FOSS4G 2014 20131202

FOSS4G Promotional Material Meeting Hawthorne Lucky Lab December 2, 2013 5:30-8:00 Notes in italic
 * See also, calagator, mailing list thread

Agenda

 * Keep brainstorming and refining ideas
 * Lots of "Portland" theme type material
 * Need to tie in with our visual theme as well, see early concepts list visuals
 * local, organic, unique, handmade/crafted, brewed, beer, bike, DIY, "____ it yourself (map, build, bake, make, compile, brew, pickle, code), (R)/(F)OSS island cement or Foss St OSM for play on words, green, exploding whales, Portlandia, "__________ (tree...) capital of the world", historic white space on historic maps, last "here be dragons" area, historic maps of the PNW in Astoria at Maritime Museum, national archives too
 * International oriented movie with local flair for occasion
 * Remote and local image to put in movie
 * Determine press release timeline and general content
 * December Press release - logo announcement and recap of prior work 
 * January - call for papers academic and general
 * February - blasts for submission countdown, review number of submissions, reminder that the last minute submission deadline looms, Call for workshops
 * March - Registration opens, keynotes
 * April - open community comments and voting
 * May - travel tips and accommodations
 *  June - draft agenda
 * July - Early registration ends
 * August - Countdown... highlights...
 * Write press releases (we can do several already: VTM, Designer) perhaps outline some others
 * ''FOSS4G_2014_Press_Release_1
 * Identify and contact potential media outlets
 * Magazines, industry news sites
 * GeoConnexion, SlashGeo, Directions Magazine, Wired Magazine (Map Section), Position Magazine (http://www.intermedia.com.au/print/news-item/position-magazine), GISuser.com, Baliz-media, Asian surveying and mapping, GIS professional, gaceta tecnologica, GEOInformatics, 3d Visualization World, Sensors and Systems
 * Conferences and events over the next year; local, regional, and international; formal conferences and informal meetups
 * GIA, WA URISA, AGU, AAG, SFO Meetup, OSCON, OSBridge, Local Chapters, CUGOS, FRUGOS, DC, Postgresql, JS
 * blogs, twitter, community email lists, etc
 * Past attendees, gis_info, ORURISA SIGs and Sections that are interested, more individuals listed in Teamwork
 * See also, 2013 Media Sponsor details
 * Decide on video details (i.e. who has a camera, who can film,format, video editing ideas, etc)
 * Darrell has GoPro and tripod, we might want to purchase GoPro SteadyCam
 * Sign up for videos (world's smallest park, bridges, bikes, rivers, boats, going to work, etc). At least, film all PDX-OSGeo'ers whoregularly bike to work or around PDX.
 * Bike made for three, bike chains, video frame position (for combining)
 * Add more here...
 * Oregon pronunciation guide - map based (Couch, Willamette, Oregon, Halsey, ...)
 * The Simpsons references?
 * direct flights (Amsterdam, Tokyo, ...)
 * The right Portland (i.e. PDX)
 * ways that you know you are in the right Portland
 * ways that you know you are in the wrong Portland (see also GNIS)
 * tweet coordination with sponsors
 * Percy hats
 * life size fame cutouts?
 * photo with Fred and Carrie (Margo has contacts)
 * GeoLandia