[VisCom] Geospatial Events calendar?

Fri Jan 12 01:47:07 EST 2007

On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 09:43 -0800, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
> I have a bunch of T-shirts here (Seattle) on hand -- how many do you
> need, to where, and by when?
> 
> -mpg

Thanks for the offer Michael, but Milton will get some done here given
the short time frame we are working with.

Regards,
Tim Bowden
Mapforge Geospatial

> 
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: visibilitycommittee_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> > [mailto:visibilitycommittee_dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On 
> > Behalf Of Tim Bowden
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 6:45 PM
> > To: Tyler Mitchell
> > Cc: Milton Lofberg; OSGeo Visibility committee
> > Subject: Re: [VisCom] Geospatial Events calendar?
> > 
> > On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 11:17 -0800, Tyler Mitchell wrote:
> > > On 10-Jan-07, at 9:22 AM, Tim Bowden wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Ok, I've just had a look at those links and the first question I  
> > > > have to
> > > > ask is where does that leave us with our stand at the lca 
> > open day?
> > > > (http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Australia#LCA_Open_Day)  
> > We haven't
> > > > gone through any of the process outined; I guess we just 
> > assumed we
> > > > could do an OSGeo promotion; probably because it's all 
> > been a rush job
> > > > on short notice.  Given Frank and Tyler's positive 
> > response so far I
> > > > assume that's not too much of a problem ;-)  Whatever we do, we  
> > > > have to
> > > > be quick as we have only 1 week till the open day to get 
> > organised.
> > > 
> > > I think we're all happy to see you organising something and that  
> > > Arnulf's comments may be more focused on larger, more 
> > formal events  
> > > that need more OSGeo official help (i.e. funding, volunteer  
> > > enticement, etc).  At least I am happy to see a local group  
> > > organising a presence at this event.  As part of VisCom, 
> > I'm happy to  
> > > help with getting your event going.  Though it hasn't been on our  
> > > radar before now, I see it as a great opportunity to help give the  
> > > Australian chapter some momentum to get organised.  Do you have  
> > > sponsorships already or enough volunteer funding to help get the  
> > > stand and brochure printing?
> > 
> > Yes, it has helped to give us some momentum.  It would have been nice
> > have a bit more time, but we work with what we have.  Only cost is
> > printing & T-shirts. Looks like Milton is going to take the $ side of
> > things under his wing for now.  Thanks Milton.
> > 
> > > 
> > > > Practical matters; We will need to get our brochures printed.  I'm
> > > > thinking about 300 of each.  (Cameron / Milton any better 
> > estimate?
> > > > There are expected to be 300-400 through the gates.  I can't
> > > > see /everyone/ wanting a brochure)  That should leave us 
> > with some  
> > > > over
> > > > for the next event.  What brochures or posters are 
> > available please?
> > > 
> > > The brochures are available at:
> > > http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/OSGeo_Brochures_v1_PDF.zip
> > > and a double-sided (or two page) overview sheet is here:
> > > http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/OSGeo_Overview.pdf
> > > 
> > > And a openoffice presentation file I pulled together 
> > (nothing fancy!)  
> > > is here:
> > > http://osgeo.org/files/viscom/au2006_slideshow.odp - you should be  
> > > able to run it and walk away.
> > > 
> > 
> > Thanks, getting them now.
> > 
> > > There are single PDF files, one for each project (excluding  
> > > OpenLayers and GeoNetworks, unfortunately).  There is also 
> > one PDF in  
> > > there that has all these projects as separate pages - so you can  
> > > easily print all of them quickly and/or use them in a slideshow.   
> > > There are 10 altogether and they are starting to show their 
> > age, but  
> > > it's all we've got right now.
> > > 
> > > As an aside, if anyone wants to try out their graphic 
> > layout skills  
> > > using http://scribus.net software - I have source files for 
> > all the  
> > > brochures.  They need some updating (logo) and we need a 
> > couple more  
> > > to be produced.
> > > 
> > > > T-shirts.  The Event management page recomends OSGeo 
> > T-shirts.  We  
> > > > would
> > > > only need 4 (I think) however there probably isn't enough 
> > time to get
> > > > that sorted.
> > > 
> > > Tell us what sizes you could use - if we have them in 
> > stock, we might  
> > > be able to ship them.  Otherwise I agree it is too quick to 
> > get them  
> > > organised.  If you find a local vendor that could rush some  
> > > silkscreening or something, you could grab our logo and try it out.
> > > 
> > 
> > Looks like Milton will oversee getting some local shirts done.
> > 
> > > > Publication. Once we know what we are doing we need to 
> > get the word  
> > > > out
> > > > on the street in Sydney.  Not sure yet where.  What GIS 
> > blogs can  
> > > > we get
> > > > a mention on?
> > > 
> > > What does the rest of VisCom think - would we want to do a press  
> > > release?  We usually reserve those for large organisation-wide  
> > > announcements though.  I'd at least target DirectionsMag 
> > and Slashgeo.
> > > 
> > 
> > A formal press release is probably overkill, but it would be 
> > nice to get
> > the word out is some of the OSGeo friendly blogs around.  I see two
> > target audiences for what we are doing; FOSS developers doing 
> > GIS (or on
> > the fringe of GIS) who are unaware of OSGeo, and the 
> > technical/business
> > GIS crowd who are curious or ignorant about GeoFOSS.
> > 
> > The first can be targeted at the open day and the lca lightning talk
> > which is for conference delegates only (dev centric crowd).
> > 
> > The second can be targeted at the open day which is free for 
> > anybody to
> > attend.  We need to let them know it's on and what they can 
> > get from it
> > as they probably won't be at the open day otherwise.  Given the
> > timeframe, a plug on some GIS blogs is about the best 
> > resource available
> > for reaching them.  I've listed a few GIS blogs on
> > http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/LCA_Open_Day but the list is far from
> > complete.
> > 
> > > I'm keen to see you get into this conference and will do 
> > whatever I  
> > > can to help.  Especially if you say hi for me to Wayne 
> > Piekarski who  
> > > also has a stand on some great augmented reality stuff.  (Bonus  
> > > points if you find some common ground for us to work with him ;-) )
> > > 
> > 
> > Will do, Wayne is a great bloke.  If we can't find common 
> > ground there,
> > it's time to change career.
> > 
> > > Best wishes!  I'm on/offline during moving this week but 
> > will still  
> > > be doing work.
> > > 
> > > Tyler
> > 
> > Happy moving!  I've done it too many times to think it's 
> > anything but a
> > big headache.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Tim Bowden
> > 
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