[Marketing] results of today's chat

[Jody Garnett]

Thanks fixed, I encourage you to look at the above document (as several
authors have now been in there changing emphasis and wording).

--
Jody Garnett

On 4 January 2017 at 13:15, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Your thoughts echo my concern Eli - could I ask you to send them to the
> > board email list?
>
> I'm not on the Board list and think that it would be more effective
> coming as feedback from the Marketing Committee (and should largely be
> up to the Marketing Committee).
>
> >
> > Did anyone have thoughts specifically on the "Digital asset rebranding
> and
> > website reboot" text?
>
> Sorry to bring up a tangential item on the thread.  Getting back to
> what you wrote:
>
> I have drafted a call for sponsorship
> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/11rRUw75YgUNjP_
> 9w2ElsGuGr9T8v4kD5Gfh9-wxFzhE/edit)
> 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.
>
> "This is ****a**** significant user-focused undertaking that would
> greatly benefit from your support!"  You forgot an "a" (or remove "is"
> and rework).
>
> "This is a significant user-focused undertaking that would greatly
> benefit from your support!"  Might sounds a little passive although it
> does keep the rebranding as the subject.  You could try different
> orders like:
>
> "Your (valuable) support assists (enables? allows?) significant
> user-focused undertakings such as the digital asset rebranding and
> website reboot"
>
> You've got the important components covered so what you've got or
> similar should be good.
>
> Best regards, Eli
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jody Garnett
> >
> > On 4 January 2017 at 10:20, 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.
> >>
> >> 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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> >
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