[Webcom] cleaning layout suggestions / progress on new marketing material?

[Frank Warmerdam]

jo at frot.org wrote:
> dear all,
> 
> While shaking my head over the lack of plan, indexable HTML links at
> http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile it was also occurring to me that
> the pages look rather cluttered with navigation.
> 
> I'd suggest dropping the right-hand column (the one with the begging
> paypal tip-jar and the list of projects) from most pages except for
> the front page, instead adding a 'OSGeo projects' index page leftside.
> 
> Then it occurred to me that maybe layout/design suggestions are futile
> now because we're waiting on a renovation package from Birgit's people. 
> How is all that going, when are we likely to see prototypes, how much
> work is it going to be to convert whatever they suggest into HTML and
> should that be budgeted or planned for?

Jo,

I understand that the Marketting Committee is consulting with Birgit
on some sort of effort but I'm really unclear on what it involves.  Can
you (or someone) brief us on the likely implications of that for our
web site?

Best regards,
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