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

Notes

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

website improvements

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

• stay connected to the board and assist with news item

- Action Astrid: **DONE**

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)