Hi Cameron, Sorry I couldn't make the meeting- I'm happy with the change of name, so +1 from Jo on OSGeo Advocate as a name for this new role
Jo On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com>wrote: > Minutes of this meeting are here: > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Meeting_2012-06-04#Minutes > > Consensus was that the role should be created as outlined [1], with a > change of title from "OSGeo Ambassador" to "OSGeo Advocate", as > "Ambassador" implies that the OSGeo board has assigned the role to someone > after a selection process (which is not the case for this volunteer role). > > Voting will remain open for the next 48 hours if people who couldn't make > the meeting wish to vote. > > +1 Cameron Shorter to accept the "OSGeo Advocate" role. > > [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Ambassador > > On 30/05/2012 6:59 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > > I've set up a meeting next week to discuss then finalise the setting of an > OSGeo Ambassador role. Hope to see many of you at the meeting, or if you > can't make it, please share your thoughts (and vote?) on email before hand. > > Location: irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo > Time: > > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2012&month=6&day=4&hour=20&min=30&sec=0&p1=264&p2=240&p3=215&p4=179&p5=224 > > Location Local time > > Wellington <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=264> (New > Zealand) Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 8:30:00 AM > > Sydney <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=240> (Australia > - New South Wales) Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 6:30:00 AM > > Rome <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=215> (Italy) Monday, > 4 June 2012 at 10:30:00 PM > > New York <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=179> (U.S.A. > - New York) Monday, 4 June 2012 at 4:30:00 PM > > San Francisco <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=224> > (U.S.A. > - California) Monday, 4 June 2012 at 1:30:00 PM > > > The current proposal is here: > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Ambassador > > This topic has been discussed by many of you on discuss, marketing and > board email lists. Here is a summary of comments, along with my suggestions: > > 1. There has emerged to be two roles which people have been categorising > under the title of "OSGeo Ambassador" > a. Someone knowledgeable in OSGeo, who can speak at conferences and the > like. This is what we are focusing on for this definition of the role. > b. Someone who can negotiate MOU and similar on behalf of the OSGeo board. > This is proposed to be treated separately, with the OSGeo Board delegated > to someone they see fit to do the job, on a case-by-case basis. > > 2. There has been concern (from FrankW?) about defining a role which is > exclusive and prevents people from just stepping up an volunteering. This > is addressed by letting anyone who believes they have OSGeo experience and > thinks them self worthy can step forward and volunteer. > > 3. There has been concern (from Arnulf?) that our categorisation is too > complicated. (We are proposing Board Members, Charter Members, Voted > Positions, Community Members). I believe that we do need some way to define > OSGeo experience, because that is one of the key criteria that conference > organisors look for when selecting speakers and key notes. We can > potentially de-emphasise the categorisation by moving it into the > "Description" field rather than making a heading out of it. > > > -- > Cameron Shorter > Geospatial Solutions Manager > Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 > Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 > > Think Globally, Fix Locally > Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open > Sourcehttp://www.lisasoft.com > > > > -- > Cameron Shorter > Geospatial Solutions Manager > Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 > Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 > > Think Globally, Fix Locally > Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open > Sourcehttp://www.lisasoft.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Marketing mailing list > market...@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing > > -- ***Jo Cook* Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7RL, UK t:+44 750 095 8167 iShare - Data integration and publishing platform<http://www.isharemaps.com/> ***************************************** Company registration no. 5410695. Registered in England and Wales. Registered office: 120 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LN VAT no. 864201149.
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