US SotM Telecon 4 Aug 2010

Attendees: Carl Anderson, Thea Clay, Rich Welty, Steven Johnson

Registrants so far: 47, as of call time

Sponsors:

Paid Sponsors:  

• Stamen Design
• US Census Bureau
• Mapquest/AOL

Committed, but have not yet paid:

• Traverse
• FortiusOne
• Ga Tech Authority
• North River Geographic
• #geoglobaldomination
• Thea!
• Cloudmade (pending)
• ESRI (pending)

Communications/Logistics:

• Going to order sign w/ sponsor’s names
• Going to forgo projector in second room - cost exceeds need, mostly BoF session, only one presentation. Could shuffle room?
• No sponsor for cocktail hour - need to find friendly local venue
• May have to forgo breakfast due to lack of sponsorship/funds
• Working with Dave Carmean (dave2) to produce quality recordings of presentations

Conference bags:

• Schedule
• OSM Fast Facts
• Speaker Bio page
• OSM-based list of local events, important phone numbers
• OSM US Bags
• FortiusOne swag
• US Census swag
• Traverse Swag?

Super Secret Map surprise:

Intended to recognize for US community and those who have gone above and beyond the call of duty in establishing US OSM.

Action Items:

• Get sponsors to send in payment - All
• Get logos from sponsors - All

• Create ‘local attractions’ flyer - Carl/Lisa
• Finalize contracts by Friday - Thea, with help from OSM Board
• Note time change for next week’s call: 12 Aug, 7:30PM EDT