[Marketing] results of today's chat

[Jeffrey Johnson]

I agree the entire stipulation is not required, just "subject to board
approval" would work.

On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com> wrote:
>> +1 on this stipulation
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Has the Marketing Committee decided on whether OSGeo Sponsors must be
>>> at least in some tangential way related to open source or geospatial
>>> software?  I think that we should only accept relevant sponsors and
>>> have the option to decline sponsorships.
>>>
>>> QGIS has a good example of a policy,
>>> http://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/sponsorship/sponsorship.html#qgis-sponsorship-program
>>> (at the bottom):
>>>
>>> Warning
>>> Acceptance of sponsorship offers is at the discretion of the QGIS PSC.
>>> We reserve the right to decline offers of sponsorship if the
>>> sponsoring organisation or party seems to be at odds with the ethos of
>>> our project. For example offers from marketing companies that have
>>> nothing to do with GIS / spatial services, or offers where we have
>>> reason to believe the presence of the sponsors logo and marketing
>>> materials on our site and other materials will degrade the experience
>>> of our users will be declined.
>
> This is a rather bold and clear policy.  A simple policy (if we don't
> anticipate problems) could be as short as "...subject to approval."
>
> Eli
>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your thoughts.
>>>
>>> Best regards, Eli
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I have drafted a call for sponsorship that includes "Digital asset
>>>> rebranding and website reboot" as an initiative for sponsorship. My
>>>> description could use your feedback:
>>>>>
>>>>> Digital asset rebranding and website reboot: The marketing committee has
>>>>> volunteered to undertake an EOI process to revamp the OSGeo visual and
>>>>> online presence in 2017. This is significant user-focused undertaking that
>>>>> would greatly benefit from your support!
>>>>
>>>> I would love to have a wiki page, or a draft EOI, to link to (similar to how
>>>> I can link to the foss4g europe, foss4g boston and code sprint websites).
>>>>
>>>> The board meeting is tomorrow, I expect the above document to be sent out at
>>>> that time.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>
>>>> On 30 December 2016 at 09:46, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the result of today's chat - action items have been highlighted:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Meeting_2016-12-30
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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