[VisCom] [Fwd: EU Infrastructure Report]

Tue May 9 15:15:00 EDT 2006

This sounds like Gartner group. I don't know of any communities doing  
this sort of thing. It seems aimed at business that need to create a  
buzz or legitimize a position, technology, or product.

I would turn this around in two ways. First is that we should be a  
source for data for these reports. GDS should come to you guys an ask  
for the data. Second, this shows that there are consumers for such a  
report and it looks like the community has some of the expertise, so  
why not write your own? In the web today, publishing starts with a  
link to the home page.  We can get as good a reach as GDS and  
Gartner, just by being a source of information. If you want to take  
this route, why not start something up in the wiki and put a note out  
to the discuss list?

Daniel Brookshier | Community Manager | CollabNet, Inc.
8000 Marina Blvd. Suite 600 | Brisbane, CA 94005 | USA
O 972.422.5261 | C 214.207.6614 | dbrookshier at collab.net

On May 9, 2006, at 12:27 PM, Arnulf Christl wrote:

> Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
>> -1.
>> -mpg
>
> Thanx.
>
> :-)
>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Arnulf Christl [mailto:arnulf.christl at ccgis.de] Sent:  
>>> Tuesday, May 09, 2006 5:26 AM
>>> To: dev at visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
>>> Subject: [VisCom] [Fwd: EU Infrastructure Report]
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I have been contacted by GDS who specialize in putting together  
>>> reports that are distributed to a large number of addresses.  
>>> Their main asset being that these addresses are highly focused  
>>> and reach a well defined set of people at the management and  
>>> decision makers level. The current topic regards spatial data  
>>> infrastructures and interoperability within EU plus selected  
>>> countries further to the east.
>>>
>>> We (as company CCGIS) have done this kind of promotion with GDS  
>>> before and the direct result was zero. Still, I wanted to let you  
>>> know about it.
>>>
>>> If any of you considers this to be an important enough channel to  
>>> make us spend €13,750 (which corresponds to Premium Sponsorship)  
>>> or any other level please feel free to go to their web site and  
>>> check out the details. I have received an additional PDF document  
>>> that I can send you offlist.
>>>
>>> Additionally you will have to contact FunCom. I am pretty sure  
>>> that with some heavy dickering and the very good references that  
>>> we have we will be able to reduce the cost considerably but I  
>>> will not be able to do it myself. Too much else already.
>>>
>>> In my personal opinion we should not take any action and defer  
>>> this kind of thing for later. Please answer by the weeekend so  
>>> that I can give GDS a reply on Monday.
>>>
>>> Would this be something that we could vote for? The easiest would  
>>> be that someone votes with a -1 and we forget it.
>>>
>>> Thanxalot,
>>> Arnulf.
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: 	EU Infrastructure Report
>>> Date: 	Tue, 9 May 2006 11:33:21 +0100
>>> From: 	Jessica Watkins <jwatkins at gdsinternational.com>
>>> To: 	<arnulf at osgeo.org>
>>> CC: 	'Holly Windsor' <hwindsor at gdsinternational.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Arnulf,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Good speaking with you today. Here is the information you requested
>>> regarding the *EU Infrastructure Report. *Please feel free to take a
>>> look at our website www.euinfrastructure.com
>>> <http://www.euinfrastructure.com/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The proposed package for *OS Geo Foundation* is as follows:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      * Position on the *Executive Roundtable* – interview with  
>>> *OS Geo
>>>        Foundation* executive
>>>      * *OS Geo Foundation* to take a *Single Page Advertisement*  
>>> in the
>>>        premium position of outside back cover, with a free reprint
>>>      * Additional 1000 word *Case Study* or *Technical Article*  
>>> online.
>>>      * Entire editorial presentation along with company logo and
>>>        hyperlink will appear on the EU Infrastructure website
>>>        www.euinfrastructure.com <http://www.euinfrastructure.com/>
>>>      * *42,000 controlled distribution* of report
>>>      * *Lead Management Service*- Individual username and password
>>>        provided to login
>>>      * *Circulation Manager*
>>>      * Full resources of GDS production and editorial team upon  
>>> request
>>>      * Additional circulation to the top Trade Shows and Seminars
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Total cost: €13,750
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I look forward to speaking with you again on Monday, when I can  
>>> answer
>>> any questions you may have, and look to allocate this position to  
>>> you.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jessica Watkins, on behalf of
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Holly Windsor
>>>
>>> GDS International
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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