[Board] Proposal to remove contact form

[Anne Ghisla]

On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 21:46:11 +0000
Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepicky at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 for keeping info at osgeo alias, +1 for removing the contact form and
> adding information, which would forward readers to propper mailing
> list

+1 from me. I hope it reduces the amount of emails sent to info; at
least, senders will know where to get a (faster) response.

Anne

> yes, I'm getting all those info@ mails as well, just keeping an eye on
> those, regarding contribution agreements and yes - having 3 people
> behind the alias is reallly no good idea, to deal with all those
> technical questions
> 
> J
> 
> Fri Feb 13 2015 at 20:40:03 odesílatel Frank Warmerdam
> <warmerdam at pobox.com> napsal:
> 
> > Folks,
> >
> > The info at osgeo.org is an alias, and we can add additional people.
> >
> > For what it's worth, I object to Jeff's claim to answer 99% of
> > these.  I'm on the alias an respond to substantially more than 1%.
> > Also Jachym gets most signed contribution agreements through that
> > alias.
> >
> > I think it is important to keep the info@ alias working as an email
> > contact point.  Of course it would be nice to have material
> > pointing to more appropriate contact points on the contact form (or
> > other places we list this email address).
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Frank
> > OSGeo Emeritus
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Michael Smith <
> > michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I absolutely +1 with you not having the to respond to these
> >> emails. I'm unsure if removing the contact form is what we want.
> >> Perhaps we create a mailing list that the contact form submits to?
> >> Then it can be responded to by anyone?
> >>
> >> But its not something that is the president's (or any one
> >> person's) job.
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >> Michael Smith
> >>
> >> OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
> >> treasurer at osgeo.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2/13/15, 1:44 PM, "Jeff McKenna" <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hi Board,
> >> >
> >> >I'm not sure if everyone realizes this, but we/OSGeo get daily
> >> >emails through the contact form at http://www.osgeo.org/contact
> >> >(which are sent to info@)
> >> >
> >> >99% of these are technical questions or those not willing to join
> >> >a mailing list to get the answer they need, which means someone
> >> >(99.99999% of the time me) must respond and point to a mailing
> >> >list.
> >> >
> >> >I would like to remove this contact form, and replace it will
> >> >links to appropriate mailing lists/contacts.
> >> >
> >> >Would anyone object to this, or, does anyone have better ideas in
> >> >how to handle this? (by the way, we've tried before to add more
> >> >people to info@ emails, but in the end it is always me who
> >> >replies, so this option is a no-go/fail)
> >> >
> >> >Thanks all,
> >> >
> >> >-jeff

Anne
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