Operate OSGeo Booth

It is planned to operate an OSGeo booth at the Intergeo 2006. This is the bootstrapping event for a regular presentation environment. The OSGeo VisCom will operate the small scale forerunner of this booth at the LinuxTag 2006 exhibition.

Intergeo 2006
(move this section to its own page once it is stable) First contacts have been made with the organizing company of the Intergeo fair, congress and conference Hinte GmbH ot address the special needs of an OSGeo booth in the exhibition area. The organizers understand that the OS community has special needs regarding booth operation, connectivity and community interaction. Additionally they recognize the growing need of their attendees for a comprehensive representation of Open Source GIS development, services and business.

OSGeo Community, Member, Corporate Plan
It might be possible to request for a larger connected area where on one side (left in the plan) Open Source projects can be presented free of cost. The center area hosts a screen for presentations and a lounge. On the right hand side a central info counter displays OSGeo material and gives information on Foundation issues. The rest (right hand side) is populated by sponsoring companies that offer services around OSGeo software and projects.

____________________      ____________________________ |            osg     \      \       |     |      |      | |   osg              \      \__com | com |  com | com  | | osg         osg    / screen  \___|_____|      |      | |      osg          /               \   |_______|______| |             osg   \ presentation   \ info  |xxxxx|   | | OSGeo project booths\_          ___/__ ____|tech |com| |         osg           \_ lounge/      |    |xxxxx|___| |    osg         osg      \      \ com  | com |  com   | |___________________________\     \_____|_____|________|

In Munich (location of the Intergeo 2006) the central diagonal prolongs throughout the hall connecting both ends. It would be left open for people to walk through, take a break, get some information or listen to a presentation.

OSGeo Corporate Management
It would be possible to manage both .org and .com booths for this area with an exclusive service (online registration, billing, connectivity) from the organizer (Hinte) so that the OSGeo Foundation could appear as the corporate managing framework.

We need to further discuss Fundraising, corporate sponsorhip and affiliation.