[Marketing] AAG 2009 Proposal

[Alex Mandel]

Marketing Committee,

I would like to propose that Osgeo commit to exhibiting at the 
Association of American Geographers meeting in late March, 2009 in Las 
Vegas, Nevada. The AAG annual meeting is the largest meeting of 
geographers in the United States and includes many international 
academics and government employees in geography. The last 2 conferences 
have had over 7000 attendees.

I've put together a preliminary budget proposal at
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/AAG_2009

At minimum we need to commit to $1000 to reserve the booth in the 
exhibit hall very soon, there are less than 8 spots left for non-profits 
with a deposit of $500 at booking.

I can guarantee 4 volunteers for the booth on top of the request to send 
at least one top Osgeo member(board?).

In conjunction with the exhibit I'm attempting to organize paper 
sessions around FOSS software which I will be proposing to the Edu and 
general lists shortly.

Thank you,
Alex Mandel (wildintellect)
Geography Graduate Group
University of California, Davis