Marketing Meeting 2018-09-24
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Meeting Details
- Date: Monday, September 24 2018
- Time: 12:00pm UTC
- Location: Online Conference (https://meet.jit.si/osgeoMarketing)
- Minutes by: Adam Steer
This meeting was requested by Guido Stein and discussed on the the marketing discussion list. The goal of this meeting is to welcome the new marketing committee members and continue the work of the committee.
Please visit the Marketing Meetings page for more information on past meetings.
Attending: Guido Stein, Astrid Emde, Malena Libman, Adam Steer
Welcome and introduction of the new marketing Committee Members
Discussion lead by Guido Stein
- Adam Steer
- Malena Libman
Discuss status of osgeo.org
Discussion lead by Guido Stein
Guido
- website is alive, can we find a way to engage OSGeo members to keep it up to date?
Astrid
- can we get new committee members (Adam? Milena?) to help? Make sure we get events listed. Make sure all Local Chapters listed.
- outlining the process of updating a news item (as an example): should we trust members to add news/updates on their own? or manage more centrally?
Milena
- has been working on text with Jody. How can we divide the work of updating the website?
Discuss status of search for new Chair
Discussion lead by Guido Stein. Deferred to next meeting, will be raised every meeting until we have a chair.
Discuss status of marketing material for Conferences
Discussion lead by Guido
- conference package: what can we make happen for a conference booth?
- stickers
- OSGeo brochure https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/marketing/print/brochure
- OSGeo and projects one page handouts: https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/marketing/print/one-page-info
- other materials: https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/marketing/collateral
- OSGeo can fund printing OSGeo materials by local committees, perhaps easier to print locally
- One pager for organisers to explain materials available, and lead times?
- How to let event organisers know a marketing pack is available?
Review of 2018 Goals
Discussion lead by Astrid Emde
- Budget 2018 see OSGeo_Budget_2018#OSGeo_Committees
- Plans 2018 see OSGeo Marketing Budget status
Expenses 2018
- https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Exhibition_Pack
- Sticker OSGeo FOSS4G
- 500 Sticks
- TableCloths
- TODO Astrid: make a list of all the expenses of 2018
Setting 2019 Goal
Discussion lead by Guido Stein
- Measure what matters
What are marketing committee goals?
- Getting word out about OSGeo foundation
- Support our own conferences/internal events
- Support our projects
- Support our Local chapters
Astrid:
- ask on the discuss list: what do you expect from the marketing committee?
This discussion continues.
Other discussion
- Discussion of PostGIS day (after GIS day) as an OSGeo event; also the idea of QGIS day (Guido)
- New meeting set for 29 October, 11:00am GMT+0
Follow Up Tasks
- e-mail list to ask about expectations; call for members - Guido Stein - DONE https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2018-September/037837.html
- new wiki page for next meeting - Guido Stein - DONE https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Meeting_2018-10-29
- e-mail to treasurer about status of the 2018 budget - Astrid Emde
- send mail to welcome Adam and Malena, ask about members who want to stay in the committee or not - Astrid Emde - DONE