My tech writer is on vacation today, ad planning on my part. Here's
what I came up with (with the suggestions of Tyler and Chris):
[1] The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a not-for-profit
organization dedicated to the collaborative development of
technologies and data.
[2] As the leading promoter of such technologies, we provide
financial, organizational and legal support to the open
source geospatial community.
[3] Our projects represent the highest quality of open, shared
resources -- Code from low-level libraries to high-level
servers, Content from map data to educational curriculum.
[4] We are developers and executives, authors and educators,
users and marketers.
[5] Join us at www.osgeo.org. Together, we're going places.
Okay, so #3 and #4 could still use some tweaking. And yeah, that last
sentence still sounds a little overblown. But hey, it's an *ad*,
right...?
-mpg
I'm liking that. I like the idea of [5], but I think the last part of it is a registered trademark by several other folks. Go, Michael, go - you can come up with a better one. Wish we had that inspiring tagline ready to go.
Maybe the Borg has a motto we can borrow: Assimilate, The Universe Is Ours... (or maybe just Resistance Is Futile) - 
Tyler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael P. Gerlek" <mpg@lizardtech.com>
Date: Friday, May 19, 2006 10:23 am
Subject: RE: [VisCom] OSGeo Flyer for Where 2.0 - review by Friday noon PST
My tech writer is on vacation today, ad planning on my part. Here's
what I came up with (with the suggestions of Tyler and Chris):
[1] The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a not-for-profit
organization dedicated to the collaborative development of
technologies and data.
[2] As the leading promoter of such technologies, we provide
financial, organizational and legal support to the open
source geospatial community.
[3] Our projects represent the highest quality of open, shared
resources -- Code from low-level libraries to high-level
servers, Content from map data to educational curriculum.
[4] We are developers and executives, authors and educators,
users and marketers.
[5] Join us at www.osgeo.org. Together, we're going places.
Okay, so #3 and #4 could still use some tweaking. And yeah, that last
sentence still sounds a little overblown. But hey, it's an *ad*,
right...?
-mpg
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I'm liking that. I like the idea of [5], but I think the last part of it is a registered trademark by several other folks. Go, Michael, go - you can come up with a better one. Wish we had that inspiring tagline ready to go.
Maybe the Borg has a motto we can borrow: Assimilate, The Universe Is Ours... (or maybe just Resistance Is Futile) -
Tyler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael P. Gerlek" <mpg@lizardtech.com>
Date: Friday, May 19, 2006 10:23 am
Subject: RE: [VisCom] OSGeo Flyer for Where 2.0 - review by Friday noon PST
My tech writer is on vacation today, ad planning on my part. Here's
what I came up with (with the suggestions of Tyler and Chris):
[1] The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a not-for-profit
organization dedicated to the collaborative development of
technologies and data.
[2] As the leading promoter of such technologies, we provide
financial, organizational and legal support to the open
source geospatial community.
[3] Our projects represent the highest quality of open, shared
resources -- Code from low-level libraries to high-level
servers, Content from map data to educational curriculum.
[4] We are developers and executives, authors and educators,
users and marketers.
[5] Join us at www.osgeo.org. Together, we're going places.
Okay, so #3 and #4 could still use some tweaking. And yeah, that last
sentence still sounds a little overblown. But hey, it's an *ad*,
right...?
-mpg
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I'm liking it a lot.
Not sure if you can do it better, but the way [2] is structured makes me see it as less than the real grassroots organization that it is. Just by the use of the term 'we provide', like the foundation is one thing, and it's providing support to the OS geospatial community, which is not necessarily the same as the OSGeo foundation. Like it sounds like an assistance organization, doesn't reflect that the OSGeo foundation is more or less the best and brightest of the os geospatial community. So taken that way, it sounds a bit odd that we're providing support to ourselves...
Could do something like 'we gather financial... support'. Or 'the OSGeo foundation acts as a central organizing point for financial, technical and legal support'....
Chris
Tyler Mitchell wrote:
I'm liking that. I like the idea of [5], but I think the last part of it is a registered trademark by several other folks. Go, Michael, go - you can come up with a better one. Wish we had that inspiring tagline ready to go.
Maybe the Borg has a motto we can borrow: Assimilate, The Universe Is Ours... (or maybe just Resistance Is Futile) -
Tyler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael P. Gerlek" <mpg@lizardtech.com>
Date: Friday, May 19, 2006 10:23 am
Subject: RE: [VisCom] OSGeo Flyer for Where 2.0 - review by Friday noon PST
My tech writer is on vacation today, ad planning on my part. Here's
what I came up with (with the suggestions of Tyler and Chris):
[1] The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a not-for-profit
organization dedicated to the collaborative development of
technologies and data.
[2] As the leading promoter of such technologies, we provide
financial, organizational and legal support to the open
source geospatial community.
[3] Our projects represent the highest quality of open, shared
resources -- Code from low-level libraries to high-level
servers, Content from map data to educational curriculum.
[4] We are developers and executives, authors and educators,
users and marketers.
[5] Join us at www.osgeo.org. Together, we're going places.
Okay, so #3 and #4 could still use some tweaking. And yeah, that last
sentence still sounds a little overblown. But hey, it's an *ad*,
right...?
-mpg
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