[OSGeo-UK] How to spend some money

[Jo Cook]

Hi Steven,

Can we discuss this as a separate issue- there are some case studies
available and a standard template. I'll need to dig them out...

Jo

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> ______
> 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>
> 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.
>> ______
>> 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>
>> To: uk at lists.osgeo.org
>> 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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