[Marketing] getting printed materials ready for boston

Jody Garnett jody.garnett at gmail.com
Mon Jul 31 06:27:37 PDT 2017


Okay - I may need to ask for more budget for new information sheets (we
only planned on content from get interactive - Luca and yourself move
quickly!)
On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 11:58 PM Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <astrid_emde at osgeo.org>
wrote:

> Hi Jody,
>
> I wasnot asked/assumed to do the printing for Boston. I had bad
> experiences with sending material to the US. It takes ages.
>
> Hope you get the material printed locally. And please also print the A4
> INFORMATION SHEETS from the projects that are on the way. Worst case
> could be some copies from the next copy shop.
>
> I am off for one more week on holidays.
>
> See you
>
> Astrid
>
> Am 2017-07-30 00:33, schrieb Jody Garnett:
> > Astrid I wanted to check if we were both being asked (or assumed) to
> > be handling printing for Boston? I kind of hoped it was handled, but
> > Marc took off on holiday :) With Boston two weeks away we may be
> > cutting it close to get both materials printed locally, and collect
> > any revisions the team had after foss4ge.
> >
> > Hunting through email here was Marc's shopping list - $1500 USD for
> > the following:
> >
> >       * two roll up banners
> >
> >       * general 4 page folder (1000, shiny finish)
> >
> >       * stickers (shot finish)
> >       * (Marc already has a table cloth)
> >
> > Options for printing:
> > - recommended printer trade.4over.com [1] that can ship to Boston
> > - Michael Smith used Office Max to print for us at OSCon
> >
> > - Any others ...
> >
> > STICKERS
> >
> > Marc has requested, and I have received the following:
> >
> > - sticker 85x55mm-def.pdf
> > - sticker 98x98mm-def.pdf
> >
> > These were used in foss4ge - and were a bit large for my tastes
> > (people have small laptops now).
> >
> > ACTION: Ask Jeffrey Johnson if he has the smaller stickers to include
> > in the print run.
> >
> > BANNERS
> >
> > Marc has requested, and I have received the following:
> > - rollupbanner1-def.pdf 22.5 MB (so print ready) "osgeo" banner
> > - rollupbanner2-def.pdf 37.8 MB (so print ready) "open source compass"
> > banner
> >
> > A3 BROCHURE - Print 200
> >
> > Marc has requested, and I have recieved:
> > - osgeo-broucher-def.pdf 24 MB (so print ready)
> >
> > We have a draft here:
> > -
> >
> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/marketing/print/brochure_a3.pdf
> > [2]
> > - This does not match exactly what is printed (due to use of low
> > resolution graphics)
> >
> > ACTION: We need a copy of this for US Sizes (not A4) because Boston?
> > Or do we may extra for a non standard size...
> >
> > Luca is working on revising the a3 content:
> > -
> >
> https://github.com/lucadelu/osgeo/tree/brochure_svg/marketing/print/brochure_a3
> > [3]
> > - these are cut down draft graphics not suitable for printing
> > - the full resolutions background images are in github, perhaps use of
> > svg image element could be used
> > - page 2-3 has some errors, the "open geospatial content" needs to go
> > big or go home - not use in a quote box
> > - page 4-6 thanks for fixing bold text, the project logos do not look
> > good, especially geonetwork on its white background. I think we would
> > need to use logo+name consistently for this to work. Let us be content
> > to hand out project information sheets if there is more interest in a
> > specific project. You had some feedback on "turn-key" / "integrated"
> > solutions - perhaps calling them all "web mapping?"
> > - page 6-7 hard to make the foss4g logo to work (since no other
> > sections have logos, even though they have sub brands). We can remove
> > the bullet points for foss4g. FOSS4G Section will need to happen after
> > Local Chapters (since text refers to local chapter to learn more about
> > local events). Software Foundation - can turn the block into two
> > normal bullet points. Picture of people is from a code sprint - not a
> > foss4g event and held in a laptop. I think we will need a different
> > picture ( https://flic.kr/p/7rmX59 or the boat pic so it looks like a
> > party https://flic.kr/p/La4VHE ). And frame in a picture frame :)
> > - page 6 - looks good we should move the logos under "supporting
> > osgeo" since they are sponsor logos
> >
> > ACTION: Luca is scheduled to visit with Pim ASAP to get these changes
> > applied to the "print ready" graphics.
> > ACTION: Print as part of initial print job if ready, if not print
> > locally in boston and pick up!
> >
> > A4 INFORMATION SHEETS
> >
> > We have the following here:
> > -
> > https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/marketing/print/osgeo_a4.pdf
> > -
> >
> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/marketing/print/geoforall_a4.pdf
> >
> > Luca has corrected a problem with the osgeo_a4.svg - so we should
> > print that.
> >
> > And Luca and others are possibly making more information sheets:
> >
> > - osgeo A4 sheet - nice short alternative to brochure
> > - geoforall A4 sheet - a couple mistakes (extra line break, no
> > geoscience) but so far nobody has corrected
> > - foss4g A4 sheet - no point they are already at boston
> > - osgeo live A4 sheet
> > - grass A4 sheet
> >
> > And because it is boston do we need to consider reformatting for
> > Letter, or paying more for a non standard size.
> >
> > ACTION: Luca is scheduled to visit with Pim ASAP to get these changes
> > applied to the "print ready" graphics.
> > ACTION: Print as part of initial print job if ready, if not print
> > locally in boston and pick up!
> >
> > --
> > Jody Garnett
> >
> > Links:
> > ------
> > [1] http://trade.4over.com
> > [2]
> >
> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/marketing/print/brochure_a3.pdf
> > [3]
> >
> https://github.com/lucadelu/osgeo/tree/brochure_svg/marketing/print/brochure_a3
>
> --
> Astrid Emde
> Charter Member
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Astrid_Emde
>
-- 
--
Jody Garnett
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