[Marketing] FYI: Aust-NZ chapter stand at WALIS Forum, 12-14 March 2008

[Arnulf Christl]

Tim Bowden wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The Aust-NZ chapter will have a stand at WALIS Forum, one of the leading
> geospatial events in Western Australia.  It is Govt run, but open to
> industry.  It is expecting to attract about 700 or so attendees. Details
> at http://www.walis.wa.gov.au/forum
> 
> Chapter planning wiki page at
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Aust-NZ/WALIS
> 
> We have several local companies who have stepped up to the plate to
> sponsor our stand either in kind or cash.  We are anticipating a small
> excess of funds, probably sufficient to fund the legal incorporation of
> our chapter.
> 
> Regards,
> Tim Bowden

Hey,
this is fantastic news! Thanks for letting us know. Pleas make sure that you thoroughly advertise the event through OSGeo's news channels. I added [[Category:Proposed Events]]. It sounds like you want to make it a full OSGeo appearance, if so it would be helpful to add a name to be event owner. http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Event_Owner#Event_Owner If this is too much and you think we do not need this kind of formality please let me know (curently it seems like I am the only one trying to use this formal way to organize things...). 

Do you have all that you need wrt brochures, etc.? I guess not as we did not update them for quite a while and with new projects coming in and others graduating it will be time to look into them. Events like this one are a good point to go through them. I put it on this week's Marketing meeting agenda. We try to have the meetings at an hour that makes it accessible for you too, so feel free to join in, if you have other things to add. 

Best regards, 
Arnulf.