<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Deb and Brock,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for including me in your kick-off call!<br><div><br></div><div>As most of my day job is represented by this list of activities, I would be happy to join you.  However this Thursday at 4pm eastern I will be doing a presentation on the State of Open Source in the Public Sector for the Oregon Association of Government IT Managers winter conference.  (I could use a single slide to include OSFA in my presentation - could you send me our most current?).</div><div><br></div><div>In support of OSFA marketing activities and objectives, I anticipate continuing to help with:</div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><ul dir="LTR"><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Generating mindshare in the public sector space around open source</font></span></p><ul dir="LTR"><ul dir="LTR"><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Speaking engagements at public sector events</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Public sector event participation</font></span></p></ul></ul></ul></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Next week if, if you'd like to push this out to the event calendar on the OSFA web site I'll be moderating a panel <font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">"</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(35, 32, 32); font-size: 9px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Breaking Down Stovepipes: Using Open Source Tools for Emergency Response Personnel"</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; ">at :</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>TCIP 2010 : Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness</div><div>February 2-4</div><div>Sponsored by: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; ">Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Defense (DoD)</span></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">Philadelphia Downtown Marriott</font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">event web site is: <a href="http://www.tcipexpo.com/">http://www.tcipexpo.com/</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">Cheers,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">Deb Bryant</font></div><div><div><div><span id="ctl00_lblEventTitle" class="Header1"></span><br><div><div>On Jan 26, 2010, at 7:43 AM, Deb Woods wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div> <div> <p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">When: Thursday, January 28, 2010 4:00 PM-5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Where: 1.866.469.3239 passcode 34155412</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Note: The GMT offset above does not reflect daylight saving time adjustments.</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">The Open Source for America (OSfA) organization has now grown to over 1200 members and continues to grow momentum. In order to continue to grow Open Source in the Public Sector, there is a tremendous amount of work to be done and this Marketing Committee is just the place to help get this work started. </font></span></p><div><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> </font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">This group is responsible for the following:</font></span></p> <ul dir="LTR"><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Membership growth</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Collateral to support the OSfA efforts </font></span></p> <ul dir="LTR"><ul dir="LTR"><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">White papers</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Case Studies</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Podcasts</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Presentation materials</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Blogs</font></span></p> </ul></ul><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Generating mindshare in the public sector space around open source</font></span></p> <ul dir="LTR"><ul dir="LTR"><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Contributed articles in publications that focus on public sector</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Speaking engagements at public sector events </font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Public sector event participation</font></span></p> </ul></ul><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Open Source for America Newsletter</font></span></p> </ul><div><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> </font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> </font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">As you can see there is a long list of activities for this group to get engaged on and the time is now to get started. Brock Edmiston and Deb Woods are the co-chairs for this committee and we would like to host the first call to kick of</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font color="#1F497D" face="Calibri">f</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> a busy 2010 year of activities.  Take a look at the list, feel free to email us with other ideas that would be of interest and let us know which activities you would like to work on. </font></span></p><div><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> </font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b></b></span><span lang="en-us"><b><font color="#365F91" size="4" face="Calibri">Please join us this Thursday (Jan 28) at 4pm ET (1.866.469.3239 passcode 34155412) as we kick off the new year with lots of exciting challenges.</font></b></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"> </span></p><div><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> </font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> </font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Kind Regards,</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Brock Edmiston</font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">Deb Woods   </font></span></p><div><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> </font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><span lang="en-us"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"> </font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> </div> <span><meeting.ics></span>_______________________________________________<br>marcomm-wg mailing list<br><a href="mailto:marcomm-wg@opensourceforamerica.org">marcomm-wg@opensourceforamerica.org</a><br>http://opensourceforamerica.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/marcomm-wg<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>