[Marketing] Marketing meeting to finalise definition of an OSGeo Ambassador role

[Daniel Morissette]

+1 from an observer (and thanks for the name change)

Daniel


On 12-06-07 7:53 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Minutes of this meeting are here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Meeting_2012-06-04#Minutes
>
> Consensus was that the role should be created as outlined [1], with a
> change of title from "OSGeo Ambassador" to "OSGeo Advocate", as
> "Ambassador" implies that the OSGeo board has assigned the role to
> someone after a selection process (which is not the case for this
> volunteer role).
>
> Voting will remain open for the next 48 hours if people who couldn't
> make the meeting wish to vote.
>
> +1 Cameron Shorter to accept the "OSGeo Advocate" role.
>
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Ambassador
>
> On 30/05/2012 6:59 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> I've set up a meeting next week to discuss then finalise the setting
>> of an OSGeo Ambassador role. Hope to see many of you at the meeting,
>> or if you can't make it, please share your thoughts (and vote?) on
>> email before hand.
>>
>> Location: irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo
>> Time:
>> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2012&month=6&day=4&hour=20&min=30&sec=0&p1=264&p2=240&p3=215&p4=179&p5=224
>>
>> Location 	Local time 	
>> 	
>> Wellington <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=264>
>> (New Zealand) 	Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 8:30:00 AM 	
>> 	
>> Sydney <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=240>
>> (Australia - New South Wales) 	Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 6:30:00 AM 	
>> 	
>> Rome <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=215> (Italy)
>> Monday, 4 June 2012 at 10:30:00 PM 	
>> 	
>> New York <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=179>
>> (U.S.A. - New York) 	Monday, 4 June 2012 at 4:30:00 PM 	
>> 	
>> San Francisco <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=224>
>> (U.S.A. - California) 	Monday, 4 June 2012 at 1:30:00 PM 	
>> 	
>>
>>
>> The current proposal is here:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Ambassador
>>
>> This topic has been discussed by many of you on discuss, marketing and
>> board email lists. Here is a summary of comments, along with my
>> suggestions:
>>
>> 1. There has emerged to be two roles which people have been
>> categorising under the title of "OSGeo Ambassador"
>> a. Someone knowledgeable in OSGeo, who can speak at conferences and
>> the like. This is what we are focusing on for this definition of the role.
>> b. Someone who can negotiate MOU and similar on behalf of the OSGeo
>> board. This is proposed to be treated separately, with the OSGeo Board
>> delegated to someone they see fit to do the job, on a case-by-case basis.
>>
>> 2. There has been concern (from FrankW?) about defining a role which
>> is exclusive and prevents people from just stepping up an
>> volunteering. This is addressed by letting anyone who believes they
>> have OSGeo experience and thinks them self worthy can step forward and
>> volunteer.
>>
>> 3. There has been concern (from Arnulf?) that our categorisation is
>> too complicated. (We are proposing Board Members, Charter Members,
>> Voted Positions, Community Members). I believe that we do need some
>> way to define OSGeo experience, because that is one of the key
>> criteria that conference organisors look for when selecting speakers
>> and key notes. We can potentially de-emphasise the categorisation by
>> moving it into the "Description" field rather than making a heading
>> out of it.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Geospatial Solutions Manager
>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>
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>
>
> --
> Cameron Shorter
> Geospatial Solutions Manager
> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>
> Think Globally, Fix Locally
> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
> http://www.lisasoft.com
>
>
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