RE: [VisCom] OSGeo Flyer for Where 2.0 - review by Friday noon PST

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Hmm, my notes are pretty much a subset of everything Tyler said (esp.
the awkward 1st sentence).

On the last sentence, it would be nice if we toned down the drama a
little and added something geo-specific after the "because". I've got a
good writer on staff here, I'll run it by him and get you some
suggestions in an hour or two.

I'm happy with the black. Let's be big and bold and make the inkjets
work a little harder.

-mpg

-----Original Message-----
From: Tyler Mitchell [mailto:tylermitchell@shaw.ca]
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 7:58 AM
To: dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
Cc: Peter Moran
Subject: Re: [VisCom] OSGeo Flyer for Where 2.0 - review by
Friday noon PST

On Thursday 18 May 2006 15:08, Peter Moran wrote:
> - I like the second page, with the logo on the upper left.
>
> - I think logo should be bigger - to fill the space and be bigger
> relative to the headline text.
>
> - The last line of text seems a bit over the top to me.
>
> - The black is growing on me as dramatic.
>
> The compass could be dimmed down and used as a watermark on Tyler's
> Flyers, as a unifying element.

Peter, I agree with all your points here.
Is it too late to change some wording? I think the wording of
the text could
be a bit tighter.

-Add "The" to the begining, so it matches tagline in logo and
makes an easier
to read sentence. If they can keep the name all on one line
still, that
would be good.
-Drop the ", or OSGeo --" - It interrupts the flow a bit too
much and I think
with the logo, we have defined it already.
-I'm not sure about "open geospatial technologies", let's not
get lost in the
world of "open" and explictly say "open source" or, since we
repeat it later,
drop "open" altogether in this spot.
-Can we add in "promote" somewhere too? Maybe replace one of
the "supporter"s
with promoter to make it less redundant and to touch on one
of our key roles.

-With my suggestions, the first couple sentences could read:
"The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a not-for-profit
organization
dedicated to the collaborative development of technologies
and data. As the
leading promoter of such technologies, we provide financial,
organizational
and legal support to the open source geospatial community. ..."

I have no bright ideas for the final sentence - it's close
but could be
better.

I just started to wonder if I'm going to be able to get this
ad, the graphics
and fonts in a format that I could work with. I won't be
able to use Adobe
design formats. Perhaps we could also get this in a vector
format, like SVG,
Postscript or even in a Word format??

Tyler

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Dear VisCom,

Autodesk Press Briefing on 16th May in Tokyo was very much successfully with attendance of 17 Press people from 9 companies.
And as of 19 May, we found the articles in 3 web news and 1 news paper (Nikkan Kogyo).Mr. Noda of Autodesk Japan is preparing to send
a brief report in a few days time.

One Webnews that I came cross (in Japanese) is available at
http://enterprise.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/topic/2006/05/16/7818.html

Announcement about the interest/intent to establish the "OSGeo Japan
Chapter" was made at the briefing and after initial discussions with
OSGeo Board, it is hoped that "OSGeo Japan Chapter" will become
functional by September, 2006 (coinciding with FOSS4G2006?).

The preparatory committee for "OSGeo Japan Chapter" comprising
for Mr. Tori Mori (0rkney Inc., Japan), Kazunori Noda (Autodesk Japan),
Prof. Shinji Masumoto (Osaka City Univ., Japan) and myself are
presently in discussions about various modalities about the
local chapter and I will be able to provide some more info
in the coming weeks. Mr. Mori is also expected to attend the
Where2.0 and will also be able to discuss more during
Where2.0.

* About promoting OSGeo in Asia

I have include a list of conferences being held in Asia
in 2006 to
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Promotion_and_Visibility_Committee

# Geinforum2006 (website in Japanese) 29-30 June 2006 (Yamanashi, Japan)

The Japan Local Chapter preparatory committee will make a
presentation about OSGeo and its role in promoting
open geospatial solutions in Japan and Asia. We hope
that some OSGeo brochures/poster would be available
by then for distribution.

# MapAsia2006 29 August - 1 September 2006 (Bangkok,Thailand)

MapAsia is a big event organized by GIS@development (Sanjay Kumar).
Sanjay is also know to the VisCom Chair (Arnulf). VisCom (I can
also assist) to possibility of showing OSGeo presence at MapAsia
2006. Distribute brochure (perhaps have the brochure included
in the conference kit, distribute OSGeo T-Shirts to lucky
few (first come first serve). T-shirts are cheap in Thailand,
Share booth space with some one at MapAsia (will cost some money),
Have David Hastings (ardent supporter of OSGeo) to give a brief
talk about OSGeo.

# GIS-IDEAS 2006 9-11 November 2006 (Ho Chi Minh (Saigon),Vietnam)

Is OSGeo interested to be a sponsor or have/share a booth at
GIS-IDEAS 2006? If so, I can try to get things started since I
am one of the Coordinators of this meeting. Markus attended in
2004 and we had a workshop on GRASS. We plan to have a workshop
this year too. Sponsorship info is available at
http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gisideas06/sponsors.html

# Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing 2006 13-17 November, 2006 (Goa,India)

This is a big event organized by SPIE. VisCom (I can
also assist)may look to possibility of showing OSGeo presence here.
Distribute brochure (perhaps have the brochure included
in the conference kit. David Hastings will be
attending and presenting a joint paper (include some
OSGeo also) with me. I will not be able to attend but maybe
David put up OSGeo Poster etc.

Regards

Venka

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Yeah, I like the black, and I like the second page best too.

I'm not in love with the text though. Not sure I have time to think of something better, but it'd be nice if it was something a slight bit more inspiring, instead of merely descriptive...

I mean, this:
'As the leading supporter of
such technologies, we provide financial, organizational and legal support to the open source geospatial community. In addition, OSGeo acts as an independent legal entity to which community
members can contribute code, funding and other resources.'

Is only really important to people thinking of putting their projects in OSGeo.

I think where attendees would care more about what it offers them. That we gather the highest quality os projects together, that we ensure legal protections for _them_, if they build on top of our stuff, ect. And that they can more effectively spend their money on a shared resource, instead of just paying out to commercial providers.

And that anyone can join and become a part of us...

C

Michael P. Gerlek wrote:

Hmm, my notes are pretty much a subset of everything Tyler said (esp.
the awkward 1st sentence).

On the last sentence, it would be nice if we toned down the drama a
little and added something geo-specific after the "because". I've got a
good writer on staff here, I'll run it by him and get you some
suggestions in an hour or two.

I'm happy with the black. Let's be big and bold and make the inkjets
work a little harder.

-mpg

-----Original Message-----
From: Tyler Mitchell [mailto:tylermitchell@shaw.ca] Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 7:58 AM
To: dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
Cc: Peter Moran
Subject: Re: [VisCom] OSGeo Flyer for Where 2.0 - review by Friday noon PST

On Thursday 18 May 2006 15:08, Peter Moran wrote:

- I like the second page, with the logo on the upper left.

- I think logo should be bigger - to fill the space and be bigger
relative to the headline text.

- The last line of text seems a bit over the top to me.

- The black is growing on me as dramatic.

The compass could be dimmed down and used as a watermark on Tyler's
Flyers, as a unifying element.

Peter, I agree with all your points here. Is it too late to change some wording? I think the wording of the text could be a bit tighter.

-Add "The" to the begining, so it matches tagline in logo and makes an easier to read sentence. If they can keep the name all on one line still, that would be good.
-Drop the ", or OSGeo --" - It interrupts the flow a bit too much and I think with the logo, we have defined it already. -I'm not sure about "open geospatial technologies", let's not get lost in the world of "open" and explictly say "open source" or, since we repeat it later, drop "open" altogether in this spot.
-Can we add in "promote" somewhere too? Maybe replace one of the "supporter"s with promoter to make it less redundant and to touch on one of our key roles.

-With my suggestions, the first couple sentences could read:
"The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the collaborative development of technologies and data. As the leading promoter of such technologies, we provide financial, organizational and legal support to the open source geospatial community. ..."

I have no bright ideas for the final sentence - it's close but could be better.

I just started to wonder if I'm going to be able to get this ad, the graphics and fonts in a format that I could work with. I won't be able to use Adobe design formats. Perhaps we could also get this in a vector format, like SVG, Postscript or even in a Word format??

Tyler

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