[Marketing] Re: OSGeo at Where 2.0?

Mon Nov 8 14:58:43 EST 2010

/me perks up, out of nowhere

Do we have people already planning to attend, that could staff the booth?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: marketing-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:marketing-
> bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Alex Mandel
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 11:57 AM
> To: marketing at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Marketing] Re: OSGeo at Where 2.0?
> 
> Wow, if they are offering all that and it's not going to cost us anything
> monetarily that's a really good deal. We have had representation at Where
> 2.0 the last couple of years (last year was a bit of a fiasco due to schedule
> change and last minute issues).
> 
> Would we need the Board to approve?
> 
> >From a Marketing perspective +1 from me.
> 
> Thanks,
> Alex
> 
> On 11/08/2010 11:48 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> > OSGeo Marketing,
> >
> > As noted below, Where 2.0 have approached us to determine if we would
> > like to be a "Community Partner" in return for marketing.
> >
> > Any comments on this proposal?
> >
> >
> > On 09/11/10 06:03, Allison Gillespie wrote:
> > ... We're also wondering if OSGeo is interested in becoming a
> > Community Partner for Where 2.0 this year? As a Community Partner, we
> > would list you on our website, extend a discount to your org, give you
> > a free pass to give away in a contest/raffle and give you booth space
> > in the exhibit hall. All we ask in return is that you help us promote
> > Where 2.0 via your website, newsletter and any other means you think is
> appropriate.
> > Is that something you'd be interested in?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Allison
> >
> >
> >
> > On 09/11/10 06:29, Allison Gillespie wrote:
> >> Hi Cameron -
> >> Sure, go ahead and forward the email. For more info about Where, you
> >> can visit our website (http://where2conf.com). We are currently in
> >> the process of reviewing proposals and putting together the
> >> conference program. We are planning to open registration right after
> >> the New Year. You can see a list of last year's media and community
> >> partners
> >> here:
> >> http://where2conf.com/where2010/public/content/media-partners
> >>
> >> For the DVD, I will need to run those costs by the rest of our team
> >> and get back to you. Could we put it on a USB drive instead of a DVD?
> >> Im wondering if that would be a cheaper way to distribute it rather
> >> than on a DVD. How big of a file does it end up being?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Allison
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Nov 8, 2010, at 11:06 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> >>
> >>> Allison,
> >>> I suspect that OSGeo will wish to be a Community Partner.
> >>> With your permission, I'd like to forward your email to the
> >>> appropriate public email lists where we can discuss the proposal
> >>> amongst the community.
> >>> If you have more details in a website or similar, you may wish to
> >>> point me at that too.
> >>>
> >>> On 09/11/10 06:03, Allison Gillespie wrote:
> >>>> Hi Cameron -
> >>>> Brady and Laurel forwarded me your email. We'd be happy to put the
> >>>> OSGeo DVD into the Where 2.0 bags this year. We're also wondering
> >>>> if OSGeo is interested in becoming a Community Partner for Where
> >>>> 2.0 this year? As a Community Partner, we would list you on our
> >>>> website, extend a discount to your org, give you a free pass to
> >>>> give away in a contest/raffle and give you booth space in the
> >>>> exhibit hall. All we ask in return is that you help us promote
> >>>> Where 2.0 via your website, newsletter and any other means you
> >>>> think is appropriate. Is that something you'd be interested in?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks!
> >>>> Allison
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>> From: "Nathan Torkington" <nathan at torkington.com>
> >>>>>> To: "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> >>>>>> Cc: "Brady Forrest" <brady at oreilly.com>, laurel at oreilly.com
> >>>>>> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 3:33:04 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada
> >>>>>> Pacific
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: OSGeo-Live DVD at Where 2.0?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Brady Forrest and Laurel Ruma (hope I have the right email
> >>>>>> address for her) are now the chairs.  I'll leave you in their
> >>>>>> trusty and capable hands,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Nat
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 29/10/2010, at 8:50 PM, Cameron Shorter
> >>>>>> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hi Nat,
> >>>>>>> Are you still involved in Where 2.0?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> For the last couple of years, we have been creating an OSGeo
> >>>>>>> Live DVD, which contains 40 of the best GeoSpatial Open Source
> >>>>>>> applications, pre-configured and ready to run on an Ubuntu based
> >>>>>>> Live DVD. [1]
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> It has been one of the highlights of the FOSS4G conference for
> >>>>>>> the last 2 years, where the DVD has been given to every delegate
> >>>>>>> at the conference, and I suspect that it would be an excellent
> >>>>>>> contribution for Where 2.0 as well. Is this something that would
> >>>>>>> be of interest to Where 2.0?
> >>>>>>> If so, who would be the right person to talk to about details?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> [1] http://live.osgeo.org
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> Cameron Shorter
> >>>>>>> Geospatial Solutions Manager
> >>>>>>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
> >>>>>>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
> >>>>>>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open
> >>>>>>> Source http://www.lisasoft.com
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Laurel Ruma
> >>>>>> Gov 2.0 Evangelist and Co-Chair Gov 2.0 Expo O'Reilly Media
> >>>>>> 10 Fawcett St. Cambridge, MA 02138
> >>>>>> 617-499-7532
> >>>>>> laurel at oreilly.com
> >>>>>> Skype: laurel.ruma
> >>>>>> Twitter: laurelatoreilly
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Brady Forrest
> >>>>> 206.428.7666
> >>>>> brady at oreilly.com
> >>>>> http://twitter.com/brady
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Allison Gillespie
> >>>> Conference Marketing Manager
> >>>> O'Reilly Media, Inc.
> >>>> 1005 Gravenstein Hwy North  Sebastopol, CA  95472
> >>>> agillespie at oreilly.com  (707) 827-7180
> >>>> http://conferences.oreilly.com
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Cameron Shorter
> >>> Geospatial Director
> >>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
> >>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
> >>>
> >>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
> >>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
> >>> http://www.lisasoft.com
> >>>
> >>
> >> Allison Gillespie
> >> Conference Marketing Manager
> >> O'Reilly Media, Inc.
> >> 1005 Gravenstein Hwy North  Sebastopol, CA  95472
> >> agillespie at oreilly.com  (707) 827-7180
> >> http://conferences.oreilly.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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