RE: [VisCom] OSGeo tag line pre-selction

Peter_Moran · May 15, 2006, 6:52pm

Just so no one is surprised, VisCom made a decision last week to use
"The Open Source Geospatial Foundation" as an interim tagline in order
to meet production deadlines for banners and signage at Where 2.0.

And after looking at the list of entries and thinking about it, I think
it would make a simple but sensible permanent tagline. Why? "OSGeo.org"
alone tells me:

- this is some kind of non-profit

- it may be about operating systems or open source or bone science

- it may be about geology or geography or geotechnical

Spelling it out makes things clear what the organization is about. In
any case, we can test it out at Where 2.0 and see how it flies.

Peter

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From: Daniel Brookshier (Consultant)
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 9:50 AM
To: OSGeo Board; dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
Subject: [VisCom] OSGeo tag line pre-selction

Greetings,

We need to whittle down the choices for the OSGeo
tag-line/motto/catch-phrase.

There are currently 81 entries in the wiki:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Motto_discussion

Each person on the board and viscomm has 10 votes. Please select your
top 10 choices. Only 1 vote per entry (no vote piling) because we are
trying to get ten choices, not choose a winner. The final winner will be
chosen by the membership.

Please email me a list of the choices, one per line, with both the
number and the phrase because that will help me in the counting process.

I would like quick turnaround because we want to start the next vote
ASAP. Please email me within the next 48 hours.

Tyler_Mitchell2 · May 15, 2006, 7:22pm

Just so no one is surprised, VisCom made a decision last week to use
"The Open Source Geospatial Foundation" as an interim tagline in order
to meet production deadlines for banners and signage at Where 2.0.

And after looking at the list of entries and thinking about it, I
thinkit would make a simple but sensible permanent tagline.

Interesting idea Peter.

I was hoping that a tagline could help add some 'catchy-ness' and 'dynamic' to the name of the foundation. I find that the name is so purely descriptive of the present state, that it does not lend much to forward vision or enthusiasm. But I'm willing to accept that this could just be me

I could live with your suggestion though, as I can see that having the name, the domain name and a different slogan can make things more confusing. In essence, "OSGeo" would become the name and "The Open Source Geospatial Foundation" would be the tagline. Makes sense to me. Looking forward to seeing how it comes out.

Tyler