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| + | Join 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). | ||
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* Roll call | * Roll call | ||
* Update [[TrademarkGuidelines]] and FAQ | * Update [[TrademarkGuidelines]] and FAQ | ||
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* ... (add items to agenda here) | * ... (add items to agenda here) | ||
== Meeting Minutes/Logs == | == Meeting Minutes/Logs == | ||
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* [http://logs.qgis.org/osgeo/%23osgeo.2008-06-11.log Marketing Meeting 2008-06-11] | * [http://logs.qgis.org/osgeo/%23osgeo.2008-06-11.log Marketing Meeting 2008-06-11] | ||
* [[Marketing Meeting 2008.05.28]] | * [[Marketing Meeting 2008.05.28]] | ||
Revision as of 23:11, 13 November 2008
This is the new name and home of the former Promotion and Visibility Committee.
Committee Infrastructure
The committee Infrastructure currently comprises a Mailing List, regular meetings on IRC, a directory in the OSGeo SVN, CMS web space and this Wiki. Everyone is welcome to work with this committee and contribute, whether or not you are a formal member of the committee. Please join the Marketing mailing list and lurk or introduce yourself. To post a mail please first (subscribe). The archive of this mailing list is open to the public.
All pages in this Wiki related to Marketing should be tagged with | Category:Marketing.
Meetings
Meeting time change often, next one is Friday UTC (Thursday in some regions): http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=11&day=14&year=2008&hour=7&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 Join on (#osgeo). IRC client (select #osgeo from the drop-down list, and type /nick YOURNAME, to set your nickname for use in the channel).
Agenda
Please add items to this agenda as you go. Anybody can add items here, you do not have to be a member of the Marketing Committee.
- Roll call
- Update TrademarkGuidelines and FAQ
- Follow from last meeting
- ... (add items to agenda here)
Meeting Minutes/Logs
- Marketing Meeting 2008.10.22
- Marketing Meeting 2008-06-11
- Marketing Meeting 2008.05.28
- Marketing Meeting 2008.10.22
- Marketing Meeting 2008.04.16
- 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 logs
Documents
- Public facing documents can be found at: http://www.osgeo.org/visibility
- Documents under development, or historical documents can be found in Subversion under: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/
- Brochures: http://www.osgeo.org/visibility
- Flyers: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/
- Presentation Templates: http://www.osgeo.org/visibility
- GenericOSGeoPresentation
- Library - repository for white papers, presentations etc.
- Case_Studies contains a list of relevant Geospatial Open Source case studies useful for justifying the use of GeoFOSS.
- GeoConnexion Column
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.
- Tyler Mitchell (chair)
- Arnulf Christl
- Jeroen Ticheler
- Daniele Nascimento
- Torsten Brassat
- Michael P. Gerlek
- Perry Nacionales
- Nathalie Mainland
- Cameron Shorter (occasionally)
- David Bitner (occasionally)
- Tim Bowden
- Miguel Montesinos
Tasks
- Develop guidelines for spending the Marketing budget.
- Cameron believes we should develop our marketing pipeline focusing on a conference Exhibition Pack as per his blog.
- Develop a HOWTO page to help people setting up a conference.
- Mark Leslie has made a good start in his blog at http://fromtheinsidelookingin.blogspot.com/2008/10/conference-booths.html .
- Develop a Marketing Plan
- Coordinate Events
Press Releases
The Marketing Committee 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"
- 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 Category:Events page by adding the Category to the corresponding page.