[Marketing] two ideas

[Bob Basques]

On 05/13/2016 07:16 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> 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./
/Why not mix the two maps together.  Both the Geo4All and the Events 
maps.  either as an entierly new map, or as a mashup. Seems pertinent to 
see those layers next to each other.

Also seem like it should be tied into the OSGeo news feed as new events 
are plotted.

/
> 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 *...
>
I've thought about this myself in the past, if the service providoers DB 
were to be set up as a WMS map for example, where it could easily be 
added to any viable consuming app, it would make it easy to spread the 
word via mapping, as well as a reverse geocoder for nearest to me queries.
> 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
> -
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
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