<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi Ian,<br><br></div>Wow that would be great but I think you'd be looking at a fair bit more money than we have available. We'd also need people to collate the work, which would be a big investment of time, and as you quite rightly point out, skills. We have previously attempted to get case studies together but this is always a lot harder than it should be, even if you provide people with a professionally designed template!<br><br></div>Given the volunteer time available I think our best bet is to score quick wins by sponsoring projects or discrete pieces of development work, or indeed providing a bursary for someone to travel to FOSS4G in Boston.<br><br></div>Thanks for the suggestion though- it would be great if we can ever get to the point where it's something we can look at doing...<br><br></div>Jo<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Ian Mayo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ian@planetmayo.com" target="_blank">ian@planetmayo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">> Message: 1<br>
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> From: Jo Cook <<a href="mailto:jocook@astuntechnology.com">jocook@astuntechnology.com</a>><br>
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> Subject: [OSGeo-UK] How to spend some money<br>
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> Hello UK Chapter folk,<br>
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> Let us know what you think, or even let us know of other options- we'd be<br>
> happy to contribute to other projects but need a clear funding mechanism to<br>
> do it.<br>
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The capability gap the between O/S & Commercial toolkits is shrinking.<br>
But, I'm pretty sure the marketing gap is large & growing.<br>
<br>
How about funding the development of a professional quality QGis<br>
marketing pack, targeting UK councils/public bodies.<br>
<br>
The pack could contain examples of how frequent geospatial<br>
challenges/tasks are performed with QGis, together with case studies<br>
of QGis/Open Source adoption and testimonials.<br>
<br>
The materials would be Open Source, and customisable to suit the<br>
opportunity at hand.<br>
<br>
No, sadly I don't hold the skills to be a candidate for the work.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Ian<br>
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