[Marketing] Event Owner for FOSS4G - please vote

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

+1

On 8-Sep-08, at 3:28 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:

> Ok, lets get the ball rolling.
>
> Following on from on and off list emails:
>
> I propose that $3K US is set aside to cover costs of sending Tim  
> Bowden to FOSS4G 2008 where Tim will coordinate the running of the  
> OSGeo Booth.
>
> As a bonus, Tim will look for potential sponsors for FOSS4G2009 and  
> talk up FOSS4G2009 to potential delegates. (Another marketing  
> activity).
>
> +1
>
> Tim Bowden wrote:
>> Arnulf,
>>
>> I'm willing and able, but obviously a decision would be need to be  
>> made
>> very soon.  Just for the record, I've responded off list to Tyler,  
>> Frank
>> and Cameron S. with a few personal concerns I have, but otherwise no
>> problems from my side.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tim Bowden
>>
>> On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 16:41 +0200, Arnulf Christl wrote:
>>
>>> Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tyler,
>>>> I'd like to strongly recommend Tim Bowden for the OSGeo Booth  
>>>> coordinator role.
>>>>
>>> Tim,
>>> what do you say?
>>> If you are interested I will talk to OSGeo Finance and see  
>>> whether we
>>>  can bend Tyler's travel costs to your name and make you the  
>>> official
>>>  OSGeo Event Owner for FOSS4G 2008. This would mean that you are  
>>> sort
>>>  of hired by OSGeo to represent, man and manage the booth. I say  
>>> "sort
>>>  of hired" because I think OSGeo never did this before so we are
>>>  creating a precedence here. But I think it is a good one as we are
>>>  running short on staff everywhere and volunteers are cool but  
>>> they are
>>>  even better if you can pay them - at least a bit.
>>> But before I continue down that road please confirm whether you are
>>>  actually available and would be willing to do what Cameron  
>>> suggested.
>>> Best regards, Arnulf.
>>>
>>>> He did a very good job setting up the OSGeo stand at the WALIS  
>>>> conference in Western Australia last year and he is an  
>>>> entertaining and passionate OSGeo salesman.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, he hasn't been able to scrape funds together for  
>>>> FOSS4G2008 (he is a 1 man company and can't justify the  
>>>> expense). But with elementary expenses paid, he would be there  
>>>> like a shot.
>>>>
>>>> Financially, he doesn't cost much. Perth is not far from South  
>>>> Africa, so flights should be less than for others, and a few  
>>>> beer boxes are sufficient for accommodation.  (He'd drink the  
>>>> beer first).
>>>>
>>>> And most importantly from my point of view, we would really like  
>>>> to have someone from the Australian FOSS4G2009 committee on the  
>>>> stand, so that we can promote FOSS4G 2009, and Tim is just the  
>>>> man for the job.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As discussed a while back at one of our last meetings, I was  
>>>>> trying to line up someone to help be the event owner for FOSS4G  
>>>>> - to help organise and coordinate OSGeo's marketing through the  
>>>>> booth, etc.  Everyone I talk to who is going to be at the event  
>>>>> only has limited amount of time to commit, or cannot help  
>>>>> organise before the event.
>>>>>
>>>>> So I started to talk to a few people who I have worked with at  
>>>>> previous events and who might be more likely to attend if they  
>>>>> had a free conference pass and a small budget to offset some of  
>>>>> their costs.  The free pass wasn't really enough for anyone I  
>>>>> spoke to.  Since it looks like I won't be able to attend, it  
>>>>> will be critical to have someone who can do the planning and  
>>>>> delivery of the event, but still have some support from me when  
>>>>> needed.  Some of my own travel budget could be used to help  
>>>>> cover some of the costs but ultimately it would be general  
>>>>> marketing costs for OSGeo. [1]
>>>>>
>>>>> This is the one event that I believe is important enough to  
>>>>> make sure we have a full time booth staffer and planner/ 
>>>>> coordinator available.  Volunteers certainly are still needed  
>>>>> to do it right, but unless there is one person to go to, the  
>>>>> whole effort can fall apart.  Ideally there'd be two people,  
>>>>> but I won't push it this year ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to propose a budget of $3500 to cover our presence  
>>>>> there:
>>>>>
>>>>> * $1000 - handouts, collateral, shirts, banners, table cover,  
>>>>> etc.  With new branding where possible.
>>>>> * $500 - on-site booth costs for maintenance, upgrades, equip  
>>>>> rentals, etc.  Like video displays, extra chairs, cleaning...
>>>>> * $1500 - costs for staffing, travel and food costs, etc.
>>>>> * $500 - miscellaneous - some buffer room for unexpected items.
>>>>>
>>>>> Think of it as a delegation exercise for me, I would easily  
>>>>> spend that in my own staff time, travel costs and merchandise,  
>>>>> etc. if I was going.
>>>>> Sound reasonable?
>>>>>
>>>>> Tyler
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Budget_2008
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>>>>>
>>>>
>
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