FOSS4G2008 Communication

The standard text has been sent to the list at Public Relations (version of 15:02, 18 April 2008)

Marketing Events

First General Announcement: Registration & call for workshops papers (Gavin-04/04/08)

1 week reminder for deadline of submission of workshops and labs of 30 April (Daina 23/04/08)

1 Week reminder of dealine for submission of abstracts 5 May (Daina 05/04/08)

First Call for posters submission (Inge../../..)

Draft Conference Programe (compiled from workshops and labs and abstracts accepted by 14/05/08)

One month warning of close of Early Bird Registration on June 15 (Daina 15/05/08)

Second draft of Conference programme (after all notifications.. close to final one)

1 week warning of close of close of Early Bird Registration on June 15 (Daina 08/05/08)

2 months to go: Call for Conference Registration (29/07/08)

1 month to go: Call for Conference Registration (28/08/08)

E-Mail Marketing

• Mail to OSGeo Announce List

Mail to all GISSA maling lists (Regional Secretaries)

Paper Marketing

Advertisement: Position IT (GISSA media partner) Mar/Apr Issue

Industry Event Calendars

We should be on industry event calendars wherever possible. Please work through list and indicate once you have (requested) addition and once it has been (done):

• http://www.eoportal.org
• http://www.opengeospatial.org/event (requested)
• http://www.gsdi.org/events/upcnf.asp (requested)
• http://gcmd.nasa.gov/ConferenceCalendar/calendar.html
• http://www.gisdevelopment.net/events/index.asp
• http://www.eogeo.org/events
• http://www.allconferences.com/ (login as osgeo password incubate)
• Mapserver web Event Calendar (Steve Lime)
• GRASS web Event Calendar (Markus Neteler)
• http://www.directionsmag.com/events/
• http://www.GeoPlace.com
• http://gita.org/events/events.asp
• http://www.urisa.org/node/148
• http://events.geocomm.com/events/
• http://www.giscafe.com
• http://www.gim-international.com/
• More Please...