Dear all, Thanks for the invite and effort preparing it. I will certainly try to fill it out to my best of abilities. But I feel it lacks an objective frame work to sift, group, choose, prioritise and execute the results of the questionnaire. The present leap from vision/mission to objectives is often a bit too big for me (I miss a storyline); explicit transparent strategy formulation should make the questionaire easier :-).
Unfortunately there are too many implicit assumptions when it comes to our intended strategy. We already do many things (events, projects, products, partnering, other initiatives) for many stakeholders. But which add more value to these than others (having a volunteer does not make something worthwhile doing)? What do stakeholders expect from OSGeo (did we ever ask)? Which initiatives are more instrumental to fullfil our mission than others (not necessarily the number of mentions in the questionaire...)? Which initoatives deserve more attention than others (eg those fullfilling more objectives at the same time)? If none of us is interested in executing a certain activity/task, it does not mean that this activity is not crucial to our existence..... I have done some quick thinking and writing on how general strategic principles would apply to OSGeo, where the Board's objectives fit in and what possible avenues we have to meet them. So I share this with the list via this link: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Marketing_Committee For those who take the time to read, hopefully my thought process can help with filling in the questionaire and deciding what we are going to do and monitoring the results! (For those who do not know me; I have a multi-decade track record in strategy, business development and marketing with most types of organzations. Good software has an architecture, good strategy does too ;-) Please, do not consider this as a critique or an alternative to vision/mission/objectives and related questionaire, but rather as a means to fill essential gaps. Ones to fill in order to optimise our added value as an organisation. Happy reading. Cheers, Marc Vloemans 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 2016-04-12 18:41 GMT+02:00 Massimiliano Cannata < massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch>: > Dear OSGeo Community member, > during the Face to Face board meeting held in February in Eide (Holland) a > new 2026 OSGeo strategy has been formulated. We are now in a phase of > community engagement to define the tactics to be implemented in the 2016 so > that we can advance toward our goals. > > For this reason, the board kindly ask you to participate in the survey by > filling (as many time as your ideas are) the form at this url: > http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB [1] > > Details on the process and on the strategy are available at > http://www.slideshare.net/cannata/osgeo-2026-strategy [2] and are > described in the preamble of the survey. > > > In the name of the Board of Directors, > Thanks and Best regards, > Maxi > > > [1] http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB > > [2] http://www.slideshare.net/cannata/osgeo-2026-strategy > > -- > *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 > > Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 > > massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch > > *www.supsi.ch/ist <http://www.supsi.ch/ist>* > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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