Marketing Committee

2008-03-24T16:09:29Z

Wiki-Nathalie Mainland:

'''This is the new name and home of the [[Promotion and Visibility Committee]].'''

== Committee Infrastructure ==
The committee Infrastructure currently comprises a Mailing List and regular meetings on IRC.

=== Regular Meeting ===
'''Next meeting scheduled for [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=03&day=11&year=2008&hour=22&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 Tuesday March 11th at 22:00 UTC]. Watch out for summer time changes in the US!''' on ([irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo #osgeo]). [http://irc.telascience.org/cgi-bin/irc.cgi IRC client] (select #osgeo from the drop-down list, and type /nick YOURNAME, to set your nickname for use in the channel).

; Add agenda items here
* Logo updates
* GSoC 2008 Flyer ([http://code.google.com/p/google-summer-of-code/wiki/GsocFlyers Google's GSoC Flyers])

All, please move these points to the [[Marketing Meeting 2008.02.27]] protocol if they have been discussed in depth.
* GeoWeb 2008 update (two minutes, mpg)
* [[Case Studies]]
* discuss first draft of updated & new logos
* discuss spending money to appear at conferences, trade shows, etc.
* Budget in general
* Events in general
* Flyer for GSoC 2008, distribute broadly
* Swot Analysis

==== Agenda and Meeting Protocols ====
* [[Marketing Meeting 2008.02.27]]
* [[Marketing Meeting 2008.01.30]]
* [[Marketing Meeting 2008.01.16]]
* [[Marketing Meeting 2007.12.05]]
* [[Marketing Meeting 2007.11.21]]
* [[Marketing Meeting 2007.10.24]]
* [[Marketing Meeting 2007.10.10]]
* Also see [[VisCom Meetings]] for older ones

=== Mailing List ===
The Marketing Committee has a mailing list at marketing at lists.osgeo.org. To post a mail please first ([http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing subscribe]). The [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/ archive] of this mailing list is open to the public.

== Committee Members ==
Committee members are eligible to vote. The process to become Committee member is rather informal, just send a list to introduce yourself to the list, describe your interests and - please - attend to meetings.
* [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]] (chair)
* [[User:Tmitchell | Tyler Mitchell]]
* [[User:Ticheler | Jeroen Ticheler]]
* [[User:Dan | Daniele Nascimento]]
* [[User: Torsten Brassat | Torsten Brassat]]
* [[User:Mpg | Michael Gerlek]]
* [[User:Pnaciona | Perry Nacionales]]
* [[User:Nathalie Mainland | Nathalie Mainland]]

== Responsibilities ==
* Develop a [[Marketing Plan]]
** [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/2007-October/001511.html Marketing Plan Discussion 0]
** [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/2007-October/001542.html Marketing Plan Discussion I]]
** [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/2007-October/001552.html Marketing Plan Discussion II]
** [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/2007-November/001557.html Marketing Plan Discussion III]
** [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/2007-November/001582.html Marketing Target Discussion]
**[[Marketing proposal]]
* ''More to come...''

== Involvement ==
Everyone is welcome to work with this committee and contribute, whether or not you are a formal member of the committee. Please join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing Marketing mailing list] and introduce yourself.

== Press Releases ==
The Marketing Committee oversees the issuing of press releases for the Foundation ([[Press Release Process]]). Got some [[News Queue | news]] you think is worthy of an OSGeo press release, or want to help translate some text? Let us know!
Past press releases:
* 6 March 2006 - [https://www.osgeo.org/content/news/news_archive/open_source_geospatial_foundation_initial_press_release.html "OSGeo Created"]
* [[Press Release 2006-07-19 "OSGeo at 6-month mark"]]
* [http://www.osgeo.org/content/news/news_archive/foss4g_conference_summary.html Press Release 2006-10-06 "FOSS4G 2006 Conference Summary"]
* [[Press_Release_2006-10-19 "Tyler selected as ED"]]
* [[Press_Release_2007-08-03 "Service Provider Directory Launched"]]

== Event Coordination ==
The Marketing Committee is responsible the Foundation's presence tradeshows, conferences, workshops, etc. We can coordinate the booth, supply materials, arrange for speakers, etc. Please see out [[Event Management]] page for more information.

Upcoming events are listed on the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Category:Events Category:Events] page by adding the Category to the corresponding page.

== Open Issues ==
We have access to a [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ trac] system as task-management tool but are curently not actively using it.

* to be moved to trac:
** [[GenericOSGeoPresentation]]

== [[Library]] ==
It was planned to create an extensive library of presentations, white papers and other materials in the OSGeo Library at http://www.osgeo.org/library. Find more descriptions and links on the [[Library]] Page of this Wiki and get in contact through the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing Marketing Mailing List] if you need anything that you cannot find in the library.

== Columns ==
* [[GeoConnexion Column]]

[[Category:Events]]
[[Category: Marketing]]

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