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Revision as of 18:46, 25 January 2007
This page is designed to tell you everything you need to know about VisCom and what we do.
Our Mission
The mission of the Promotion and Visibility Committee ("VisCom") is to spread word and build a strong recognition of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, foundation projects, and the use of open source in geospatial applications in general. We do this by:
- participating at events, tradeshows, and conferences
- creation and use of OSGeo marketing materials (brochures, logos, etc)
- aiding in the creation and dissemination of case studies, white papers, etc
- outreach to other organizations, companies, group, media, etc
- acting as supplier and shopkeeper for T-shirts and other OSGeo swag
Committee Logistics
The official committee web site is here. (This wiki is more likely to be current and accurate, however.)
The VisCom project committee consists of:
- Arnulf Christl
- Michael P. Gerlek (chair)
- Alain Grignon
- Chris Holmes
- Lisa Landers
- Tyler Mitchell
- Venkatesh Raghavan
Got an idea? Interested in joining? Just let us know!
We generally meet on Thursdays at 15:00 UTC (8am PST), via conference call and on the #osgeo IRC channel.
Our meetings page: VisCom_Meetings
Our mailing list: dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org (subscribe).
Press Releases
VisCom oversees the issuing of press releases for the Foundation (Press Release Process). Got some 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 - "OSGeo Created"
- Press Release 2006-07-19 "OSGeo at 6-month mark"
- Press Release 2006-10-06 "FOSS4G 2006 Conference Summary"
- Press_Release_2006-10-19 "Tyler selected as ED"
Event Coordination
VisCom 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 Current events page.
Things We're Thinking About
We have a long list of things we are doing, or would like to do at VisComToDo.
Library
An extensive library of presentations, white papers and other materials is being assembled in the VisCom library. Due to the infrastructure migration the library is currently not accessible online. If you need any materials, contact Michael Gerlek.