Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G

[Ravi Kumar]

+1 for FOSS4G may this inspire a multitude as it has always. FOSS4G is the
brand of OSGeo Conference for sure.
Ravi Kumar

On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Maria Antonia Brovelli <
maria.brove...@polimi.it> wrote:

> I agree completely with Venka. Our strength up to now has to be
> inclusive,  considering  all excellent and community based free and open
> source projects. Let us continue in this way!!!
> Happy sunday!
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> Da: Discuss  per conto di Venkatesh
> Raghavan 
> Inviato: domenica 11 ottobre 2015 14.09
> A: discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G
>
> I think the OSGeo-Live project that you are leading can be safely
> (re)-named as
> FOSS4G-Live as it has a wonderful array of software projects that are not
> under the OSGeo umbrella as yet.
>
> Venka
>
> On 2015/10/08 5:08, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> > +1 for "OSGeo conference".
> >
> > Adding a perspective from someone who marketed FOSS4G 2009.
> > Creating a marketing message is all about minimising words used,
> > because "less words get read more".
> >
> > When explaining FOSS4G to people outside our community you need to use:
> >
> > "international conference for Free and Open Source Software for
> > GeoSpatial (FOSS4G), presented by the Open Source Geospatial
> > Foundation (OSGeo)."
> >
> > vs
> >
> > "international Open Source Geospatial (OSGeo) conference"
> >
> > This is a good question to put to the charter members for a vote at
> > some point.
> >
> > On 8/10/2015 1:39 am, Marc Peterson wrote:
> >>> From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-
> >>> boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Barry Rowlingson
> >>> Yes, you and I and everyone *on this mailing list* knows
> >>> the difference and the relationship between OSGeo and FOSS4G. But
> >>> there are people out there in geospatial who don't know either.
> >> Emphatic +1
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Video posted already for FOSS4G Tokyo

[Ko Nagase]

Hi Anita,

Thanks for notification.

Both services (original Ustream and YouTube) link seem not be
available temporarily
to adjust some other presenters' videos privacy settings.

Please wait for a while until those videos have been restored.

Regards,

Ko

2015-10-14 3:05 GMT+09:00 Anita Graser :
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:28 AM, Ko Nagase  wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> Thanks for information.
>>
>> 2015-10-12 21:18 GMT+09:00 Jeff McKenna :
>> > Watch the talks from earlier today at FOSS4G Tokyo, including Prof Rajan
>> > from OSGeo-India's keynote talk: http://t.co/KPinRUTDH4  Great to hear
>> > about
>> > OSGeo India chapter and its long history since 2007/2008.
>>
>> Also, YouTube link seems to become available.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Mv-N-OZxs&t=58m7s
>
>
> Hi Ko,
> Youtube says "This video is private."
> I'm really looking forward to watching these videos :)
> Best wishes,
> Anita
>
>
>



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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Video posted already for FOSS4G Tokyo

[Anita Graser]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:28 AM, Ko Nagase  wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
>
> Thanks for information.
>
> 2015-10-12 21:18 GMT+09:00 Jeff McKenna :
> > Watch the talks from earlier today at FOSS4G Tokyo, including Prof Rajan
> > from OSGeo-India's keynote talk: http://t.co/KPinRUTDH4  Great to hear
> about
> > OSGeo India chapter and its long history since 2007/2008.
>
> Also, YouTube link seems to become available.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Mv-N-OZxs&t=58m7s


​Hi Ko,
Youtube says "This video is private."​
​I'm really looking forward to watching these videos :)
Best wishes,
Anita​
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Last call for FedGeoDay 2015

[Andrea Ross]

Dear Everyone,

(x-posted to LocationTech & OSGeo discussion lists, please fwd to any 
who might be interested)


For those that are interested, this Thursday is FedGeoDay 2015 
.


FedGeoDay 2015 features a really great line-up of speakers from 
Government and Industry. Participating will introduce you to a number of 
powerful and easy to use tools, show you what you can do with them, and 
walk through how and why government agencies are using them to 
dramatically improve their mapping, cartography, and GIS projects.


Just in case you might need a scholarship pass, you can apply for one 
here .


Hope to see some of you there!

Kind regards,

Andrea

p.s. We'd be grateful for any help you can offer to spread the word 
about this event, thank you so much!
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Remove from List

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Branding FOSS4G

[Andy Anderson]

Slightly different topic: brand names are usually protected by trademark; I 
don’t see that FOSS4G is in the US trademark system:

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=4801:p4nq75.1.1

Should it be? Could it be, or is there already too much non-OSGeo use? For that 
matter, I don’t see OSGeo there, either.

If brands aren’t protected, they could be used / co-opted by other 
organizations / corporations.

— Andy

On Oct 13, 2015, at 4:07 AM, Dirk Frigne  wrote:

> +1
> 
> OSGeo is The organisation to support the collaborative development of
> open source geospatial software, and promote its widespread use. [1]
> 
> To promote its widespread use OSGeo started, amongst other things, to
> organise a yearly conference. Today, there is the global conference, and
> a lot of local conferences, almost every month, somewhere in the world.
> 
> FOSS4G is the name of The OSGeo Conference.
> FOSS4G is an *important* brand of OSGeo.
> Local conferences have derived names like FOSS4G Europe, FOSS4G North
> America, FOSS4G.be, FOSSGIS ...
> 
> My 2c
> 
> [1] http://www.osgeo.org/about

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G

[Iván Sánchez Ortega]

El Martes 13. octubre 2015 09.48.11 Hans Gregers Petersen escribió:
> Let us then say that FTSJ only has a byline in the:
> "'The Fabulous Geo Conference' *cough cough* brought to you by FTSJ".

So what would be the problem with something like «FOSS4G: The OSGeo 
conference»? 

Wouldn't that compromise solution make everybody happy?


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G

[María Arias de Reyna]

Hi,

Another reason *not* to change the name: if it is called the OSGeo
conference, non-OSGeo software or companies will feel rejected and don't
want to come. I find it very refresh to be able to discuss non-OSGeo but
FOSS4G things in this kind of conferences.

Regards,
María.
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G

[Dirk Frigne]

+1

OSGeo is The organisation to support the collaborative development of
open source geospatial software, and promote its widespread use. [1]

To promote its widespread use OSGeo started, amongst other things, to
organise a yearly conference. Today, there is the global conference, and
a lot of local conferences, almost every month, somewhere in the world.

FOSS4G is the name of The OSGeo Conference.
FOSS4G is an *important* brand of OSGeo.
Local conferences have derived names like FOSS4G Europe, FOSS4G North
America, FOSS4G.be, FOSSGIS ...

My 2c

[1] http://www.osgeo.org/about

On 13-10-15 09:48, Hans Gregers Petersen wrote:
> Hi Jeff, all,
> 
>> Thanks Mori-san, I fully agree with you, there is no need to rename 
>> anything.  Instead, there is lots to do to continue promoting OSGeo and 
>> FOSS4G :)
> 
> I might have another perspective - seen from the (at least the Danish)
> commercial side of things. When attending a conference, the value
> would often be assessed by looking at the name of the conference.
> 
> Let us for instance say that the big fictive geospatial company,
> "FTSJ", hosts an "FTSJ conference". You would attend if you are a
> client of FTSJ.  Let us then say that FTSJ only has a byline in the:
> "'The Fabulous Geo Conference' *cough cough* brought to you by FTSJ".
> Then FTSJ is not the subject of the conference, but the host. People
> using the competing products of InfoMap or even the free and open
> alternative Minor GIS would be more likely to attend. Because it is
> not an FTSJ-conference, it is a fabulous conference on geo!
> 
> I think that to (at least Danish) executives, and especially in public
> admin, FOSS4G sounds better than the "annual conference of some
> organization that I am not even a member of".
> No one is in doubt that it is an OSGeo hosted conference, and even if
> they were - only the blind and deaf would not see or hear that it is
> during the conference itself.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G

[Hans Gregers Petersen]

Hi Jeff, all,

> Thanks Mori-san, I fully agree with you, there is no need to rename anything. 
>  Instead, there is lots to do to continue promoting OSGeo and FOSS4G :)

I might have another perspective - seen from the (at least the Danish)
commercial side of things. When attending a conference, the value
would often be assessed by looking at the name of the conference.

Let us for instance say that the big fictive geospatial company,
"FTSJ", hosts an "FTSJ conference". You would attend if you are a
client of FTSJ.  Let us then say that FTSJ only has a byline in the:
"'The Fabulous Geo Conference' *cough cough* brought to you by FTSJ".
Then FTSJ is not the subject of the conference, but the host. People
using the competing products of InfoMap or even the free and open
alternative Minor GIS would be more likely to attend. Because it is
not an FTSJ-conference, it is a fabulous conference on geo!

I think that to (at least Danish) executives, and especially in public
admin, FOSS4G sounds better than the "annual conference of some
organization that I am not even a member of".
No one is in doubt that it is an OSGeo hosted conference, and even if
they were - only the blind and deaf would not see or hear that it is
during the conference itself.

Cheers,

Greg
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