[Marketing] Stickers for OSGeo

Cameron Shorter cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Sat Aug 8 16:55:09 EDT 2009


I think that the "Linux Inside" concept doesn't work as well for OSGeo, 
because OSGeo sits a level above the Operating System, and is not the 
only thing running on an a computer using OSGeo software.

Thinking about what OSGeo means (to me):
* Community
* Quality
* Open Source
* Standards
* Open Source Geospatial Stack

Focusing on community we can come up with:
* "OSGeo Tribe"
* "OSGeo Clan - Australian tribe"
* "OSGeo Clan - OpenLayers tribe"



Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> On a recent trip to the UK I was pleasantly surprised to see at least 
> 3 different people sporting OSGeo stickers on their laptops.  After 
> having a brain freeze, wondering where they got them from, I remember 
> I sent out a few samples I had done up a while back.  They weren't 
> even that good, but it was great to see and I believe more people 
> would like to have them for expressing their community interest, or to 
> subversively cover up other logos ;-)
>
> That said, I'd like some ideas or input for slogans for stickers.  I 
> see two target groups: 1) OSGeo member "pride" stickers (for 
> expressing that they support OSGeo projects, or use them.. as 
> conversation starters, etc.) and
> 2) for more direct outreach with a bit more of a message.
> Maybe they are both the same, but I was picturing the "Intel Inside" 
> tiny sticker size with only 2 short words, like we see on our PCs, 
> plus a larger one that has a slightly longer message - like fridge 
> magnet size.
>
> I've a list of ideas from our designer, but curious also what you 
> might come up with.  Some that I'm leaning toward:
>
> OSGeo Core (short)
> OSGeo Power (short)
> OSGeo Powered
> Built on OSGeo
> Grow with OSGeo
> OSGeo: Manage Earth
>
> Other comments?  I'll have to make a decision soon, so early comments 
> appreciated :)
>
> Best wishes,
> Tyler
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