[Marketing] Introduction

[Cameron Shorter]

Hi Miguel,
A belated welcome from me too. It is nice to be talking with you again.
I'm +1 to have Miguel added as a committee member. His reputation 
proceeds him.

With regards to the key topics we should be addressing at the moment, I 
think they are:

1. Decide how we should allocate the $50K marketing budget that has been 
allocated to OSGeo. For me, I think we should target our marketing 
pipeline, starting with an OSGeo Conference Exhibition pack, as per my 
blog at:
http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2008/10/creating-geofoss-distribution-pipeline.html

2. We should develop guidelines selecting events and projects that we 
sponsor which is broadly based on "What is the cost per convert to OSGeo"

3. We should write a guideline for setting up an OSGeo Exhibition at a 
conference, including how to source co-sponsorship, where to get 
material for your booth, how much you can expect from OSGeo, and more 
importantly, that OSGeo doesn't have budget to cover every stand.

4. Development of a LiveDVD (although that should probably be kept as a 
separate project)


Miguel Montesinos wrote:
> Hi Tyler,
>
> I just want to help. I really don't know how the work is really done, so
> I don't know if I can help the same being or not a member of the
> committee.
>
> Being a member would be glad for me, but I let you decide whether you
> think I can contribute outside or inside the committee.
>
> I begin to crawl the list archive to see what's being done.
>
> Regards,
>
> Miguel Montesinos
>
>   
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:mpg at lizardtech.com]
>> Enviado el: martes, 14 de octubre de 2008 22:28
>> Para: Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo); Miguel Montesinos
>> CC: marketing at lists.osgeo.org
>> Asunto: RE: [Marketing] Introduction
>>
>> +1 again :-)
>>
>> -mpg
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: marketing-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:marketing-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell
>> (OSGeo)
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:28 PM
>> To: Miguel Montesinos
>> Cc: marketing at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Re: [Marketing] Introduction
>>
>> Welcome aboard Miguel,
>> It is good to have you closer to this topic.
>>
>> I've known Miguel for a couple years now and know he'd been a welcome
>> member of the committee.  Are you interested in joining formally, for
>> voting, etc?
>>
>> Tyler
>>
>> On 14-Oct-08, at 10:15 AM, Miguel Montesinos wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Hello to everybody,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm Miguel Montesinos, and I'd like to introduce myself.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I attended last FOSS4G Marketing BOF, following Jeroen's
>>> suggestion, and I think I can try to help to this task.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm member of the gvSIG PSC and technical committee. I am also one
>>> of the 3 owners of my company (Prodevelop). We are a small-sized
>>> company (50+ people) mainly focused on open-source, and I'm the
>>> main responsible of marketing tasks in the company.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Being an engineer I'm not a real expert on marketing, so I attended
>>> a MBA 5 years ago, where I received some boring lessons on
>>> marketing sutff.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I hope to contribute to this essential initiative.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Miguel Montesinos
>>>
>>> CTO Prodevelop
>>>
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>>>       
>> Tyler Mitchell
>> Executive Director
>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> tmitchell at osgeo.org
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