[Marketing] shall we look for a new chair for the Marketing Committee?

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

Hello,

for be Marketing is still fine - maybe just add a subtile

OSGeo Marketing Committee
Respsonsible for Outreach & Advocacy

A reboot meeting would be great.

Astrid

Am 04.12.2019 10:40 schrieb Jody Garnett:
> Thanks so much, what timezone are you in? Perhaps we can set up an
> initial "reboot" meeting :)
> I would prefer a single word, so "outreach" works for me also...
> 
> Even with a name change I would still like to balance our concerns and
> focus very much on what we offer to the public as a not-for-profit
> (the "empire open everyone with open source geospatial" vision). It is
> super hard for me personally not to get distracted by inviting folks
> to join our organization (since as a project lead that is kind of what
> I want).
> 
> --
> Jody Garnett
> 
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 10:21, Enock Seth Nyamador <enockseth at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hello Astrid,
>> 
>> Congrats.
>> 
>> I will be willing to join community. Jody I can be your Co-chair.
>> 
>> In relation to naming I will recommend Outreach & Advocacy OR just
>> Outreach.
>> 
>> Best,
>> -ENock
>> 
>> Le mer. 4 déc. 2019 à 07:16, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> a écrit :
>> 
>> A few months ago we decided to co-chair after our time on the board
>> was up. I see you have been re-elected - congrats!
>> 
>> I am willing to chair but it will have to be at the run-the meetings
>> level for a bit as the incubation committee needs some encouragement
>> (many of our docs are still orphaned on the old website).
>> 
>> I would much prefer to do-chair if anyone else is willing (I think
>> that is a smarter approach given volunteer availability and not
>> wanting to leave a committee inactive for stretches of time).
>> 
>> I also think we could rename to “outreach” or “advocacy”
>> committee to attract more of our members who many not necessarily
>> feel they have a marketing background....
>> 
>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 7:46 AM Astrid Emde (OSGeo)
>> <astrid_emde at osgeo.org> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I was wondering whether we should look for a new chair for the
>> Marketing
>> Committee?
>> 
>> Maybe we could ask Jody to volunteer for beeing chair?
>> 
>> Astrid
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