Comments on: So, what is OSGeo becoming then? http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2008/11/28/so-what-is-osgeo-becoming-then/ Archaeology in a Digital World Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:26:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2008/11/28/so-what-is-osgeo-becoming-then/comment-page-1/#comment-50023 admin Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:27:31 +0000 http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/?p=267#comment-50023 Hi Tyler, Agreed- there do seem to be two different perspectives here, much like there are in open source software in general! As long as both "sides" respect that, it's fine... Jo Hi Tyler,

Agreed- there do seem to be two different perspectives here, much like there are in open source software in general! As long as both “sides” respect that, it’s fine…

Jo

]]> By: Tyler Mitchell http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2008/11/28/so-what-is-osgeo-becoming-then/comment-page-1/#comment-47938 Tyler Mitchell Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:05:05 +0000 http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/?p=267#comment-47938 Marketing tends to end up translating into support for local chapters who are on-the-ground. They are regularly asking for marketing material, so they can go and do the "sell job" to potential users. I'm finding that those who are actively involved with local chapters tend to have a different perspective on what they need from OSGeo, compared to what others from the larger network may believe. In the end, the hands and feet of thousands of local chapter members will spread the word better than any official committee can - the best we can hope for is to support them with good marketing material. Getting those chapters to talk to one another and share success stories would be really helpful - fortunately that's already been the purpose of the <a href="http://osgeo.org/tyler" rel="nofollow">OSGeo Journal</a>! Marketing tends to end up translating into support for local chapters who are on-the-ground. They are regularly asking for marketing material, so they can go and do the “sell job” to potential users.

I’m finding that those who are actively involved with local chapters tend to have a different perspective on what they need from OSGeo, compared to what others from the larger network may believe.

In the end, the hands and feet of thousands of local chapter members will spread the word better than any official committee can – the best we can hope for is to support them with good marketing material.

Getting those chapters to talk to one another and share success stories would be really helpful – fortunately that’s already been the purpose of the OSGeo Journal!

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