[Marketing] Fwd: RE: Malaysia Geospatial Forum 2012

Mon Jan 16 05:59:26 EST 2012

Hi,

I am forwarding this mail since Arnulf is off and on the Net and since 
Sarah Hisham is not on this list. Not exactly clear to me what else they 
expect from OSGeo.org but at least a speaker is requested.

As the Dutch Language OSGeo Chapter we're busy trying to organize 
(speakers for) an FOSS/OSGeo seminar at the
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geospatial_World_Forum

best,

--Just (trailblazer OSGeo.nl)

Just van den Broecke
The Netherlands
www.justobjects.nl

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Subject: RE: Malaysia Geospatial Forum 2012
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:15:02 +0800
From: Sarah Hisham <sarah at geospatialmedia.net>
To: 'Arnulf Christl' <arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net>, 
'marketing' <marketing at lists.osgeo.org>
CC: 'Kavitha' <kavitha at geospatialmedia.net>,        'Just van den 
Broecke' <just at justobjects.nl>,        'Thijs van Menen' 
<info at thijsvanmenen.nl>

Dear Mr. Christl,

We have yet to get any response on below invitation. As it is only 2 months
until the event, it would help to confirm at the earliest so OSGeo won't
miss out much on pre-event marketing.

Thank you,
Sarah

-----Original Message-----
From: Arnulf Christl [mailto:arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net]
Sent: Wednesday, 21 December, 2011 11:31 PM
To: marketing
Cc: Sarah Hisham; Kavitha; Just van den Broecke; Thijs van Menen
Subject: Fwd: Malaysia Geospatial Forum 2012

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Folks,
OSGeo is invited to support the "Open Source Geospatial" track as part of
the "Malaysia Geospatial Forum" [1]. I cannot go myself because I am on the
other side of the world at that time. Ideally we can activate someone
trusted in the area to give an introduction to Open Source in general and
OSGeo specifically. Maybe someone can later post this on Discuss to ask
there?

We have the global version of this event series (the Geospatial World Forum
[2]) in Amsterdam this summer which will be coordinated together with the
OSGeo NL Chapter [3]. The program outline for the "Open Source Seminar" on
April 25th, 2012 starts with a Keynote Address, the recent development in
the software and ends with examples of
successful open source implementations	(case studies) potentially
followed by a panel discussion.

The model of an OSGeo Local Chapter drafting the program, activating and
QA'ing speakers works perfectly here. With the currently emerging role of
OSGeo ambassadors I can also imagine that some expenses could be reimbursed
by OSGeo - but this is still in the pipeline, so do not count on it yet.

My experience with events organized by Geospatial Media and Communications
have so far been excellent and the interest in continuing to cooperate on
this end are mutual.

As I will be mostly offline for the better part of the next two months I
would appreciate if the marketing team could pick this up and forge on.

Side note:
Some time ago I sent a similar mail to this list regarding the planning of
the global event in Amsterdam but there was little reaction. I do believe
that this is an important aspect of the work done through OSGeo and would
really like to see it being taken up by a broader set of people. So please
do not shy away but be bold.

I also sent this to the Education list because it has an educative aspects,
albeit different to what universities typically do. The Edu list did not
pick it up at all which is why I fall back to the Marketing Committee. If
you think this type of event support can be taken on by another group within
OSGeo please go ahead.

Best regards,
Arnulf

[1] http://www.malaysiageospatialforum.org/2012/tp.htm
[2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geospatial_World_Forum
[3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Nederlands

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Subject: 	Malaysia Geospatial Forum 2012
Date: 	Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:01:08 +0800
From: 	Sarah Hisham <sarah at geospatialmedia.net>
To: 	'Arnulf Christl' <arnulf.christl at metaspatial.net>
CC: 	Kavitha <kavitha at geospatialmedia.net>

Greetings, Mr. Christl.

Hope end of the year treats you well.

We're organizing a Seminar on "Open Source Geospatial" as part of our agenda
in Malaysia Geospatial Forum next year. Although Open Source is not yet a
favourite in our country, but I could say the awareness is gradually
increasing. As an effort to increase the profile of this Seminar, I would
like to propose an endorsement from OSGeo. We will display OSGeo's logo on
our website and all promotional materials of the Forum.

Malaysia Geospatial Forum is scheduled on *6-7 March 2012 in Melaka* (a
State two-hour drive from Kuala Lumpur). If you happened to be in the region
around this time, it would be our pleasure to have you as speaker as well.

I attached the Forum flyer for your reference. You may visit our website
www.malaysiageospatialforum.org <http://www.malaysiageospatialforum.org>
for updated info.

Wish you a very merry season's greetings and happy new year!

Best regards,

Sarah

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