[Marketing] New Chair

[Marc Vloemans]

Agreed Harrison,

To short circuit some of the discussion: OSGeo is about outreach and advocacy. See also my doc in the Wiki under Marketing-Discussion tab.

In my book that means that our committee provides the support tools for the community to actually do the work locally/regionally/globally. Now that these tools are updated and available, we can choose a more active or a support role.

I choose the latter, as I am not paid to do what this community should be all about.

Perhaps Jody is right, I am tired. Having spent more than a year on rebrand, website revamp and collateral  with Jody and Jeff, among other marketing work.
Any idea we come up with in the upcoming week involves volunteer time. Because this is at a premium, I suggest we don’t go overboard in our brainstorm. 

Kind regards,
Marc Vloemans


> Op 25 mei 2018 om 12:38 heeft Harrison Grundy <harrison.grundy at astrodoggroup.com> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Something that may be worthwhile is the marketing committee as a whole reaching out to the community and the board to identify more concrete steps for the committee to take. Is that working to generate content for the site? Some specific advocacy idea that we don’t even know yet?
> 
> I think a big part of the lethargy is a lack of... mission, for lack of a better word. Working on sponsorship for events is absolutely important work, but it’s not all that engaging by itself... most of the time seems to go towards getting the expectations of whoever is requesting sponsorship to a level the committee can deliver on. Ultimately, it’s politely saying “I don’t think we can help with that” to people who want to do things that we’d love to see them do.
> 
> How would everyone feel about taking a week to examine what we could actually accomplish, do some of that outreach, then send out that request for a new chair again and see if it goes anywhere.
> 
> Harrison
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On May 25, 2018, at 5:52 PM, Marc Vloemans <marcvloemans1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Jody et al
>> 
>> Thank you and Astrid for picking up the thread, since my earlier mail for new chair did not reap any results.
>> 
>> My thoughts on a way forward:
>> - the present committee has run its course, new blood needed or folding as options 
>> - a - prominently displayed - how2 download your exhibition pack/collateral on home page (saves Q&A’s)
>> - things as supporting FOSS4G’s around the world.....too ambitious....downscale the expectations in the community 
>> 
>> My 2 cents. 
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> Marc Vloemans
>> 
>> 
>>> Op 24 mei 2018 om 22:33 heeft Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
>>> 
>>> Thank you for your leadership Marc, just catching up on email now after foss4gna.
>>> 
>>> I have not had much time to think about the marketing committee, think we may of tired folks out after last year's big push.
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 at 04:58, Marc VLOEMANS <marcvloemans1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Dear all,
>>>> 
>>>> We are looking for a new Chair person of our committee (as I am stepping down).
>>>> Can I invite interested individuals within our list to step up to the plate and make themselves known on this list, including a little blurb what they want to achieve with the committee?
>>>> 
>>>> Deadline for application is 9 May 24.00 PM CET.
>>>> 
>>>> With more than one applicant, we will have a little voting exercise. Otherwise the individual will become the Chair by default.
>>>> When no one applies I will hand over the issue to the Board for further action.
>>>> 
>>>> Looking forward to a new person to take us into the near future.
>>>> 
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Marc Vloemans
>>>> 
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