[VisCom] OSGeo appearance @ Where 2.0

[Dave McIlhagga]

I'd have to second Michael's take on this -- pulling that off either 
takes some real pros to truly make it work -- or it becomes corny and 
the butt of everyone's jokes.

Given the presence we're going to have - I don't think it's a risk we 
need to take.

My marketing 2 cents anyway.

Dave



Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
> Arnulf-
> 
> In my experience, unless the presenters are *very* good and the crowd is
> suitably oiled, this sort of thing can crash and burn all too easily.
> 
> (Case in point, the MSN butterfly guy at Where last year made an, umm,
> memorable impression.)
> 
> Since Where 2.0 seems to be turning into such a major "launch" event for
> OSGeo (and since I'm a naturally shy, retiring, and risk-averse engineer
> type anyway), I'd be inclined not to risk it.
> 
> -mpg
>  
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Arnulf Christl [mailto:arnulf.christl at ccgis.de] 
>>Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 3:17 AM
>>To: dev at visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
>>Subject: Re: [VisCom] OSGeo appearance @ Where 2.0
>>
>>Arnulf Christl wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>we just came up with an idea for the presentation at Where 
>>
>>2.0. We have a
>>
>>>story to tell and we can stage this a little. This is just 
>>
>>at the stage of
>>
>>>an idea.
>>>
>>>The presentation has to be done by at least two people, 
>>
>>more is fine (how
>>
>>>large a crowd could we muster at Where 2.0?). One of them 
>>
>>has to be Gary
>>
>>>(are you with us?).
>>>
>>>It would start with Gary at one edge of the room and an OS 
>>
>>hacker, nerd -
>>
>>>well us - coming from the other. Then they would start to 
>>
>>discuss about
>>
>>>Open Source. Gary will look like always and wear a suite and tie and
>>>everything and the other guy maybe could wear a wig with 
>>
>>long hairs and a
>>
>>>slightly rugged coat. Beard? Maybe. Beer? Why not. As they 
>>
>>talk they draw
>>
>>>nearer and discuss Open Source methodology and what spatial 
>>
>>nerds talk
>>
>>>about (basically tracing out the history of the OSGeo from 
>>
>>GRASS' roots
>>
>>>till today and where 2.0 we want it to go). During the talk 
>>
>>Gary would
>>
>>>loosen his tie and take it off, same with the jacket. The 
>>
>>bearded wizard
>>
>>>of OZ would take off the coat and the wig and the beard. 
>>
>>Then Gary has to
>>
>>>take off his shirt (oh, ah) - but wait - there is an OSGeo T-shirt
>>>underneath it, the same that the OS wizard wears. At the 
>>
>>end Gary might
>>
>>>give away his sunglasses and the nerd passes hie beer on, etc.
>>>
>>>Would be fun. Oh yes, the end is that we present some 
>>
>>results from the
>>
>>>FunCom meeting.
>>>
>>>We would need to have the t-shirts ready by then, together 
>>
>>with a ral cool
>>
>>> motto - in the end we could even sell some of them.
>>>
>>>Cheers.
>>>
>>
>>Hello,
>>anybody out there? Maybe I missed it but it seems like this idea was 
>>ignored so far. This might mean it is a crappy idea, which is fine by 
>>me, but I'd like someone to confirm this. The other 
>>possibility is that 
>>we did not explain the idea well enough to be intelligible (also my 
>>(de)fault).
>>The background idea is to promote that .org meets .com and vice versa 
>>and that they (we) both together will be more than just the 
>>sum of the 
>>parts. If this is a no-goer I'd like to forget about it soon.
>>
>>Arnulf.
>>
>>
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