[Marketing] Fwd: RE: Malaysia Geospatial Forum 2012

Tue Jan 17 14:23:52 EST 2012

Dr Tuong Thuy Vu,
I'm delighted to hear that you intend to present the OSGeo-Live talk. 
You will be in good company, as this presentation has been given 
prominent by keynote speakers and also conference organisors.

Feel free to adjust the presentation to meet your local requirements, or 
to ask questions of me as you see fit.

Sarah,
The key OSGeo conferences, such as FOSS4G, give copies of the OSGeo-Live 
DVD (or sometimes a OSGeo-Live USB) to each delegate attending the 
conference. This DVD contains 50 of the best geospatial open source 
applications, pre-installed with sample data, a quickstart, and project 
overview. You can see the documentation here: http://live.osgeo.org
It is also used by many of the Open Source workshop leaders who base 
their workshops around the contents on the DVD.
Would you be interested in handing out OSGeo-Live DVDs at your 
conference? It will cost you ~ $1 to $2 per delegate.

On 17/01/12 18:46, Sarah Hisham wrote:
> Dear Cameron,
>
> I have communicated with the Assistant Professor I was telling you about in
> my earlier mail, and he has agreed to speak on behalf of OSGeo using the
> presentation materials provided. Pls find his detail as below (also cc-ed in
> this mail):
>
> Dr. Tuong Thuy Vu
> Assistant Professor
> School of Geography
> University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
> Tel: +603 8924 8757
> Email: Tuongthuy.Vu at nottingham.edu.my
> http://www.nottingham.edu.my/Geography/index.aspx
>
> I believe there has been a cooperation between OSGeo and Nottingham
> University on the establishment of the open source lab, therefore Dr. Vu
> would be most appropriate to represent OSGeo.
>
> If everything is ok, I will start projecting Dr. Vu's name as speaker. Pls
> revert should there be any concern.
>
> Thank you,
> Sarah
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 17 January, 2012 6:02 AM
> To: Sarah Hisham
> Cc: Just van den Broecke; marketing at osgeo.org; 'Arnulf Christl'; Kavitha
> Subject: Re: [Marketing] Fwd: RE: Malaysia Geospatial Forum 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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