Marketing Meeting 2020-11-27

Meeting Details

 * Date: Friday, 2020-11-27
 * Time: 15:00 UTC
 * Location: https://meet.ffmuc.net/OSGeo_Marketing
 * Shared pad: https://pads.ccc.de/LNbt3YwtsB
 * Previous meeting:
 * Marketing Meeting 2020-10-30

Agenda

 * Review Marketing Meeting 2020-10-30
 * budget for next year
 * check Tickets Website improvements https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues
 * FOSS4G for RUFORUM
 * Events
 * https://www.osgeo.org/events/

Present

 * Scribing: Astrid
 * Attending: Enock, Astrid, Jody (part of the meeting), Laura

budget for 2021

 * postponed to January 2021 meeting

FOSDEM 6 & 7 February 2021

 * application for a geospatial devroom by Astird / Luca
 * no decision yet
 * if accepted we need to find +-20 speaker and moderate 1 day
 * https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/
 * would be great if we can find more volunteers to help with the event

Podcast Status

 * mapscaping: money was paid. Now 4 podcast can run
 * If there is interest in our community for more we can extend this program

Podcast Episodes

 * RasterFrames - DONE https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast/raster-frames-making-imagery-a-first-class-citizen-of-apache-spark
 * From Gitter: The MapScaping Podcast did an episode on RasterFrames!! https://plnk.to/MapScaping/e/1000498345866 Thanks go to OSGeo for sponsoring it, and to @jodygarnett for getting RF in the OSGeo catalog.


 * GeoServer: IN PROCUCTION Jody
 * Daniel contacted GRASS team
 * maybe OSGeoLive - TODO: Astrid, Enock contact team and ask

FOSS4G for RUFORUM

 * FOSS4G for RUFORUM
 * what is the plan: webinar / monthly / start in March 2021
 * ongoing regularly webinars every month with changing topics
 * would be great if the presenters could change, attract senior students to get involved
 * would be open to the world and recordings on YouTube
 * add as resource on osgeo.org
 * Release OSGeoLive 14 expected for January 2021
 * provide USBs with Version 14 - discuss in 2021
 * Maybe good starting date will be March 2021
 * TODO Astrid: RUFORUM respond to the thread via email: suggest a call, they can suggest a meeting time 14 UTC and later

Website Tickets

 * check Tickets Website improvements https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues
 * There are many website tickets and it is not clear who will work on them
 * idea to make a sprint with Jody to check the tickets and define actions
 * TODO: Enock will contact Jody to ask whether a meeting could be possible (fallback could be Vicky)

OSGeo Events

 * we could put more effort in promoting our events
 * all team members are invited to publish events
 * https://www.osgeo.org/events/
 * TODO: Enock, Please add SoTM Africa event: 19-21 November 2021
 * https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Africa_2021
 * https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:A_giraffe_with_a_beautiful_background_of_Nairobi_City_Skyline.jpg

We welcome Laura

 * Laura joined the marketing meeting. She would like to join the team.
 * TODO: Laura sends a mail to the marketing list. Astrid will then make a motion

MOU

 * Discussion on MOUs and what activity is done to stay in touch with the partners
 * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_OSGeo_All
 * f.e YouthMappers https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_YouthMappers

Actions/TODOs

 * TODO Enock will contact Jody to ask whether a meeting could be possible (fallback could be Vicky)
 * TODO Enock: Please add SoTM Africa event   19-21 November 2021
 * https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Africa_2021
 * https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:A_giraffe_with_a_beautiful_background_of_Nairobi_City_Skyline.jpg
 * TODO Enock will contact Jody to ask whether a meeting could be possible (fallback could be Vicky)
 * TODO Laura send a mail to the marketing list. Astrid will then make a motion
 * TODO Astrid Contact board about communication with Partners from MOUs
 * TODO Astrid: RUFORUM respond to the thread via email: suggest a call, they can suggest a meeting time 14 UTC and later

Next meeting

 * Marketing_Meeting_2021-01-29
 * if budget discussion or any urgent topic occurs we can arrange an earlier meeting