[Marketing] Motion on choice of agency GetInteractive for Rebrand & Website Project

[Cameron Shorter]

Thank you to all who have put in a significant effort in pushing through 
on this website re-branding activity.
For transparency, and to demonstrate the rigour that has been applied to 
this process, could I please ask each person who has been involved to 
explain the depth of your involvement in your assessment, and why you 
agree with this motion (or not). I will then vote based on my trust of 
the process and my trust that the individuals involved have followed the 
process.

To start:
* I reviewed the RFQ that was developed and sent out, along with the 
proposed process. I was impressed with the professionalism of both. I am 
familiar with the individuals involved with this selection process, and 
have been impressed over the years with their clear thinking, ability to 
suggest good ideas, their follow through on making things happen and 
professionalism. Assuming they confirm that they have continued to be 
thorough in their process, and confident in their selection, I shall 
back their decision.

Warm regards, Cameron

On 09-Mar-17 10:08 AM, Marc VLOEMANS wrote:
> Dear Marketing List,
>
> Thanks to the unrelenting energy of the Marketing Committee en members 
> of the Board, I have the pleasureof asking you for approval of our 
> choice of agency to conduct the Rebranding and Website Project for 
> OSGeo: GetInteractive (for examples of their previous work see 
> www.getinteractive.nl <http://www.getinteractive.nl/>)
>
> I herewith ask you formally to approve the choice for GetInteractive 
> as the agency that will execute the Rebranding and Website Project as 
> previously described in the EoI and RFP. Please do so before Saturday 
> 12.00 noon CET. This allows the committee to draft the contract and 
> collect Board signature in order to have the agency start the project 
> in time.
>
> Some back ground on the process:
> - we cast our Call for Expression of Interest as widely as our network 
> and channels allowed
> - we received 4 serious EoI's, which all were invited to send in a 
> proposal
> - of these, 2 were shortlisted based on price and project scope
> - GetInteractive was chosen as the winner, based on critical items 
> such as:
> pricing, experience with community-sites, quality of reference 
> projects, comprehensiveness of their proposals, user-friendliness and 
> technical specifications of proposed CMS, their experience with open 
> source, realisme of planning and efforts, demonstrated professionalism 
> in the EoI/RFP process and such.
>
> We have 'happily' drawn upon Jeffrey's particular experience in the 
> CMS-field and he has volunteered to manage the project on our behalf. 
> Jody's eye for detail and process has kept us on track as the overall 
> planning needed to be met. Therefore  I feel we have achieved the best 
> value for our money and can safely enter the next stage in the project.
>
> Again, I wish to thank all involved in a process that has been 
> executed meticulously but (thankfully) fast enough to have our 
> revamped brand and website in place well before FOSS4G2017 to 
> immediately benefit from it.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Marc Vloemans
>
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