Marketing Meeting 2023-08-29

Meeting Details

 * Date: 2023-08-29
 * Time: 14:00 UTC (flexible)
 * Location: https://meet.ffmuc.net/OSGeo_Marketing
 * Shared pad: https://pads.ccc.de/LNbt3YwtsB
 * Previous meeting:
 * Marketing Meeting 2023-08-29

Present
Attending: Enock, Astrid, Jody, Laura, Jorge Scribing: Jody

Agenda

 * News
 * Events
 * FOSS4G Marketing material
 * Social Media
 * website improvements
 * content
 * mapscaping podcast
 * ERA

News
News:

- Register for website, and you can create a news item!

Community news:

- register with planet.osgeo.org news feed - shows up as community news on osgeo.org

Action: **Done** send a reminder about the planet to Discuss (Jorge)

Events
FOSS4G 2023 booth was great!

Upcoming events: https://www.osgeo.org/events/


 * Are we missing anything ...
 * action Laura: Add State of the Map Africa
 * action Laura: Add State Europe missing
 * lots of upcoming events, it looks good!


 * action Astrid: **OPEN** promote upcoming events on social media!

FOSS4G Marketing material
Some requests from foss4g-oceana


 * See email list, shared collatoral content
 * action astrid: **Done** double check vicky and foss4g-na is okay

Social Media
Social media:


 * linkedin: very good outreach for industry
 * facebook: our page is used and loved in different parts of the world
 * instagram:
 * threads: facebook alternative to twitter
 * twitter / x: good public outreach, but terrible experinece / ethics
 * reddit: more like a chat room
 * mastodon: friendly like shared email list to reach people
 * matrix: this is just chat


 * Twitter
 * Keep the account, just not active
 * Link to LinkedIn and mastadon for chat


 * Action Daniela: new item about our plattforms


 * LinkedIN
 * Action ENOCK: **DONE** invite Laura, Astrid, Jody, Fernando Quadro, Enock, Jorge Sans

PR 243

 * Jody did a pull request, as I was trying to update a page.


 * There are some new templates here: https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/templates


 * See example https://www.osgeo.org/projects/geoserver/


 * https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/pull/243

other PR
- https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/pulls - Action Enock: **DONE** Check PR

more website improvements

 * we could use some help from graphics designer again (https://www.getinteractive.nl/en/)
 * but first write tickets about improvements that you see
 * for example
 * possibility to add mastodon link or other social media to profile
 * show committees niceley listed as it is done for companys
 * ... more and tickes
 * first discuss tickes with vicky and if she can not solve them we could contact getinteractive again

Booth Material one-page-flyer
- check the content is it still up-to-date - Action: Team events

Mapscaping Podcast
- Action Astrid: **DONE** reminder to deegree and MapServer

ESA
- Action Astrid: **DONE**
 * stay connected to the board and assist with news item

Roll-Up
- print for events - Sponsors on marketing material - Idea: put Logo with magnets/sticker on the Roll-Up - https://www.osgeo.org/about/how-to-become-a-sponsor/ Dimond and Platinum - ACTION **OPEN**

FOSS4G NA
- Jody & Vicky will be there

FOSS4G Asia

 * Jody will be there
 * ACTION Jody contact FOSS4G Asia team and plan OSGeo booth
 * Promo Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgQaxSY3wSY

Meeting time - find a new meeting time

 * last week of the month
 * Friday UTC 15

More marketing material

 * Flags https://www.wir-machen-druck.de/tischfahnen-drucken-lassen,category,19857.html
 * Tattoos https://www.print-tattoo.com/en/shop/klebetattoos-in-farbe-mit-eigenem-motiv-2/
 * ACTION ASTRID

SOTM Africa 2023

 * https://drive.google.com/file/d/15S4d89a4kIo9j5cBU_Hprx2MGoFfKwyG/view
 * ACTION **DONE** Laura ask for OSGeo Booth, think about marketing material and support from OSGeo marketing budget

OSGeo Community Sprint

 * https://www.osgeo.org/events/join-osgeo-community-sprint-2023-at-bids-23-vienna-austria/
 * ACTION Shall we join? Think about it till next meeting

Next meeting

 * Marketing Meeting 2023-09-29 15 UTC (last friday of the month)