[Marketing] Marketing Digest, Vol 94, Issue 10

Wed Feb 8 14:14:05 PST 2017

Hmmm, I would not be sure If the 'blinkers' were pushers, bluffers or the
insecure ones ;-)
My take; let's play it straight (the good-/bad-cop play we may reserve for
the Skype call with prospects ;-) and extend it with
shipment-date-plus-7-days (which was our initial time frame)

Op wo 8 feb. 2017 om 23:07 schreef Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>

> Okay, as per our letter we can update the page with an extended deadline.
> Jeffery is also CCed in communication with each firm and can now reply with
> additional information.
>
> We can also play a game where we see of any of the agencies "blink" and
> ask for an extension first :) Happy to be guided by you and Jeffery in this.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 8 February 2017 at 13:48, Marc Vloemans <marcvloemans1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks Jeff & Jody,
>
> Your work looks like you have done this more than once!
> EOI response looks also quite easy/practical to tailor per individual
> agency.
>
> I respect Jody's wish to keep the pace, but deadline of before-20-Feb is
> pushing it for the agencies....
> Perhaps a few days later would help, especially to give the only
> non-native-English-speaking agency not too much of a disadvantage ....
>
> Kind regards,
> Marc Vloemans
>
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> >   1. Re: draft response to shortlisted agencies (Jeffrey Johnson)
> >   2. random catchup on RFP (Jody Garnett)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 06:07:16 -0800
> > From: Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com>
> > To: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> > Cc: OSGeo Marketing <marketing at lists.osgeo.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Marketing] draft response to shortlisted agencies
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> > Thank you !!
> >
> >> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 5:47 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Okay with no further feedback I am going to break this up into
> individual
> >> pages, and ask Jachym to send them out. Unless you think one of us can
> do so
> >> ..
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jody Garnett
> >>
> >>> On 7 February 2017 at 15:26, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I have personalized each reply (using organization initials and colors
> so
> >>> you can see what to send). On close review (when personalizing each
> reply) a
> >>> couple of the responses impressed me more.
> >>>
> >>> - I have pushed the response date back until the 20th, due to our
> delay in
> >>> requesting proposals.
> >>> - I added your name / marketing committee at the bottom of the letter
> >>>
> >>> One batch of changes I have held back on is the use of "proposal" vs
> "some
> >>> more details". I am under the impression nwe are formally asking for
> >>> proposal at this time (including financials, technical and schedule) -
> and
> >>> the next step after this is contract negotiation.
> >>>
> >>> If that is correct I recommend we tignten up the letter still further
> to
> >>> use the word "proposal" and have a solid deadline at the end of the
> month.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Jody Garnett
> >>>
> >>>> On 7 February 2017 at 11:51, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Folks, sincere apologies for the delay on this. Im dealing with
> >>>> multiple family medical issues in the past several days and trying to
> >>>> juggle normal work as well.
> >>>>
> >>>> I've started a draft here. Can you please take a look and add
> >>>> edits/comments as appopriate.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ezAfjQaC-wZrruApDkhjvOV7VOFFpunkYsGqAeSY0rw/edit
> >>>>
> >>>> Jody, Im not sure we have the time to write a personalized response to
> >>>> each.
> >>>>
> >>>> Ill come back to this later today/tomorrow as time allows.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 11:57 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> I'll get to it tomorrow, apologize RS for the delay.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 23:56 Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I did not get a chance to work on this today - any takers?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Jody Garnett
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 6 February 2017 at 09:47, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> >>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Quick heads up - the response to shortlisted agencies did not go
> out
> >>>>>>> over
> >>>>>>> the weekend, so we will need to draft up a letter to send.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> What do we need to say:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> a) start a good doc so we can comment/collaborate faster than the
> >>>>>>> wiki
> >>>>>>> b) outline the letter details (what we are requesting finance /
> >>>>>>> technical
> >>>>>>> / schedule variations)
> >>>>>>> c) have a paragraph specific to each response thanking them for the
> >>>>>>> parts
> >>>>>>> they did really well (samples above and below our budget,
> explicitly
> >>>>>>> answering acceptance criteria, hunting down our logos for use in
> >>>>>>> their EOI).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Please respond to this email with anything I missed? If you have
> time
> >>>>>>> create the document (and send invitation privately to marketing
> >>>>>>> committee
> >>>>>>> members).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> Jody Garnett
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> PS. Jeffery I know you are out of the mix today, can we ask you to
> >>>>>>> review
> >>>>>>> the result and send it?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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> >>
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 10:23:43 -0800
> > From: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> > To: OSGeo Marketing <marketing at lists.osgeo.org>, Jachym Cepicky
> >    <jachym.cepicky at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Marketing] random catchup on RFP
> > Message-ID:
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> >
> > Thanks to everyone for getting together letters to send out to
> shortlisted
> > firms. Jachym was able to send them out this morning - Jeffery Johnson
> was
> > CCed on the correspondence and can direct any questions back to us.
> >
> > Because these responses cover commercial-in-confidence feedback marketing
> > committee members have been invited to a private google document. Board
> > members can see the resulting PDFs in dropbox.
> >
> > Due to our delay we have extended the response period until Monday. I did
> > not feel comfortable slipping schedule very much as that would set a
> > precedent for future interaction on both sides. The google document was
> > taken private so I could add some specific responses to each EOI
> (answering
> > questions or highlighting areas of their EOI we appreciated).
> >
> > The board still has not gotten back to Marc - but there has been a
> positive
> > outcome of the question. Sponsorship (as seen on the email list is
> picking
> > up). And the board is taking the draft budget that was approved into a
> > final form. I suspect everyone involved is still apprehensive about the
> 50k
> > not to exceed limit placed on this activity - making communication
> > depressingly halting:
> > - We did not hit our go/no-go decision marker; perhaps we should
> arranged a
> > meeting with the board for next week if we do not get an email response
> > - SAC was not aware of an extra 8k being put aside for their
> participation
> > in this initiative; it is like they will be fine if the board uses this
> > budget to support the RFP process.
> > - Sponsorship is picking up (3.5k and counting) - but on a different time
> > frame than our RFP process
> > - Because the budget is still only publicly in draft form it is not clear
> > if we have access to 2016 budget to put towards this activity; we are not
> > the only committee suffering due to lack of clarity
> >
> > I suspect that while sponsorship may eventually cover the gap the board
> > will need to be comfortable backing this activity.
> > --
> > Jody Garnett
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