[Marketing] marketing foss4g 2016: materials and infrastructure

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Gert-Jan,

I would agree that unfortunately the OSGeo marketing committee is 
non-existent, which is always an issue around event time.

Let's definitely speak of this in person at the Board meeting (and 
OSGeo.nl meetup) in January.  For Bonn, when you said "beermat", my 
brain immediately awoke: in Canada we have these things we call 
"coolie-cups" that you wrap around the beer, to keep it cold while you 
hold it in your hand.  Is that what you mean by "beermat"?  I would 
absolutely love a coolie-cup with OSGeo & FOSS4G logos!!!!  Let's do 
it!!!  It would be a huge hit with FOSS4G attendees.

Talk soon,

-jeff



On 2015-11-21 9:25 PM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl wrote:
> HI marketing committee (and possibly other marketeers),
>
> In the preparations for FOSS4G 2016 we are gathering ideas for marketing
> materials.
>
> Across our minds came items such as:
>
> - beermats (with OSGeo logo) - to be distributed in the café in Bonn!
>
> - Rubik cube's (with osgeo logo, and logos of projects), for sale
>
> - RFID card blocking card holder
>
> We even thought of starting an OSGeo webshop for this!
>
> All of these could be made in FOSS4G 2016 editions, but are also
> possible in a more generic OSGeo-style.
>
> We would like to hear what the generic OSGeo marketing ambitions are. If
> that's close to zero, we'll focus on 2016-specifc marketing.
>
> (Perhaps this generic marketing ambition is subject to change depending
> on the outcome of the Board's face2face meeting in January?)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Gert-Jan
>
>