article* online.
>      * Entire editorial presentation along with company logo and
>        hyperlink will appear on the EU Infrastructure website
>        www.euinfrastructure.com <http://www.euinfrastructure.com/>
>      * *42,000 controlled distribution* of report
>      * *Lead Management Service*- Individual username and password
>        provided to login
>      * *Circulation Manager*
>      * Full resources of GDS production and editorial team 
> upon request
>      * Additional circulation to the top Trade Shows and Seminars
> 
> 
> 
> Total cost: €13,750
> 
> 
> 
> I look forward to speaking with you again on Monday, when I can answer
> any questions you may have, and look to allocate this position to you.
> 
> 
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> Jessica Watkins, on behalf of
> 
> 
> 
> Holly Windsor
> 
> GDS International
> 
> Level 1, Park House
> 
> Greyfriars Road
> 
> Cardiff
> 
> CF10 3AF
> 
> Tel: +44 2920 663 980
> 
> Fax:+44 2920 663 994
> 
> Mobile: +44 7702 482 918
> 
> Email: hwindsor at gdsinternational.com 
> <mailto:hwindsor at gdsinternational.com>
> 
> www.gdsinternational.com <http://www.gdsinternational.com/>
> 
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