Dear All, With my 'Marketing-hat' on, I have followed this thread with interest and growing apprehension. As is often the case with this type of discussion-thread: everyone makes a serious point, but we are jointly still far away from a solution. The good thing: more and more of us seem to care how we are perceived....from a marketing committee perspective....absolutely great!
With only a few weeks to FOSS4G-Europe in Paris and FOSS4G-2017 in Boston, with FOSS4G-NL last week and FOSS4G-NA-2018 and FOSS4G-2018 in the making (and other events I am mostly likely forgetting); 'FOSS4G' has become an established OSGeo brand. Super! As with brands of this kind, it is usual that the owner (OSGeo, right???) provides branding-guidelines for all those using it. This to safeguard mis-use and mis-perceptions. The FOSS4G-ribbon is already 'in the pocket', but certainly not enough. The present rebrand exercise is meant to professionalise our promotional activities with a branding handbook. How the relationship OSGeo and FOSS4G (international, regional, local) is communicated is definitely worth addressing in the handbook. I propose: - a meeting in Boston on the issue between Board and Marketing Committee. - anyone having a suggestion/advice/solution to mail it to marketing@ lists.osgeo.org, for collecting - our present branding agency to provide guidance - a proposal text to be voted upon by the Board - integration of this specific guideline into the handbook Hopefully we can steer this discussion away from 'I want you to do this' and 'why should I do that' and other 'I ...' to a fruitful discussion in Boston. Personally, I would welcome these type of topics at such event, as a non-coder-but-still-interested-in-open-spatial ;-) With so many volunteers working on so many facets of our community right now, I would hate to see energy flowing into the wrong direction. Please, all involved, remain focused on Paris, Boston, the new website and the new marketing collateral and other initiatives I am ignorant of. Let's keep the momentum, the mojo, the vibe and focus on the future! Cheers, Marc Kind regards, Marc Vloemans Mobile +31(0)651 844262 LinkedIn: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/marcvloemans Twitter: http://twitter.com/marcvloemans http://www.slideshare.net/marcvloemans On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 3:58 PM, Massimiliano Cannata < massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote: > Hi Guido, > I don't understand why you are frustrated and disheartened by this > conversation. > We're not discussing on climate changes :-D > > To All of you, > (i swear it is my last mail in the tread - maybe -) > > My point of view is very simple: OSGeo is not a sponsor of the event, is > the "owner" which selected you great team and proposal for organizing the > conference. Thus is not correct list OSGeo in the sponsor list. > Try to open this link: http://2017.foss4g.org/sponsor/ and honestly tell > me if you understand OSGeo is the host, or do you get the impression it is > just one of the 20 sponsors? > > Since this fact has been part of discussions in the past, I believe it is > very important to be underlined and communicated to avoid misunderstanding, > also for the future FOSS4G conferences. > I believe that details and communication are important (otherwise, for > example why spend time and money in marketing and site re-branding?). > > And it has nothing to do with the great work you are doing in bringing > another wonderful foss4g (big big thanks). These are small (but not > negligible) details.. > > I just requested the board to take a position on this, without entering in > details of when, what and why it happened. > Then I will be happy whatever is the decision and will go on on doing my > contribution and work for OSGeo ;-) > > > Ciao, > Maxi > > 2017-07-03 14:29 GMT+02:00 Ian Turton <ijtur...@gmail.com>: > >> I have to disagree here, to me it is clear that OSGeo is presenting >> ("owns") the conference while by listing the contributions the OSGeo >> provides (seed money etc) formally on the Sponsors' page/list it makes it >> clear just how much money (and time) the OSGeo is putting it into the >> event. >> >> By formally listing as a sponsor it probably makes it easier to handle >> things like remembering to allocate booth space, passes etc as it is >> already on the spreadsheet when those tasks are carried out. >> >> Ian >> >> On 2 July 2017 at 09:22, Massimiliano Cannata < >> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote: >> >>> Dear community and board members, >>> Today I found out that OSGeo is a a SPONSOR of the FOSS4G-2017 Boston >>> conference. >>> >>> This is disappointing me ! >>> >>> At least for two reasons: >>> >>> 1- foss4g is the OSGeo's conference, so OSGeo is the host not a guest >>> (have you ever seen AGU sponsoring it's annual event?) >>> >>> 2- OSGeo is already providing seed and risk exposure money so it >>> shouldn't need to pay for get exposure or being listed in the sponsor page. >>> >>> So, as an OSGeo charter member, I formally ask the board to remove OSGeo >>> from the sponsor list ! >>> >>> Regards >>> Maxi >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ian Turton >> > > > > -- > *Massimiliano Cannata* > > Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica > > Responsabile settore Geomatica > > > Istituto scienze della Terra > > Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design > > Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana > > Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio > > Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 <+41%2058%20666%2062%2014> > > Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 <+41%2058%20666%2062%2009> > > massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch > > *www.supsi.ch/ist <http://www.supsi.ch/ist>* > > _______________________________________________ > Board mailing list > bo...@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board >
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