[Marketing] marketing brochure

Mon Dec 2 21:35:21 PST 2019

Thanks Harisson,
That would probably help us to get our brochure in a more open and usable
format, yes please !
Would you be able to convert this file (
https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/marketing/collateral/brochure/001-EU-size)
to SVG or PDF please ?
Or provide me with the CC account credentials, and i'll be happy to
proceed, and finally get rid of these unfriendly indd files !

Thanks in advance
Best,

Nick

Le mar. 3 déc. 2019 à 06:17, Harrison Grundy <
harrison.grundy at astrodoggroup.com> a écrit :

> I've got a spare Creative Cloud license floating around that we'd be happy
> to donate to this for a few months, let me know if that would be useful.
>
> --- Harrison
>
> On 3 December 2019 12:37:32 PM SGT, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I should also point out we have never merged in the work from Nicolas. It
>> is sitting in a PR:
>> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/pulls (waiting for review comments to be
>> addressed).
>>
>> I should also point out that my enthusiasm is for seeing things finished
>> (and have no personal stake in doing it myself). Indeed I am leaning
>> towards paying getinteractive a time and materials contract for next year
>> (say 40 hours) to use as needed for graphic design work.
>>
>> I also think we should put a RFP to our community to provide map
>> integration for members/local chapters/GeoForAll (right now we hide our
>> maps in a filter drop down). Absolutely nobody has volunteered on this one
>> ...
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 4:24 AM adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My preference would be:
>>>
>>> - use some indesign expertise (either buy a license and let Jody go for
>>> it or hire someone) to unpack .indd files to something else (EPS? SVG?
>>> preferences?) which is more transportable, even if that means losing some
>>> adobe-specific pizzaz in the design process
>>>
>>> - deploy some budget to help with whatever updates / refreshes are
>>> needed, providing any additional guidance on design principles we require
>>> to incorporate Nicolas’ icon set wherever we should do so, with the
>>> understanding that the end result should be useful across the
>>> Inkscape/Scribus *and* Adobe platforms (woohoo! design interoperability!
>>> can it be done? I hope so!)
>>>
>>> …with a view to:
>>> - deploying Jody’s enthusiasm, experience and wisdom - even if it is to
>>> completely disagree with my thoughts above :)
>>> - making it as easy as possible for future us to pick up and carry on
>>> later.
>>>
>>> …and having said that, I’ll help Jody any way I can without needing an
>>> Adobe suite licence.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 at 13:55, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nice, I am not against Scribus and would you personally be willing to
>>>> try again.
>>>>
>>>>  The last challenge is harder, I would like us as volunteers to be able
>>>> to hire a graphics designer to get stuff done faster for regional events
>>>> and projects.
>>>>
>>>> Personally I think the website is most important, and printing things
>>>> out is hopefully going away. But it does make an impression, and that
>>>> impression helps break down “open source is not professional” hesitation
>>>> allowing us to reach more folks.
>>>>
>>>> I am aware how silly it is we need to work so hard to give software
>>>> away. Still it makes people so happy it is worth a bit of our time.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 12:45 AM adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks like inDesign may need to be part of the process, scribus cannot
>>>>> import the .indd files in marketing collateral [1], and the PDFs in print
>>>>> [2] don’t open with fonts as editable fonts (although the text can be
>>>>> replaced easily enough).
>>>>>
>>>>> Both Scribus and Inkscape have moved a long way since 2017. For my own
>>>>> two cents I find inDesign and illustrator at least as painful to use, and
>>>>> you have to then pay for them also ;) - so I haven’t used them in a very
>>>>> long time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Adam
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]
>>>>> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/marketing/collateral/brochure
>>>>> [2] https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/marketing/print
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 at 04:35, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <
>>>>> astrid_emde at osgeo.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello Jody,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> great that you have more time now and great that you would like to
>>>>>> work
>>>>>> on the flyer/brochure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It would make sense to update the brochure and make ist sustainable
>>>>>> (do
>>>>>> not list sponsors) so we can print it and us that version for quite
>>>>>> while.
>>>>>> Although I would prefer a lighter weight version of the OSGeo
>>>>>> brochure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It also is great if you can update some of the one-page flyer too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It looked like with some files scribus did not work, so I am fine if
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> do it with inDesign. Maybe you leave the scribus files that work as
>>>>>> they
>>>>>> are.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You could choose the license that you think make sense.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Astrid
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 02.12.2019 18:25 schrieb Jody Garnett:
>>>>>> > Brian I had a terrible couple of weeks before foss4g boston using
>>>>>> > scribus for the one page handouts. The teams produces results that
>>>>>> > were visually inconsistent and their work had to be redone so that
>>>>>> all
>>>>>> > the output had the logos and so on in a consistent fashion.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > When you say Scribus get's good reviews ... can I ask from where? It
>>>>>> > certainly works but it honestly reminded me of desktop publishing
>>>>>> > solutions on an an Amiga 4000.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > We can go through some old email where Antia Graser worked really
>>>>>> hard
>>>>>> > evaluating options and getting scribus to work.  We also had our
>>>>>> > graphics designer give it a go but it was too slow/frustrating given
>>>>>> > the timeframe.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > -
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/2017-September/003967.html
>>>>>> > [2]
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > The other option that folks discussed in that thread was InkScape,
>>>>>> > however it was producing SVG output that could not be used in the
>>>>>> > browsers due to a difference in SVG standard support. Sadly at the
>>>>>> > time it was also producing PDF output inconsistently.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > --
>>>>>> > Jody Garnett
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 at 16:07, Brian M Hamlin <maplabs at light42.com>
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >> Hi - Here in California/USA Adobe products are certainly very
>>>>>> >> popular, and I use them myself (old purchase). However, the FOSS
>>>>>> >> desktop publishing suite Scribus also gets good reviews. Is it
>>>>>> >> truly the only forward, to use inDesign for the brochures? The
>>>>>> >> fonts can be used in any case.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> cheers --Brian
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> On 12/2/19 6:39 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>> I have been resisting taking on any more activities until my term
>>>>>> >>> as Director was up. With today's announcement I have some more
>>>>>> >>> capacity :)
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Astrid you mentioned wanted to update the osgeo brochure last
>>>>>> >>> year, and we did not have any members available with access to
>>>>>> >>> InDesign. The economics of using scribus did not work out for us
>>>>>> >>> (when we had access to a graphic designer it was better to use a
>>>>>> >>> WYIWYG tool to take advantage of their training).
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> I would be willing to do the update, if the marketing committee
>>>>>> >>> was able to provide an InDesign license. In the past I purchased
>>>>>> >>> proprietary fonts when they were mandated by our logo design,
>>>>>> >>> however InDesign is a more expensive commitment.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> a) InDesign US$239.88/yr
>>>>>> >>> b) InDesign US$31.49/mo, only subscribe when needed?
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Another good approach is:
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> c) Contact GetInteractive and set up a time and materials contract
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> d) Ask on our mailing list if anyone else has access to InDesign
>>>>>> >>> and would be willing to do the work.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Please reply with your preference, and any discussion. I feel we
>>>>>> >>> should make a motion this calendar year while we have marketing
>>>>>> >>> budget to work with.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> aside: I was able to make use of scribus for some of our one page
>>>>>> >>> handouts, porting content from a number of projects for a
>>>>>> >>> consistent appearance. It was a very frustrating learning curve,
>>>>>> >>> but I think I can safely update these now.
>>>>>> >>> --
>>>>>> >>> Jody Garnett
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> >>> Marketing mailing list
>>>>>> >>> Marketing at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>>> >>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing [1]
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Links:
>>>>>> > ------
>>>>>> > [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
>>>>>> > [2]
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/2017-September/003967.html
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > _______________________________________________
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Dr. Adam Steer
>>>>> http://spatialised.net
>>>>> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer
>>>>> http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer
>>>>> http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0046-7236
>>>>> +61 427 091 712 ::  @adamdsteer
>>>>>
>>>>> Suits are bad for business:
>>>>> http://www.spatialised.net/business-penguins/
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>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> --
>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dr. Adam Steer
>>> http://spatialised.net
>>> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer
>>> http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer
>>> http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0046-7236
>>> +61 427 091 712 ::  @adamdsteer
>>>
>>> Suits are bad for business:
>>> http://www.spatialised.net/business-penguins/
>>>
>> --
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
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