[Qgis-psc] project feedback to OSGeo

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

> On 15 Feb 2016, at 08:54, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
> 
> Il 14/02/2016 17:08, Tim Sutton ha scritto:
> 
>> Yeah good points you raise. I guess my point is that if we want to
>> represent OSGEO at conferences and events I think it is hard to do it
>> with an empty table - and the website doesn’t provide a good backup. So
>> it would be really good to figure out how to present a consistent face
>> to potential users at events. IMHO marketing should be their top
>> projects - honestly most GIS professionals I come across have never
>> heard of OSGEO and don’t understand its significance. If OSGEO wants to
>> help projects like QGIS they need to start by being relevant and well
>> understood. Their value proposition is a ‘trusted brand’ proposition -
>> in that they collate the best of breed FOSSGIS into a cohesive
>> collection and provide a once stop shop of quality assured projects. But
>> that only works if people know and admire the OSGEO brand itself.
> 
> Fully agreed. IMHO other marketing options would be better. Videos and
> live slide shows seems more attracting to me. Think about putting a
> screen on the empty table you mention.

Yeah that could work. Thanks for your thoughts Paolo.

Regards

Tim


> All the best.
> -- 
> Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
> QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html
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Tim Sutton
QGIS Project Steering Committee Member
tim at qgis.org




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