[Wylug-announce] Marketing Initiative for Open Source Practitioners

[Mike Goodman]

Hi, Folks,

The next meeting of the new, as yet unnamed, organisation will take 
place on Monday 23rd February, 7.30 p.m., at nti, Leeds Metropolitan 
University, Old Broadcasting House, 148 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9EN. 
For directions, map and instructions to get there, visit 
http://www.ntileeds.co.uk/find-us/

Whilst there, it may be worth clicking on the link labelled os4b on the 
left of the page to see how their initiatives overlap with and 
complement ours, offering scope for collaboration and information sharing.

David Carpenter kindly took notes at the last meeting. These are 
available on a Google Docs posting - please contact either David or me 
for a link.

At the meeting on 23rd Feb we will have just about an hour to conduct 
our business. We must be out of the building by 8.45 p.m. I suggest an 
introduction for newcomers after which we focus upon choosing a name and 
establishing a steering committee to get the thing rolling properly.

The newly elected members of steering committee will organise its first 
meeting, register a domain, set up appropriate site, lists, etc, 
register the body with appropriate authorities and make a start on 
mapping the way forward. For anyone not familiar with the discussions to 
date, the objective is to establish the Open Source brand among targeted 
market groups and/or niches using a trade association sort of structure 
and to produce marketing materials for use of members. Members will be 
business owners and sole traders working in the private sector earning 
their living from Open Source. Members may have customers in any sector.

Looking forward to seeing you on 23rd Feb,

Mike Goodman