<div dir="ltr">Janelle,<br><br>You may wish to forward this to Andrew at your end (unless you're feeling a little bit geeky today? :) - but can you confirm what supports the contacts database (i.e. what gets populated from the expression of interest form):<br>
<br>My understanding is that you use a third party service (cmail1) for this which you(the wesite) submits a form post to and they compile the responses into a database which you can access online - i.e there is no server side functions which you have written handling database transactions? I ask this because if this is not the case it has an implication for moving the site across to the OSGeo server<br>
<br>Cheers<br><br>Simon<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/9/24 Janelle Driscoll <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jdriscoll@tourhosts.com.au">jdriscoll@tourhosts.com.au</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">What TH creates is not a list, it is a
database where we keep e-mail address of people who have said they are interested
in the Conference and would like more information. We then send them marketing information
as it becomes available. This is very important so that we can capture the
contact details of potential delegates and let them know what is going on in
the Conference. </span></font></p>
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<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Janelle</span></font></p></font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">+1 on keeping the number
of lists to a minimum and using the private list if required<br>
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Simon</span></font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2008/9/23 Tim Bowden <<a href="mailto:tim.bowden@westnet.com.au" target="_blank">tim.bowden@westnet.com.au</a>></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ah, I see you're after an "announcements" list? +0 on
that. What do<br>
others think? I'm just as happy using this list. Given we will be<br>
advertising notable milestones to many existing lists, I'm not convinced<br>
of the value of another. We already have a massive list vortex<br>
(<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo</a>).<br>
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Note: Everything on this list is already public, and subscription is<br>
open and un-moderated. It is a self selecting list so to speak. The<br>
archives are indexed at least daily by Google. We tend to prefer to<br>
have as much as possible out in the open, warts and all. That's very<br>
different to how most organisations work, and can be a bit of a culture<br>
shock for those who aren't used to it. If anything really is sensitive,<br>
then the private list should be used. By default, almost everything<br>
should be suitable for the public list. It's never been a problem in<br>
the past. My feeling is it adds more value than it takes.<br>
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Regards,<br>
<font color="#888888"><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">Tim Bowden</span></font></span></font></p>
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On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 17:11 +1000, Janelle Driscoll
wrote:<br>
> I thought that this list was only for people who were helping organise<br>
> the conference. Do we want people who are not helping organise the<br>
> Conference be in discussion or getting information about the organising<br>
> of the Conference? Do they need to know who we are going to invite to<br>
> speak at the Conference(for example) then that person says no (for some<br>
> reason) and then everyone knows that we have to then invite someone else<br>
> (who may not be as good). If the main organisation of the Conference is<br>
> going to take place over this e-mail address I really don't think<br>
> deletes who only wish to attend the Conference should be on it.<br>
><br>
> Wouldn't we be better off setting up a FOSS4G
2009 mailing list then<br>
> people who are not organising the conference can get marketing<br>
> information such as Call for workshop proposals now open?<br>
><br>
> Janelle<br>
><br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: Tim Bowden [mailto:<a href="mailto:tim.bowden@westnet.com.au" target="_blank">tim.bowden@westnet.com.au</a>]<br>
> Sent: Tuesday, 23 September 2008 4:57 PM<br>
> To: Janelle Driscoll<br>
> Cc: FOSS4G2009 - general; Denisa Adamova<br>
> Subject: RE: [Foss4g2009] FOSS4G 2009
Website<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 16:22 +1000, Janelle
Driscoll wrote:<br>
> > 3-F)<br>
> > We need to 'advertise' the public mailing list<br>
> > and wiki somewhere on the website. I'd suggest<br>
> > that the Contacts page be expanded to be similar<br>
> > to what was used for 2007:<br>
> > <a href="http://www.foss4g2007.org/contacts/" target="_blank">http://www.foss4g2007.org/contacts/</a><br>
> > including adding the 'Wiki and Mailing Lists'<br>
> > section. Note that we have to decide now what<br>
> > IRC channel will be used for FOSS4G2009, IF<br>
> > we are going to list it on that page (Jeff<br>
> > wanted to defer discussion of what IRC<br>
> > channels are to be used for FOSS4G conferences<br>
> > until after the 2008 conference).<br>
> ><br>
> > Tour Hosts dose not that the information about the public mailing<br>
> list.<br>
> > Can you please send the address and how people can subscribe? Also I<br>
> > deleted the e-mails about the Twitter can someone people resend me
the<br>
> > link and I will get it added to the FOSS4G website.<br>
><br>
> Public email list (this list):<br>
> FOSS4G2009-public <<a href="mailto:foss4g2009@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">foss4g2009@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>
> List subscription page:<br>
> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2009" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2009</a><br>
> List archives: <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g2009/" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g2009/</a><br>
> Twitter feed: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/foss4g2009" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/foss4g2009</a><br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Tim Bowden<br>
><br>
> ><br>
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