[OSGeo-UK] How to spend some money

[Steven Feldman]

If anyone wants to draft a case study and post to the list I am happy to try and wordsmith them into a standard format. perhaps one or two other marketing type people would chip in as well
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Steven


> On 13 Feb 2017, at 15:59, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Steven,
> 
> Some of this is a matter of terminology- I'm not sure that "market" is the right word to use. We have historically tried to collate a set of case studies, and I think this is a valid thing for the local chapter to do- but it definitely does take more time and money than we currently have available. Having said that, if there were case studies available then our website/github repository might be a good place to collect them.
> 
> Jo
> 
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com <mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 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
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> 
>> On 10 Feb 2017, at 12:06, Ian Mayo <ian at planetmayo.com <mailto:ian at planetmayo.com>> wrote:
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>>> Hello UK Chapter folk,
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>>> 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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