[Marketing] Re: OSGeo at Where 2.0?

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

I see logo's on our front page as following outside of "anything you consider appropriate" as she noted in the ways we could help cross-promote.  That should be an easy one, I think, after re-reading her email.  Now it doesn't mean we don't create some sub page sometime that we can list these things on in a more..promotional way.

Tyler

On 2010-11-08, at 1:51 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:

> On 9/11/2010 7:08 AM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
>> +1 from me.  As long as we have some folks able to attend a booth, I think
>> it's awesome value with easy commitments.  We shouldn't need board approval
>> for a marketing decision.  We aren't formalising anything except to be part of
>> their community partner "program" but that's nothing formal I guess (or not
>> any more formal than signing up as an exhibitor).
> Tyler,
> I expect that Where 2.0 will want a icon or banner on OSGeo's front page linking to the the Where 2.0 conference. This is one of the key items conferences as for.
> If we are to provide such a logo for Where 2.0, will we also provide that service for other conferences?
> We do need to be careful that OSGeo doesn't play favourites.
> So we should set down some guidelines what justifies promotion on OSGeo's front page.
> 
> Do we put 100 links on our front page to every local OSGeo workshop or GeoSpatial conference where someone will give a presentation which mentions Open Source?
> Do we expect a free booth and OSGeo-Live DVD in the showbag to justify a front page logo?
> 
> I think these issues need to be discussed and reviewed by the board as we have the potential to weaken the OSGeo brand if we throw OSGeo support behind every conference that asks for it.
> (Note, I do think the Where 2.0 opportunity is very valuable, it is the our guidelines for other conferences that will be more difficult).
> 
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