Mark has started an excellent SWOT analysis of OSGeo, laying a
foundation for a practical, implementable vision for OSGeo. I suggest
everyone grad a coffee and take the time to read and then comment:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Marketing_Committee
Mark, thank you for the deep thought you have obviously put into this.
I'm excited to hear feedback from others, and ideas on how to refine
your ideas and put them into practice.
Warm regards, Cameron
On 15/04/2016 2:04 am, Marc VLOEMANS wrote:
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
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2016-04-12 18:41 GMT+02:00 Massimiliano Cannata
<massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch <mailto: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
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