Hello all,
I will be at a meeting from an hour before our marketing meeting so I am not sure I'll be able to make it. I like that the roles are being discussed and will become more clear but I do completely agree with Arnulf that the categories are a bit too many and I think we will be better off just sticking with two or three maybe along these lines:
- Board members have most permissions
- Ambassadors represent and are a face to OSGeo with voting and more active participation
- volunteers can contribute to content and vote on some issues
Remember we are in the Web 2.0 and simplicity is a key tool and strategy and makes things easier in a collaborative atmosphere.
I hope I can make to the meeting but if not I will keep up to date as soon as it happens.
Daniele
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 06:59:39 +1000
From: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter@gmail.com>
To: OSGeo Marketing <marketing@lists.osgeo.org>, OSGeo Discussions
<discuss@lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: [Marketing] Marketing meeting to finalise definition of an
OSGeo Ambassador role
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"I've set up a meeting next week to discuss then finalise the setting of
an OSGeo Ambassador role. Hope to see many of you at the meeting, or if
you can't make it, please share your thoughts (and vote?) on email
before hand.Location: irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo
Time:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2012&month=6&day=4&hour=20&min=30&sec=0&p1=264&p2=240&p3=215&p4=179&p5=224Location Local time
Wellington <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=264> (New
Zealand) Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 8:30:00 AM
Sydney <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=240>
(Australia - New South Wales) Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 6:30:00 AM
Rome <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=215> (Italy)
Monday, 4 June 2012 at 10:30:00 PM
New York <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=179> (U.S.A.
- New York) Monday, 4 June 2012 at 4:30:00 PM
San Francisco <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=224>
(U.S.A. - California) Monday, 4 June 2012 at 1:30:00 PM
The current proposal is here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_AmbassadorThis topic has been discussed by many of you on discuss, marketing and
board email lists. Here is a summary of comments, along with my suggestions:1. There has emerged to be two roles which people have been categorising
under the title of "OSGeo Ambassador"
a. Someone knowledgeable in OSGeo, who can speak at conferences and the
like. This is what we are focusing on for this definition of the role.
b. Someone who can negotiate MOU and similar on behalf of the OSGeo
board. This is proposed to be treated separately, with the OSGeo Board
delegated to someone they see fit to do the job, on a case-by-case basis.2. There has been concern (from FrankW?) about defining a role which is
exclusive and prevents people from just stepping up an volunteering.
This is addressed by letting anyone who believes they have OSGeo
experience and thinks them self worthy can step forward and volunteer.3. There has been concern (from Arnulf?) that our categorisation is too
complicated. (We are proposing Board Members, Charter Members, Voted
Positions, Community Members). I believe that we do need some way to
define OSGeo experience, because that is one of the key criteria that
conference organisors look for when selecting speakers and key notes. We
can potentially de-emphasise the categorisation by moving it into the
"Description" field rather than making a heading out of it.--
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
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Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 15:08:08 +0100
From: Jo Cook <jocook@astuntechnology.com>
To: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter@gmail.com>
Cc: OSGeo Marketing <marketing@lists.osgeo.org>, OSGeo Discussions
<discuss@lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: Re: [Marketing] Marketing meeting to finalise definition of
an OSGeo Ambassador role
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"Can't make the meeting, I'm afraid- this weekend is a long holiday weekend
in the UK! I'd also prefer to vote after the meeting rather than before,
when (I presume) the proposal will have been discussed and potentially
re-formulated.My thoughts- initially I thought the idea was too complicated, but if we
envisage outside organisations/conferences coming to us for speakers, then
we will need something like you suggest. I wonder, in all honesty, how much
that is going to happen, but at least we will have somewhere to point them
to.Jo
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter@gmail.com>wrote:I've set up a meeting next week to discuss then finalise the setting of
an OSGeo Ambassador role. Hope to see many of you at the meeting, or if you
can't make it, please share your thoughts (and vote?) on email before hand.Location: irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo
Time:Location Local time
Wellington <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=264> (New
Zealand) Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 8:30:00 AMSydney <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=240> (Australia
- New South Wales) Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 6:30:00 AMRome <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=215> (Italy) Monday,
4 June 2012 at 10:30:00 PMNew York <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=179> (U.S.A.
- New York) Monday, 4 June 2012 at 4:30:00 PMSan Francisco <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=224> (U.S.A.
- California) Monday, 4 June 2012 at 1:30:00 PMThe current proposal is here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_AmbassadorThis topic has been discussed by many of you on discuss, marketing and
board email lists. Here is a summary of comments, along with my suggestions:1. There has emerged to be two roles which people have been categorising
under the title of "OSGeo Ambassador"
a. Someone knowledgeable in OSGeo, who can speak at conferences and the
like. This is what we are focusing on for this definition of the role.
b. Someone who can negotiate MOU and similar on behalf of the OSGeo board.
This is proposed to be treated separately, with the OSGeo Board delegated
to someone they see fit to do the job, on a case-by-case basis.2. There has been concern (from FrankW?) about defining a role which is
exclusive and prevents people from just stepping up an volunteering. This
is addressed by letting anyone who believes they have OSGeo experience and
thinks them self worthy can step forward and volunteer.3. There has been concern (from Arnulf?) that our categorisation is too
complicated. (We are proposing Board Members, Charter Members, Voted
Positions, Community Members). I believe that we do need some way to define
OSGeo experience, because that is one of the key criteria that conference
organisors look for when selecting speakers and key notes. We can
potentially de-emphasise the categorisation by moving it into the
"Description" field rather than making a heading out of it.--
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254Think Globally, Fix Locally
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