[Marketing] FOSS4G-Europe 2017: OSGeoLive on USB stick

[Jody Garnett]

I was trying to ask a different question; what osgeo group is attending the
event?
It sounds like no osgeo groups have firm plans.
On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 12:22 PM Fenoy Gerald <gerald.fenoy at geolabs.fr>
wrote:

> Dear Jody,
> thanks again for your question.
>
> Indeed, we would appreciate to have an OSGeo booth but none have asked
> until now.
>
> All the best,
>
>
> Gérald Fenoy
> gerald.fenoy at geolabs.fr
> FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Conference Chair
> https://europe.foss4g.org/2017/
>
> > Le 1 juin 2017 à 20:47, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> a écrit :
> >
> > Quick question Gerald - is there an OSGeo booth at the foss4g europe
> event to hand out USB sticks from? Or a osgeo-europe booth, or a local
> chapter booth, or ...
> >
> > --
> > Jody Garnett
> >
> > On 1 June 2017 at 11:41, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yeah that is like 1/2 our marketing budget for the year; and we are
> going to have a lot of expenses ordering new booth stuff.
> >
> > Is there a chance the conference registration fee can cover USB stick
> purchase?
> >
> > --
> > Jody Garnett
> >
> > On 1 June 2017 at 04:37, Fenoy Gerald <gerald.fenoy at geolabs.fr> wrote:
> > Dear Jody,
> > thanks a lot for your answer.
> >
> > I have contacted a french company that provide usb stick printing. Their
> proposal is like this: for 300 USB sticks it will cost almost 2000 € when
> for 400 the cost will go to 2600€.
> >
> > Nevertheless, I am now wondering. Indeed, from what I can remember,
> during the FOSS4G in Bonn there was an OSGeo Booth that was providing the
> OSGeoLiveDVD USB sticks. This may be the best option. Indeed, in case OSGeo
> is coming to the FOSS4G-Europe with OSGeoLive USB sticks, it means that we
> may be able to manage the usb print on our own budget as it may cost less
> (as the usb stick size will decrease and the file to put on the usb stick
> will be easier to setup, there is no double partition anymore and so on,
> still I think that lower than 8go usb stick won’t be a real use to anybody).
> >
> > I think that it would be just perfect if OSGeo can have a booth at the
> FOSS4G-Europe 2017 for distributing the OSGeoLive USB stick.
> >
> > Gérald Fenoy
> > gerald.fenoy at geolabs.fr
> > FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Conference Chair
> > https://europe.foss4g.org/2017/
> >
> > > Le 19 mai 2017 à 17:52, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> a écrit
> :
> > >
> > > Gérald:
> > >
> > > To proceed we would need to get a better idea of costs involved. I
> know you have a hard cap on attendees of 400 - how many sticks would you be
> printing and do you have a quote we can work from?
> > >
> > > Are we sharing this cost with the LOC? OSGeo live is bootable so it
> cannot really be used to easily give people a copy of the event program
> (unless you make a partition I guess).
> > >
> > > I would like to considers USB sticks as part of our expense in
> attending the event - while they are a good tool they are only one of the
> tools available.
> > > --
> > > Jody
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 3:10 AM Fenoy Gerald <gerald.fenoy at geolabs.fr>
> wrote:
> > > Dear marketing committee,
> > > I would like to know if it is possible for the FOSS4G-Europe 2017 LOC
> to ask the OSGeo marketing committee for some fund to handle the USB stick
> production to give to every attendees.
> > >
> > > The USB stick should contains OSGeoLive and the program associated
> with the event. The USB Sticks will then be used during the workshops,
> mainly for those that ask attendees to come with their own computer but it
> may also be used in other workshops also.
> > >
> > > I hope to hear back from you.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > >
> > > Gérald Fenoy
> > > gerald.fenoy at geolabs.fr
> > > FOSS4G-Europe 2017 Conference Chair
> > > https://europe.foss4g.org/2017/
> > >
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