[Marketing] two ideas

[Jody Garnett]

Although it may not seem obvious I try and control my scope as a volunteer
(so I do not burn out) by only taking on one mad plan at a time. Having
wrapped up the working party on sponsorship, and finished an osgeo talk at
foss4gna I have two ideas to do within the context of the marketing
committee.

I do not really mind which one is done first, is anyone interested in
helping out?

*Community Event Map*

I was amazed to hear about the size of some of the foss4g regional events
taking place in Europe. It could be I do not sign up to all the lists ever,
but I did feel uninformed and cannot imagine I am alone.
Idea: *Make an animated map of the regional event, with circle size based
on number of attendees, transparency based on how long ago it was - similar
to what is on the GeoForAll website for established labs.*
Approach: *I think we could either attract a volunteer or outsource as a
small contract. It is not quite as simple as a map as we need a way to add
additional events into the mix, and their attendance numbers.*
References:
- http://www.osgeo.org/news
- http://www.geoforall.org/locations/ (example map)
- http://www.opengeospatial.org/event
- http://tour.locationtech.org/2015/

*Updated Service Providers Page*
Our service providers page (http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile) is ... not
very professional even though we are showcasing some amazing organizations!

While the groups listed here are not always involved as we may wish they do
often operate on the front lines of open source adoption. The QGIS,
GeoServer and MapServer communities point to a great way to address both
these issues - group service/product providers by their level of
participation in the community:
- *core contributors* take responsibility for some aspect of the project
(such as releases, documentation or maintenance); while
- *contributors* have shown the ability to successfully develop a new
feature on behalf of their customers (meeting community Q, documentation
guidelines
- *others *...

It is also a bother that each project is having to maintain their own page
on this subject, setting up something pretty/consistent would reduce
overhead for our project teams.

Idea:  *database backed page on service providers, showcasing logos for
core contributors and contributors - in order to recognize those that make
our community go in a place where it matters (where customers are trying to
find them).*
Approach: *attract volunteers (should hopefully be interested parties) and
form a work group. Alternative is once again setup a design, accept quotes,
and outsource.*
References:
- http://mapserver.org/community/service_providers.html
-
http://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/commercial_support.html#qgis-commercial-support
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Jody Garnett
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