Richard's ideas make sense and are forward looking. I'm not sure there's value in bantering around precedence in this case.
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Richard Fairhurst <[email protected]>wrote: > [wider issue, so cc:ing talk@] > > > On 22/03/2013 15:32, Shaun McDonald wrote: > >> On 22 Mar 2013, at 14:06, Harry Wood <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> ...we have a strip down the left, and this screen real-estate is >>> valuable space. Here more than anywhere users are eyeballing the >>> graphics, text, and user interface elements we choose to put there. >>> We have in the past chosen to put graphical banner ads promoting >>> State Of The Map conferences and some other events, in the run up >>> to these events. >>> >> > > >> How about a rotating banner that rotates round showing all of the >> >> upcoming SOTMs? This would then minimise the vertical space needed. >> > > Actually, this is a great opportunity to devolve local marketing to local > chapters. > > Let's call it the "message" space. Allow local chapters to choose what > marketing message goes in that space for their country (subject to certain > criteria, i.e. must promote OSM, mustn't give advantage to one commercial > provider over another, mustn't look dog-ugly). > > Use GeoIP etc. to find what country the user is from. Serve the message > for that country. > > > > So, to take this example, OSM-US decides its priority is promoting > SOTM-US. It puts the banner there. US visitors therefore see it. Ideal > solution for US visitors. Also ideal for Bulgarians who don't really want > to know about a conference in SF; they have their own priorities. > > The beauty is that it doesn't have to be restricted to conferences. Let's > say the French community has a project to map shops. Fine: they put a > little banner there which clicks through to the project page. Or let's say > the US community wants to focus on addressing. Same again. > > Of course, OSMF could still override for international messages (like the > main SOTM conference), though it would be polite to give a couple of weeks' > notice to the local chapters. > > Our local presence and local knowledge is our strength. Let's make the > most of it. > > Richard > > > ______________________________**_________________ > design mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/design<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/design> > -- Jeff Meyer Global World History Atlas www.gwhat.org [email protected] 206-676-2347 OpenStreetMap: Mapping with a Human Touch <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> osm: Open Historical Map (OHM)<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map> / my OSM user page <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> t: @GWHAThistory <https://twitter.com/GWHAThistory> f: GWHAThistory <https://www.facebook.com/GWHAThistory>
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