[Marketing] Fwd: RE: Malaysia Geospatial Forum 2012

Mon Jan 16 17:02:07 EST 2012

Hello Sarah,
I'm one of the members of the OSGeo Marketing committee, and also 
coordinate the packaging of ~ 50 Geospatial Open Source applications as 
part of OSGeo-Live, http://live.osgeo.org .

We have compiled a "lightening" presentation which covers the breadth of 
Geospatial Open Source applications, which is often presented by either 
a keynote speaker, or by one of the conference organisors, or by one of 
the OSGeo-Live developers, at conferences around the world.
You can see it here:
https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/promo/trunk/en/presentation/

Do you know someone who you think would be good at giving this 
presentation? If not, I can ask around to see if there is another OSGeo 
member who may be attending, or who is in the region and can make the 
conference.

On 16/01/2012 9:59 PM, Just van den Broecke wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> 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
>
> - -------- Original Message --------
> 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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