[OSGeo-UK] How to spend some money

[Steven Feldman]

I don’t think OSGeo:UK can or should specifically market QGIS vs other desktop GIS.

Open Source evangelists need to articulate the holistic case for an Open GeoStack from server to desktop to web and that is a full time role rather than a piece of marketing collateral.
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Steven


> On 10 Feb 2017, at 12:06, Ian Mayo <ian at planetmayo.com> wrote:
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>> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 09:54:56 +0000
>> From: Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com>
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>> Subject: [OSGeo-UK] How to spend some money
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>> Hello UK Chapter folk,
>> 
>> Let us know what you think, or even let us know of other options- we'd be
>> happy to contribute to other projects but need a clear funding mechanism to
>> do it.
>> ...
>> 
> 
> The capability gap the between O/S & Commercial toolkits is shrinking.
> But, I'm pretty sure the marketing gap is large & growing.
> 
> How about funding the development of a professional quality QGis
> marketing pack, targeting UK councils/public bodies.
> 
> The pack could contain examples of how frequent geospatial
> challenges/tasks are performed with QGis, together with case studies
> of QGis/Open Source adoption and testimonials.
> 
> The materials would be Open Source, and customisable to suit the
> opportunity at hand.
> 
> No, sadly I don't hold the skills to be a candidate for the work.
> 
> Regards,
> Ian
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