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
- ...
- Keep the account, just not active
- Link to LinkedIn and mastadon for chat
- Action Daniela: new item about our plattforms
- 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/
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)