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Subject:    Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Marketing meeting to finalise definition of an OSGeo Ambassador role
From:       Puneet Kishor <punk.kish () gmail ! com>
Date:       2012-06-07 17:13:12
Message-ID: D9F8AF3BC7324CCBB32CDE5482E7CC57 () gmail ! com
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I like the phrase "OSGeo Advocate."


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Puneet Kishor


On Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Cameron Shorter 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 \
> > 12&month=6&day=4&hour &min0&sec=0&p1&4&p2$0&p3!5&p49&p5"4 
> > Location
> > Local time
> > 
> > 
> > Wellington (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n&4) (New Zealand)
> > Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 8:30:00 AM
> > 
> > 
> > Sydney (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n$0) (Australia - New \
> > South Wales) Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 6:30:00 AM
> > 
> > 
> > Rome (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n!5) (Italy)
> > Monday, 4 June 2012 at 10:30:00 PM
> > 
> > 
> > New York (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n9) (U.S.A. - New \
> > York) Monday, 4 June 2012 at 4:30:00 PM
> > 
> > 
> > San Francisco (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n"4) (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 Source http://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 Source http://www.lisasoft.com \
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