Fifteenth VisCom Meeting

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Date and Time

The meeting will be on December 14th, 2006, at 20:00 UTC [[1]]] (noon PST)

The meeting will take place on IRC at #osgeo and as a [conference call].

Standing Agenda

  1. Assign scribe
  2. Roll call
  3. review of previous meeting's minutes and tasks
  4. New Business (below)
  5. Review action items
  6. Set next meeting date
  7. Adjourn


New Business

  • Logo/branding issues
    • the single page ad
      • text (copy) okay?
      • black okay?
      • approval to JohnC?
        • Everything fine - mpg to have last line from our about page added
    • presentation template
      • need better graphic
      • approval to JohnC?
        • Tyler to find replacement cool screenshot for background graphic
    • data sheets
      • project logo usage noted
      • final copy vs. template issue
      • approval to JohnC?
        • grass example done, public geodata one to be done as well
    • branding guide status
      • aiming for end of year/christmas delivery
    • business cards?
      • mpg going to get some cards printed by suggested vendor in seattle, will compare with Tyler's from his local printers

Meeting ended here due to connection problems and lack of attendance


  • events for next year
    • still not happening (mpg)
    • events we've been invited to or are friendly with already (update from Tyler)
    • Events other OSGeo people need support for (Map World Forum)
  • Newsletter (Tyler)
    • Call for articles
    • Other content ideas
  • Sponsorship page and promo (Tyler)
    • Various promo/fundraising/sponsorship issues
  • Mindbender-of-the-week: International engagement of other regional groups (Tyler/All)
    • Internationalisation of promo material
  • Promo item status
    • Shirts
    • Other ??