[Marketing] OSGeo slide in the OSGeo-Live presentation

[Jody Garnett]

 No worries I shortened it for one of the hand outs and github.


https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/README.md

note that Brian was very concerned that we use the right 501 status
information above.
On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 6:49 PM Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jody,
>
> I've provided revised wording to OSGeo-Live slide, derived from your text:
>
> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc/pull/299
>
> I've trimmed the text a bit, while hopefully keeping all the meaning. The
> text below is repeating itself a bit.
>
> Cheers Cameron
>
> On 12/7/17 12:06 pm, Jody Garnett wrote:
>
> My best descrption is being used in the "about osgeo" section of recent
> press releases: http://www.osgeo.org/press/2017/AzaveaSponsorship
>
> *The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is not-for-profit organization to
> empower everyone with open source geospatial. The software foundation
> directly supports projects serving as an outreach and advocacy organization
> providing financial, organizational and legal support for the open source
> geospatial community. OSGeo works with our sponsors and partners to foster
> an open approach to software, standards, data and education.*
>
>
> I am learning a lot about the foundation during this exercise - I think
> the last sentence could list "open approach to software, standards, data,
> research and education".
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 11 July 2017 at 15:09, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Marketing committee,
>>
>> With the OSGeo rebranding, the slide we have in the OSGeo-Live
>> presentation describing the OSGeo Foundation is looking dated. If we had 20
>> to 30 secs to describe OSGeo now, how would we do it? (That is about how
>> much time you get for this slide).
>>
>> Jody, maybe you can point me to the current elevator spiel text for OSGeo.
>>
>> The current slide is here:
>>
>> https://live.osgeo.org/en/presentation/#/2
>>
>> (press "s" for slide text)
>>
>> Slide:
>>
>> Open Source Geospatial
>> Foundation (OSGeo)
>> Since 2006 A Non Profit Umbrella for:
>>
>> GeoSpatial Free and Open Source Software
>> Education
>> Open Data
>>
>> Speaker text:
>>
>> OSGeo-Live derives its name from the Open Source GeoSpatial Foundation,
>> or OSGeo for short.
>>
>> The OSGeo Foundation was set up in 2006 as a non-profit umbrella
>> organisation to support development and promotion of quality GeoSpatial
>> Open Source Software and Open Data.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter
>> M +61 419 142 254
>>
>>
>
> --
> Cameron Shorter
> M +61 419 142 254
>
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Jody Garnett
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