As noted below, Where 2.0 have approached us to determine if we would like to be a "Community Partner" in return for marketing.
Any comments on this proposal?
On 09/11/10 06:03, Allison Gillespie wrote:
... We're also wondering if OSGeo is interested in becoming a Community Partner for Where 2.0 this year? As a Community Partner, we would list you on our website, extend a discount to your org, give you a free pass to give away in a contest/raffle and give you booth space in the exhibit hall. All we ask in return is that you help us promote Where 2.0 via your website, newsletter and any other means you think is appropriate. Is that something you'd be interested in?
Thanks!
Allison
On 09/11/10 06:29, Allison Gillespie wrote:
Hi Cameron -
Sure, go ahead and forward the email. For more info about Where, you can visit our website (http://where2conf.com). We are currently in the process of reviewing proposals and putting together the conference program. We are planning to open registration right after the New Year. You can see a list of last year's media and community partners here: http://where2conf.com/where2010/public/content/media-partners
For the DVD, I will need to run those costs by the rest of our team and get back to you. Could we put it on a USB drive instead of a DVD? Im wondering if that would be a cheaper way to distribute it rather than on a DVD. How big of a file does it end up being?
Thanks,
Allison
On Nov 8, 2010, at 11:06 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
Allison,
I suspect that OSGeo will wish to be a Community Partner.
With your permission, I'd like to forward your email to the appropriate public email lists where we can discuss the proposal amongst the community.
If you have more details in a website or similar, you may wish to point me at that too.
On 09/11/10 06:03, Allison Gillespie wrote:
Hi Cameron -
Brady and Laurel forwarded me your email. We'd be happy to put the OSGeo DVD into the Where 2.0 bags this year. We're also wondering if OSGeo is interested in becoming a Community Partner for Where 2.0 this year? As a Community Partner, we would list you on our website, extend a discount to your org, give you a free pass to give away in a contest/raffle and give you booth space in the exhibit hall. All we ask in return is that you help us promote Where 2.0 via your website, newsletter and any other means you think is appropriate. Is that something you'd be interested in?
Thanks!
Allison
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Torkington" <nathan@torkington.com>
To: "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter@gmail.com>
Cc: "Brady Forrest" <brady@oreilly.com>, laurel@oreilly.com
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 3:33:04 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: OSGeo-Live DVD at Where 2.0?
Brady Forrest and Laurel Ruma (hope I have the right email address for her) are now the chairs. I'll leave you in their trusty and capable hands,
Nat
On 29/10/2010, at 8:50 PM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Nat,
Are you still involved in Where 2.0?
For the last couple of years, we have been creating an OSGeo Live DVD, which contains 40 of the best GeoSpatial Open Source applications, pre-configured and ready to run on an Ubuntu based Live DVD. [1]
It has been one of the highlights of the FOSS4G conference for the last 2 years, where the DVD has been given to every delegate at the conference, and I suspect that it would be an excellent contribution for Where 2.0 as well. Is this something that would be of interest to Where 2.0?
If so, who would be the right person to talk to about details?
Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com
--
Laurel Ruma
Gov 2.0 Evangelist and Co-Chair Gov 2.0 Expo
O'Reilly Media
10 Fawcett St. Cambridge, MA 02138
617-499-7532
laurel@oreilly.com
Skype: laurel.ruma
Twitter: laurelatoreilly
Wow, if they are offering all that and it's not going to cost us
anything monetarily that's a really good deal. We have had
representation at Where 2.0 the last couple of years (last year was a
bit of a fiasco due to schedule change and last minute issues).
Would we need the Board to approve?
From a Marketing perspective +1 from me.
Thanks,
Alex
On 11/08/2010 11:48 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
OSGeo Marketing,
As noted below, Where 2.0 have approached us to determine if we would
like to be a "Community Partner" in return for marketing.
Any comments on this proposal?
On 09/11/10 06:03, Allison Gillespie wrote:
... We're also wondering if OSGeo is interested in becoming a Community
Partner for Where 2.0 this year? As a Community Partner, we would list
you on our website, extend a discount to your org, give you a free pass
to give away in a contest/raffle and give you booth space in the exhibit
hall. All we ask in return is that you help us promote Where 2.0 via
your website, newsletter and any other means you think is appropriate.
Is that something you'd be interested in?
Thanks!
Allison
On 09/11/10 06:29, Allison Gillespie wrote:
Hi Cameron -
Sure, go ahead and forward the email. For more info about Where, you
can visit our website (http://where2conf.com). We are currently in the
process of reviewing proposals and putting together the conference
program. We are planning to open registration right after the New
Year. You can see a list of last year's media and community partners
here: http://where2conf.com/where2010/public/content/media-partners
For the DVD, I will need to run those costs by the rest of our team
and get back to you. Could we put it on a USB drive instead of a DVD?
Im wondering if that would be a cheaper way to distribute it rather
than on a DVD. How big of a file does it end up being?
Thanks,
Allison
On Nov 8, 2010, at 11:06 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
Allison,
I suspect that OSGeo will wish to be a Community Partner.
With your permission, I'd like to forward your email to the
appropriate public email lists where we can discuss the proposal
amongst the community.
If you have more details in a website or similar, you may wish to
point me at that too.
On 09/11/10 06:03, Allison Gillespie wrote:
Hi Cameron -
Brady and Laurel forwarded me your email. We'd be happy to put the
OSGeo DVD into the Where 2.0 bags this year. We're also wondering if
OSGeo is interested in becoming a Community Partner for Where 2.0
this year? As a Community Partner, we would list you on our website,
extend a discount to your org, give you a free pass to give away in
a contest/raffle and give you booth space in the exhibit hall. All
we ask in return is that you help us promote Where 2.0 via your
website, newsletter and any other means you think is appropriate. Is
that something you'd be interested in?
Thanks!
Allison
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Torkington" <nathan@torkington.com>
To: "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter@gmail.com>
Cc: "Brady Forrest" <brady@oreilly.com>, laurel@oreilly.com
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 3:33:04 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada
Pacific
Subject: Re: OSGeo-Live DVD at Where 2.0?
Brady Forrest and Laurel Ruma (hope I have the right email address
for her) are now the chairs. I'll leave you in their trusty and
capable hands,
Nat
On 29/10/2010, at 8:50 PM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Nat,
Are you still involved in Where 2.0?
For the last couple of years, we have been creating an OSGeo Live
DVD, which contains 40 of the best GeoSpatial Open Source
applications, pre-configured and ready to run on an Ubuntu based
Live DVD. [1]
It has been one of the highlights of the FOSS4G conference for
the last 2 years, where the DVD has been given to every delegate
at the conference, and I suspect that it would be an excellent
contribution for Where 2.0 as well. Is this something that would
be of interest to Where 2.0?
If so, who would be the right person to talk to about details?
Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com
--
Laurel Ruma
Gov 2.0 Evangelist and Co-Chair Gov 2.0 Expo
O'Reilly Media
10 Fawcett St. Cambridge, MA 02138
617-499-7532
laurel@oreilly.com
Skype: laurel.ruma
Twitter: laurelatoreilly
Do we have people already planning to attend, that could staff the booth?
-mpg
-----Original Message-----
From: marketing-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:marketing-
bounces@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Alex Mandel
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 11:57 AM
To: marketing@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Marketing] Re: OSGeo at Where 2.0?
Wow, if they are offering all that and it's not going to cost us anything
monetarily that's a really good deal. We have had representation at Where
2.0 the last couple of years (last year was a bit of a fiasco due to schedule
change and last minute issues).
Would we need the Board to approve?
>From a Marketing perspective +1 from me.
Thanks,
Alex
On 11/08/2010 11:48 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> OSGeo Marketing,
>
> As noted below, Where 2.0 have approached us to determine if we would
> like to be a "Community Partner" in return for marketing.
>
> Any comments on this proposal?
>
>
> On 09/11/10 06:03, Allison Gillespie wrote:
> ... We're also wondering if OSGeo is interested in becoming a
> Community Partner for Where 2.0 this year? As a Community Partner, we
> would list you on our website, extend a discount to your org, give you
> a free pass to give away in a contest/raffle and give you booth space
> in the exhibit hall. All we ask in return is that you help us promote
> Where 2.0 via your website, newsletter and any other means you think is
appropriate.
> Is that something you'd be interested in?
>
> Thanks!
> Allison
>
>
>
> On 09/11/10 06:29, Allison Gillespie wrote:
>> Hi Cameron -
>> Sure, go ahead and forward the email. For more info about Where, you
>> can visit our website (http://where2conf.com). We are currently in
>> the process of reviewing proposals and putting together the
>> conference program. We are planning to open registration right after
>> the New Year. You can see a list of last year's media and community
>> partners
>> here:
>> http://where2conf.com/where2010/public/content/media-partners
>>
>> For the DVD, I will need to run those costs by the rest of our team
>> and get back to you. Could we put it on a USB drive instead of a DVD?
>> Im wondering if that would be a cheaper way to distribute it rather
>> than on a DVD. How big of a file does it end up being?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Allison
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 8, 2010, at 11:06 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>
>>> Allison,
>>> I suspect that OSGeo will wish to be a Community Partner.
>>> With your permission, I'd like to forward your email to the
>>> appropriate public email lists where we can discuss the proposal
>>> amongst the community.
>>> If you have more details in a website or similar, you may wish to
>>> point me at that too.
>>>
>>> On 09/11/10 06:03, Allison Gillespie wrote:
>>>> Hi Cameron -
>>>> Brady and Laurel forwarded me your email. We'd be happy to put the
>>>> OSGeo DVD into the Where 2.0 bags this year. We're also wondering
>>>> if OSGeo is interested in becoming a Community Partner for Where
>>>> 2.0 this year? As a Community Partner, we would list you on our
>>>> website, extend a discount to your org, give you a free pass to
>>>> give away in a contest/raffle and give you booth space in the
>>>> exhibit hall. All we ask in return is that you help us promote
>>>> Where 2.0 via your website, newsletter and any other means you
>>>> think is appropriate. Is that something you'd be interested in?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Allison
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Nathan Torkington" <nathan@torkington.com>
>>>>>> To: "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter@gmail.com>
>>>>>> Cc: "Brady Forrest" <brady@oreilly.com>, laurel@oreilly.com
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 3:33:04 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada
>>>>>> Pacific
>>>>>> Subject: Re: OSGeo-Live DVD at Where 2.0?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brady Forrest and Laurel Ruma (hope I have the right email
>>>>>> address for her) are now the chairs. I'll leave you in their
>>>>>> trusty and capable hands,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nat
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 29/10/2010, at 8:50 PM, Cameron Shorter
>>>>>> <cameron.shorter@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Nat,
>>>>>>> Are you still involved in Where 2.0?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For the last couple of years, we have been creating an OSGeo
>>>>>>> Live DVD, which contains 40 of the best GeoSpatial Open Source
>>>>>>> applications, pre-configured and ready to run on an Ubuntu based
>>>>>>> Live DVD. [1]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It has been one of the highlights of the FOSS4G conference for
>>>>>>> the last 2 years, where the DVD has been given to every delegate
>>>>>>> at the conference, and I suspect that it would be an excellent
>>>>>>> contribution for Where 2.0 as well. Is this something that would
>>>>>>> be of interest to Where 2.0?
>>>>>>> If so, who would be the right person to talk to about details?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [1] http://live.osgeo.org
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>>>>> Geospatial Solutions Manager
>>>>>>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>>>>>>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
>>>>>>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open
>>>>>>> Source http://www.lisasoft.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Laurel Ruma
>>>>>> Gov 2.0 Evangelist and Co-Chair Gov 2.0 Expo O'Reilly Media
>>>>>> 10 Fawcett St. Cambridge, MA 02138
>>>>>> 617-499-7532
>>>>>> laurel@oreilly.com
>>>>>> Skype: laurel.ruma
>>>>>> Twitter: laurelatoreilly
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Brady Forrest
>>>>> 206.428.7666
>>>>> brady@oreilly.com
>>>>> http://twitter.com/brady
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Allison Gillespie
>>>> Conference Marketing Manager
>>>> O'Reilly Media, Inc.
>>>> 1005 Gravenstein Hwy North Sebastopol, CA 95472
>>>> agillespie@oreilly.com (707) 827-7180
>>>> http://conferences.oreilly.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cameron Shorter
>>> Geospatial Director
>>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>>
>>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
>>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
>>> http://www.lisasoft.com
>>>
>>
>> Allison Gillespie
>> Conference Marketing Manager
>> O'Reilly Media, Inc.
>> 1005 Gravenstein Hwy North Sebastopol, CA 95472
>> agillespie@oreilly.com (707) 827-7180
>> http://conferences.oreilly.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
I can pretty much guarantee that we'll have OSGeo California people
there likely including myself, Ragi, Landon and Brian.
Thanks,
Alex
On 11/08/2010 11:58 AM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
/me perks up, out of nowhere
Do we have people already planning to attend, that could staff the booth?
-mpg
-----Original Message-----
From: marketing-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:marketing-
bounces@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Alex Mandel
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 11:57 AM
To: marketing@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Marketing] Re: OSGeo at Where 2.0?
Wow, if they are offering all that and it's not going to cost us anything
monetarily that's a really good deal. We have had representation at Where
2.0 the last couple of years (last year was a bit of a fiasco due to schedule
change and last minute issues).
Would we need the Board to approve?
>From a Marketing perspective +1 from me.
Thanks,
Alex
On 11/08/2010 11:48 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
OSGeo Marketing,
As noted below, Where 2.0 have approached us to determine if we would
like to be a "Community Partner" in return for marketing.
Any comments on this proposal?
On 09/11/10 06:03, Allison Gillespie wrote:
... We're also wondering if OSGeo is interested in becoming a
Community Partner for Where 2.0 this year? As a Community Partner, we
would list you on our website, extend a discount to your org, give you
a free pass to give away in a contest/raffle and give you booth space
in the exhibit hall. All we ask in return is that you help us promote
Where 2.0 via your website, newsletter and any other means you think is
appropriate.
Is that something you'd be interested in?
Thanks!
Allison
On 09/11/10 06:29, Allison Gillespie wrote:
Hi Cameron -
Sure, go ahead and forward the email. For more info about Where, you
can visit our website (http://where2conf.com). We are currently in
the process of reviewing proposals and putting together the
conference program. We are planning to open registration right after
the New Year. You can see a list of last year's media and community
partners
here: http://where2conf.com/where2010/public/content/media-partners
For the DVD, I will need to run those costs by the rest of our team
and get back to you. Could we put it on a USB drive instead of a DVD?
Im wondering if that would be a cheaper way to distribute it rather
than on a DVD. How big of a file does it end up being?
Thanks,
Allison
On Nov 8, 2010, at 11:06 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
Allison,
I suspect that OSGeo will wish to be a Community Partner.
With your permission, I'd like to forward your email to the
appropriate public email lists where we can discuss the proposal
amongst the community.
If you have more details in a website or similar, you may wish to
point me at that too.
On 09/11/10 06:03, Allison Gillespie wrote:
Hi Cameron -
Brady and Laurel forwarded me your email. We'd be happy to put the
OSGeo DVD into the Where 2.0 bags this year. We're also wondering
if OSGeo is interested in becoming a Community Partner for Where
2.0 this year? As a Community Partner, we would list you on our
website, extend a discount to your org, give you a free pass to
give away in a contest/raffle and give you booth space in the
exhibit hall. All we ask in return is that you help us promote
Where 2.0 via your website, newsletter and any other means you
think is appropriate. Is that something you'd be interested in?
Thanks!
Allison
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Torkington" <nathan@torkington.com>
To: "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter@gmail.com>
Cc: "Brady Forrest" <brady@oreilly.com>, laurel@oreilly.com
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 3:33:04 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada
Pacific
Subject: Re: OSGeo-Live DVD at Where 2.0?
Brady Forrest and Laurel Ruma (hope I have the right email
address for her) are now the chairs. I'll leave you in their
trusty and capable hands,
Nat
On 29/10/2010, at 8:50 PM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Nat,
Are you still involved in Where 2.0?
For the last couple of years, we have been creating an OSGeo
Live DVD, which contains 40 of the best GeoSpatial Open Source
applications, pre-configured and ready to run on an Ubuntu based
Live DVD. [1]
It has been one of the highlights of the FOSS4G conference for
the last 2 years, where the DVD has been given to every delegate
at the conference, and I suspect that it would be an excellent
contribution for Where 2.0 as well. Is this something that would
be of interest to Where 2.0?
If so, who would be the right person to talk to about details?
Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open
Source http://www.lisasoft.com
--
Laurel Ruma
Gov 2.0 Evangelist and Co-Chair Gov 2.0 Expo O'Reilly Media
10 Fawcett St. Cambridge, MA 02138
617-499-7532
laurel@oreilly.com
Skype: laurel.ruma
Twitter: laurelatoreilly
On November 8, 2010 11:57:10 am Alex Mandel wrote:
Wow, if they are offering all that and it's not going to cost us
anything monetarily that's a really good deal. We have had
representation at Where 2.0 the last couple of years (last year was a
bit of a fiasco due to schedule change and last minute issues).
Would we need the Board to approve?
+1 from me. As long as we have some folks able to attend a booth, I think
it's awesome value with easy commitments. We shouldn't need board approval
for a marketing decision. We aren't formalising anything except to be part of
their community partner "program" but that's nothing formal I guess (or not
any more formal than signing up as an exhibitor).
As long as Marketing Committee, or others, are willing to do the promo part -
article in journal, new items posting on the website, blog several times, a
few emails to the discuss list, etc. - then I think we're good to go. Unless
there's an MOU or contract to sign, let's go for it.
One thing worth asking is if we can give out promotional material for FOSS4G -
to avoid some past issues of course. Or I guess you'd describe that better as
being able to tell people about the work we do.. including our educational
events If they really want us there and as a partner, then it may be worth
pushing that point while we can ? Just an idea... since getting people to
FOSS4G is the most impressive marketing we can do.
On 9/11/2010 7:08 AM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
+1 from me. As long as we have some folks able to attend a booth, I think
it's awesome value with easy commitments. We shouldn't need board approval
for a marketing decision. We aren't formalising anything except to be part of
their community partner "program" but that's nothing formal I guess (or not
any more formal than signing up as an exhibitor).
Tyler,
I expect that Where 2.0 will want a icon or banner on OSGeo's front page linking to the the Where 2.0 conference. This is one of the key items conferences as for.
If we are to provide such a logo for Where 2.0, will we also provide that service for other conferences?
We do need to be careful that OSGeo doesn't play favourites.
So we should set down some guidelines what justifies promotion on OSGeo's front page.
Do we put 100 links on our front page to every local OSGeo workshop or GeoSpatial conference where someone will give a presentation which mentions Open Source?
Do we expect a free booth and OSGeo-Live DVD in the showbag to justify a front page logo?
I think these issues need to be discussed and reviewed by the board as we have the potential to weaken the OSGeo brand if we throw OSGeo support behind every conference that asks for it.
(Note, I do think the Where 2.0 opportunity is very valuable, it is the our guidelines for other conferences that will be more difficult).
I see logo's on our front page as following outside of "anything you consider appropriate" as she noted in the ways we could help cross-promote. That should be an easy one, I think, after re-reading her email. Now it doesn't mean we don't create some sub page sometime that we can list these things on in a more..promotional way.
Tyler
On 2010-11-08, at 1:51 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
On 9/11/2010 7:08 AM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
+1 from me. As long as we have some folks able to attend a booth, I think
it's awesome value with easy commitments. We shouldn't need board approval
for a marketing decision. We aren't formalising anything except to be part of
their community partner "program" but that's nothing formal I guess (or not
any more formal than signing up as an exhibitor).
Tyler,
I expect that Where 2.0 will want a icon or banner on OSGeo's front page linking to the the Where 2.0 conference. This is one of the key items conferences as for.
If we are to provide such a logo for Where 2.0, will we also provide that service for other conferences?
We do need to be careful that OSGeo doesn't play favourites.
So we should set down some guidelines what justifies promotion on OSGeo's front page.
Do we put 100 links on our front page to every local OSGeo workshop or GeoSpatial conference where someone will give a presentation which mentions Open Source?
Do we expect a free booth and OSGeo-Live DVD in the showbag to justify a front page logo?
I think these issues need to be discussed and reviewed by the board as we have the potential to weaken the OSGeo brand if we throw OSGeo support behind every conference that asks for it.
(Note, I do think the Where 2.0 opportunity is very valuable, it is the our guidelines for other conferences that will be more difficult).
If they really want us there and as a partner, then it may be worth