[Marketing] Event Owner for FOSS4G - please vote

Tue Sep 9 16:49:34 EDT 2008

+1 (like my vote on the board list, so maybe a little duplication  
here ;-) )
Jeroen

On Sep 9, 2008, at 10:34 PM, Pericles S. Nacionales wrote:

> +1
>
> -Perry
>
> ---
> Perry Nacionales
> pnaciona at gis.umn.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Arnulf Christl" <arnulf.christl at wheregroup.com>
>
> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 20:26:14
> To: OSGeo Marketing<marketing at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [Marketing] Event Owner for FOSS4G - please vote
>
>
> +1
>
> We also have broad backing from the board so that even although the
> process of this vote is somewhat unorthodox I suggest we just carry  
> on and
> try to get maybe two or three more votes from this committee until we
> declare the motion as passed. This should happen at the latest  
> tomorrow at
> the Marketing Committee IRC meeting.
>
> Best regards,
> Arnulf.
>
> On Tue, September 9, 2008 00:28, 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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