[Marketing] MOTION: Fund exhibition pack for OSGeo.nl

[Jo Cook]

Hmm, most of the events the UK chapter would like to exhibit at, we are
asked to pay for sponsorship- as an aside here we don't get a discount for
being a charity- and then we have to provide the materials for exhibiting,
so that means the Live DVDs and the leaflets. A banner is a one-off cost,
hopefully, but replacing literature and live dvds can be just as pricey
year on year, which is why I suggest two levels of funding, for new
chapters and established ones.

Jo

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 5:37 PM, David Percy <percyd at pdx.edu> wrote:

> de-lurking for a moment...
>
> seconding Eli's observation that the $350 pop-up banner REALLY makes us
> look good at events, and seems like the most important item. Consumables
> like DVDs should maybe be funded by the conference, as someone else noted...
> For $5000, you could buy almost 15 popup banners for local orgs around the
> world :-)
> Percy
> PDX-OSGEO
> Portland, OR
> USA
>
> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Given that the budget allocates 5000$ to the marketing committee
>> (conditional on there being a chair elected, as I understand it from
>> Daniele's mail to the Board list), I think that we need to consider how far
>> that money is going to go, if we're prepared to allocate 1200$ to one local
>> chapter. Personally I'm in agreement with Alex that this seems like a lot
>> of money. However there's a difference between "seed funding" to allow a
>> newly formed chapter to get a banner and a stash of literature, and
>> "general running costs" such as replacing live dvds, leaflets etc as they
>> are needed. I wonder also if it might be a good idea to stipulate that the
>> local chapter should make every reasonable attempt to get some funding of
>> their own? I know from personal experience that this is really hard as
>> potential sponsors do not see why they should sponsor OSGeo twice- once at
>> global level and again at regional/local chapter level, but I think it's
>> important to try at least.
>>
>> On that basis it should be possible to define two levels of funding that
>> chapters can apply for- one for newly formed chapters and another for
>> established ones, to stop every chapter demanding their 1200$. I've spent
>> around $500 on leaflets and live DVDs for the UK chapter this year, so that
>> would be a reasonable starting amount for an established chapter.
>>
>> Jo
>>
>>
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