[Marketing] Marketing Digest, Vol 94, Issue 10

Wed Feb 8 14:16:22 PST 2017

Good good (you are correct we should not be too mean).

Jeffery if you agree please send out an email to each firm. You can
introduce yourself, and I can update the website when you are done.

--
Jody Garnett

On 8 February 2017 at 14:14, Marc VLOEMANS <marcvloemans1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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)
>> >
>> >
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > 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
>> > Message-ID:
>> >    <CABcRaRPiUqsFNnRzf0qLOev0dVp7_1WxwoXib4rS=B-GUR1fcA at mail.gmail.com>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>> >
>> > 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:
>> >    <CAOhbgAmZk_J8+wNeDtBYAq7g+UHTvbi2bPQWHs8Tpa-qZoH5xQ at mail.gmail.com>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>> >
>> > 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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>
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