[Marketing] [Board] motion: marketing committee chair
Eli Adam
eadam at co.lincoln.or.us
Thu May 12 09:14:18 PDT 2016
On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 5:08 AM, Daniel Morissette
<dmorissette at mapgears.com> wrote:
> Hi Mark, All
>
> Just a quick note to show moral support and that there are some silent
> members like myself who do care to have a strong and proactive marketing
> committee (I'm sure I'm not alone). This has been a missing piece of OSGeo
> for a long time. Yes, we have OSGeo-Live, it is an awesome initiative, it is
> a great marketing tool, but we need much more than that, and only people
> with marketing skills can help there. All this to say that I'm glad to see
> some marketing oriented people join the organization and I hope that your
> participation will encourage others to join.
>
> Daniel
+1 to what Daniel said. Happy to see people like Marc becoming
involved. Hopefully OSGeo is able to find a way to fit Marc in.
Best regards, Eli
>
>
> On 2016-05-12 4:27 AM, Marc VLOEMANS wrote:
>>
>> Nicolas et al
>>
>> I realise that some in the committe may not know me, so for those a
>> bulleted resume cum history:
>>
>> - in the days Frank Warmerdam served on the board I had a discussion on
>> how OSGeo missed out by the way its marketing was done. Somehow, I did
>> not get any traction and left it.
>> - during the time Bart van der Eijnden served as Board member I again
>> proposed to the Board (asked by and communicated via Bart) to work on
>> proper strategic marketing. The reply we got was not quite what we
>> expected, though.
>> - this year I felt first hand as member of the LOC FOSS4G2016 in Bonn
>> that the LOC is reinventing the marketing wheel and thus spending too
>> much personal time. We cannot depend on any marketing help from OSGeo
>> (and a shabby mailinglist of 20+k is hilariously small, considering the
>> world wide impact our projects have), so Jody roped me in (he would make
>> a great fisherman!).
>> - Please be aware that the present committee has been dormant for 2
>> years, judging from (the lack of) mailinglist, wiki and website activity
>>
>> So why did I step up to the plate? While I:
>> - cannot code and will not ever learn how to, but are in awe of those
>> that can explain 'stuff' to me
>> - have no employer or business (anymore) benefitting from OSGeo work
>> - have not worked on OSGeo-projects otherwise
>> - am often frustrated to have next to no peers to talk to when it comes
>> to what community marketing is/can be (e.g. not only PR)
>>
>> Well, because (in no particular order):
>> - open source in general has been my stamping ground for 15 odd years
>> - I grew into this community and the community grew on me
>> - it overlaps some of and faciliates my LOC Bonn involvement
>> - my earlier business and employer had overlapping activities with OSGeo
>> - I consider some as very good friends, who I can support in turn for
>> their help in the past/present/future
>> - I feel my more business related skills and experience complement the
>> abundance of technical abilities in the community
>> - it is a culture where I feel comfortable in (while remaining critical
>> at the same time ;-)
>>
>> However, I ask:
>> - the committee, the Board and the community at large to either
>> contribute structurally (e.g. to the concept marketing proposal in the
>> wiki-marketing-discussion)
>> - Or show faith me in my skills and experience and provide additonal
>> feed-back, insights, experiences or just moral support whenever someone
>> feels obliged to
>> - and act upon the findings and to-do's
>>
>> And to be a little bit Dutch:
>> - past & present inertia has raised the issue of irrelevance
>> - no effective strategy and marketing is scattering the scarce resources
>> we have
>> - if there were more people from the business side of open spatial
>> involved I welcome them full heartedly
>> - following procedures etc is all well and good, but it hamstrings in
>> many situations, so transparancy is what really counts
>>
>> So bottom line:
>> - I am getting impatient as time is moving fast
>> - I am getting exasperated as I am
>> - I am getting frustrated with lask of progress
>> - I am getting fed up with raising the dead
>>
>> If:
>> - I have to wait on the present Marketing committee (or what's left of it)
>> - I have to wait on a new committee (I do not exactly see people
>> fighting to get in)
>> - if I have to wait on getting things done (I cannot imagine software
>> development depending on quora's etc)
>>
>> In order to:
>> - scratch my own itch
>> - be part of the solution instead of the problem
>> - get things moving forward
>>
>> Then I rather pass and move on.
>> Well, so much for my pitch for the White House ;-)
>>
>>
>> (Sorry to see you leave Jeroen, but I know you have already too many
>> things on your hands ;-)
>>
>> Regards, Marc
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> 2016-05-12 9:19 GMT+02:00 Jeroen Ticheler <jeroen.ticheler at geocat.net
>> <mailto:jeroen.ticheler at geocat.net>>:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I would like to also step back from the marketing committee. I can't
>> give it the attention it needs.
>> Cheers, Jeroen
>>
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>> Op 12 mei 2016 om 09:10 heeft Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>> het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>> I offered to join a few months ago, as has Marc, but the website
>>> does not reflect this - the wiki
>>> <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Committee> lists the
>>> following members:
>>>
>>> * Cameron Shorter, Chair
>>> * Alex Mandel
>>> * Arnulf Christl
>>> * Jeroen Ticheler
>>> * Jo Cook
>>> * Nicolas Bozon
>>> * Peter Batty
>>> * Daniele Nascimento
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>> On 11 May 2016 at 23:09, nicolas bozon <nicolas.bozon at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:nicolas.bozon at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 30/04/2016 3:20 am, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>>
>>> To keep up with current events I would like to make
>>> two motions:
>>>
>>> - MOT1: Thanks Cameron for his service (thank you) as
>>> Marketting chair
>>>
>>>
>>> +1
>>> Thank you Cameron for long and good service as committee chair
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> - MOT2: Accept Marc Vloeman's offer volunteer for this
>>> role - and nominate him for this position.
>>>
>>>
>>> -0
>>> While i warmly welcome Jody and Marc in the Committee, i am
>>> surprised by the lack of reaction or our committee members.
>>> Before pushing motions and nominating a new chair, we should
>>> first ensure that we have enough active voting members IMHO.
>>> I suggest we may postpone this motion in order to first
>>> 'upgrade' memberships and hopefully get a descent 'quorum'
>>> anytime.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>>
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