[Marketing] osgeo handout 2017

[Jody Garnett]

Reading the pdf
<https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/marketing/flyer/osgeo/en/OSGeo_org_EN_A4.pdf>
:
- the goals are out of date (they were updated at the start of 2016 in the
f2f meeting)
- it says (c) 2006 at the bottom
- are you sure we have the right link?

--
Jody Garnett

On 12 April 2017 at 09:15, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Taking this to a seperate email:
>
> Hi Jody,
>> nice. I like the new flyer ;)
>> Hope it is ok, to give some feedback. I only had a quick look...
>> Sponsors
>> ----------------
>> please check the sponsors of 2017.
>> Looks like there is an error in the list:
>> http://www.osgeo.org/content/sponsorship/sponsors.html
>> You thank the sponsors of 2017 and then you print Boundless logo which is
>> not in the list of 2017.
>> It would be great to mention all the sponsors of 2017 - also bronze
>> sponsors and skip the logos in my opinion. Or sprint the logos of the
>> majpor sponsor.
>
>
> We have an obligation to display sponsor logs for the higher sponsorship
> tiers. Please see http://www.osgeo.org/sponsorship for details on what
> "marketing" has promised OSGeo sponsors with respect to handouts and booth
> presence. These decisions pre-date me, if we wish to change we will need to
> do so for next year.
>
>
>
>> OSGeo-Live
>> ----------------
>> * Maybe you could use the whole logo https://github.com/OSGeo/
>> OSGeoLive-doc/blob/master/images/banner.svg
>> * maybe you could change the first sentance (as OSGeo-live is so often
>> DVD anymore)
>
>
> Cameron edited after this went to press, the justification and column
> wrapping got messed up.
>
> instead of:
>> "OSGeo-Live is a bootable DVD, USB or Virtual Machine with pre-installed
>> geospatial open source software, sample data, overviews and quickstarts."
>>
>> better:
>> "OSGeo-Live is a GIS software collection. It can be used as Virtual
>> Machine, USB or DVD and provides pre-installed geospatial open source
>> software, sample data, overviews and quickstarts."
>
>
>
>> Skip the logos from ICA and ISPRS - use the space for OSGeo specific info
>>
>
> They are partners in the GeoForAll initiative, I figured they would be
> known to AAG attendees (lending credibility to our organization for this
> target audience).
>
>
>> ----------------
>> * add logos from OSGeo projects
>
>
> The logos would be nice, did not have time as this was done the night
> before. I am concerned that logos would not mean anything to new users who
> have never head of the open source projects, it barely means anything as it
> is but at least they can web search the name.
>
> More
>> ----------
>> * Maybe you could mention the local chapters, global events, Sol Katz,
>
>
> Local chapters yes, but I am not sure if we have enough local chapters in
> north america to promote.
>
>
>> * image - maybe they look better with a dark frame,
>
>
> No feedback.
>
> We updated the flyer in 2016. Maybe you can take some information from
>> here:
>> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/marketing/flyer/osgeo/e
>> n/OSGeo_org_EN_A4.pdf
>
>
> What is that pdf doing in trac? I thought all the marketing stuff was in
> svn :)
>
> We are slated as part of the website/rebranding to get updated flyers. I
> guess we cannot wait and need to print something for OSCon. I do not have
> capacity to update a flyer at present, are you in position to provide
> something we can print for OSCon?
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/attachments/20170412/7ab91af9/attachment-0001.html>