Hi Guido,
I think the idea has a lot of potential. The key element is to work out whether it would be sustainable. So I'd suggest seeing if you can locate a group of people who would be willing to man a booth. I suspect you could if there were someone dynamic who would take on the job of coordinating and asking around for volunteers.
We do have an OSGeo Advocate [1] list which was specifically set up for these sort of out reach efforts.
So I'd suggest:
1. Find someone prepared to coordinate a booth at events for next year or 2, ideally more. (They don't have to be at the event, but that would be preferable). This person might be you?
2. Locate a few people prepared to volunteer to man the booths during breaks of the next few events. Ideally these would be people attending the conference already, and probably also locals.
[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate
On 16-Feb-17 7:31 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
The idea of having a booth (or even just a pass to "our annual conference") comes up in the MOU that OSGeo signs with a few organizations.
I feel that the idea is fine ... but that the OSGeo board should pay for it (so it does not become a burden on the local organizing committee). If the goal is for the organizations to support each other ...
The other half is we need to have volunteers in position to run an OSGeo booth in order to have value out of a booth swap. The fact that you are in position to volunteer makes this more viable.
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On 15 February 2017 at 12:20, Guido Stein <guido@guidostein.com <mailto:guido@guidostein.com>> wrote:
Hey folks,
I have been reaching out to like minded conference and media folks
and the idea of a booth swap has come up as a way to offer support.
I have discussed this idea with the AAG and OSCON folks, but
nothing is set in stone. As I discussed this with the folks I
spoke with it would be an OSGeo booth at their events.
I can support the AAG event in Boston this year if they agree to
this, I may need some travel support to attend the OSCON event.
So, backing up again, is a booth at either the AAG or OSCON in
Austin of interest to the group? If so who should I work with to
make these things happen on the OSGeo end.
To be clear, we have not been offered anything yet, so I am
looking for some feedback from Marketing about the potential interest.
-Guido
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