[Marketing] OSGeo at OSCON 2017 -- planning, action needed

[Jody Garnett]

You move fast!

OSGeo does not have any hardware, so whoever is manning the booth will
probably want their own laptop with demos they are comfortable with.

--
Jody Garnett

On 3 April 2017 at 13:06, Sara Safavi <ssafavi at boundlessgeo.com> wrote:

> Thanks Jody. I've submitted that description and logo to be included on
> the website. Have also submitted a request for pricing & order details for
> the electric hookup. When you say "laptop" I'm guessing you mean Thea & I
> should use our own, or is there OSGeo hardware to be shipped?
>
> --Sara
>
> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 2:52 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for taking point on this Sara and Thea - great community building
>> (and thanks for using wiki <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSCON_2017_Booth>
>> and email to organize).
>>
>> *booth:*
>> - We should pay for power and have a laptop with monitor to show case our
>> work
>> - browser with osgeo.org, live.osgeo.org, project websites
>> - demo: anything you can run locally, or install live.osgeo.org in a VM
>>
>> *branding:*
>> - here is svn logos: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/logo/
>> - https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/logo/Official%20Logo.ai <-- this
>> one
>> - text:
>>
>> *The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit
>> organization to: Empower everyone with open source geospatial!*
>>
>> *Geospatial and location software is a great addition to the open source
>> community: unlocking government and industry opportunities, at the
>> forefront of mobile and internet of things innovation.*
>>
>> *The foundation's projects are all freely available under open source
>> licenses. Visit us at OSCon to bring a sense of place to your next
>> application.*
>>
>> *materials:*
>> - this is a work in progress
>> - we should be able to send stickers that have already been printed to you
>> - anything else we will want to print locally, and ask you to pickup.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>> On 3 April 2017 at 12:22, Sara Safavi <ssafavi at boundlessgeo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> *cc'd: Thea Aldrich of LocationTech + Eclipse, co-organizing this booth
>>> effort with me*
>>>
>>> Greetings, marketing at lists:
>>>
>>> OSCON prep is underway and I have some action items/info needs based on
>>> emails received from OSCON's sponsor liaison. In no particular order:
>>>
>>>    - We have one Bronze pass and two Exhibitor passes: we need to
>>>    assign/register these by April 11.
>>>    *ACTION: *what are we doing with these?
>>>    *PROPOSED RESOLUTION: *Thea already has a pass via Eclipse; I'll
>>>    take the Bronze pass & we'll use the other two for part-time volunteers. I
>>>    bring this to the list for discussion just in case anyone disagrees (since
>>>    the passes belong to OSGeo)
>>>
>>>    - Scheduled "booth time" is as follows:
>>>    *May 9: TBD? - setup time*
>>>
>>> *May 10: 10:00AM - 5:45PM / 5:45PM - 7:00PM (Booth Crawl) *
>>> *May 11: 10:00AM - 4:30PM **NO ACTION NEEDED: *Thea & I will be there
>>>    all week, we are working on recruiting additional part-time booth
>>>    volunteers from the local community now
>>>
>>>    - Our booth includes:
>>>    One, draped 4' counter-height table in the OSCON Expo Hall
>>>    (2) Chairs
>>>    (1) Easel-back ID sign printed with organization name.
>>>    *ACTION: *if we want electrical power or internet access, we need to
>>>    pay for this. There will be free wifi but it's not guaranteed to be
>>>    reliable. I don't have cost info yet but can look into it if there's
>>>    need/budget
>>>
>>>    - OSGeo's name, logo, description, link, etc will be posted on the
>>>    website & in the mobile app.
>>>    *ACTION*: need a high-resolution logo and 100-word max description
>>>    to use on OSCON.com
>>>
>>>    - General *ACTION*: need help with materials (stickers? banners?
>>>    fliers? etc) for this booth. I've no idea what the status quo is here so
>>>    any information/assistance would be grand.
>>>
>>> I'm working on updating https://wiki.osgeo.or
>>> g/index.php?title=OSCON_2017_Booth today with all the information I
>>> have thus far. If you have questions please ask away, I may have the answer
>>> buried in an email somewhere.
>>>
>>> Cheers, all!
>>> Sara
>>>
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>>
>>
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