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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>In advance of the meeting on Friday, I wanted to provide you my draft of the initial email out to the project officers to begin gathering views on any potential website efforts. It is, admittedly, starting very small and casual so as to encourage as broad a response as possible. We can discuss at the meeting or please feel free to respond here with any suggestions you might have.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><br>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Scott.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>*****************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I’m Scott McHale. I host the small, informal, OSGeo Alberta Chapter each month here in Alberta, Canada. I am reaching out to you as a project officer to ask your perspective on a potential initiative within OSGeo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I have a goal of having as many of my meetup members as possible become OSGeo members and get their OSGeo Sign-on ID. Not being particularly technical, myself, I found that process to be a bit disorienting when I did it and am interested in finding ways to make it less so for other potential members. In speaking with the Marketing Committee on that subject, discussion suggested perhaps there would also be value in a further effort to create a more welcoming pathway on the website for less technical people, like me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>OSGeo is very diverse with many projects, geographies, and areas of responsibility and the first step to understanding the potential value of any initiative would be understanding as many of the perspectives as possible. I have some detailed questions about measuring success and mapping of our potential user base, but I would like to begin with a few simple questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>From the perspective of your particular project, geography, or responsibility:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>What do you feel the OSGeo website needs to accomplish in terms of attracting users/members, delivering information or messaging, or anything else you feel is important?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>How do you assess whether the OSGeo website is accomplishing the things you need it to?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>How successful is the OSGeo website in accomplishing what you need it to?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Please feel free to provide feedback as formally or informally as you like. I will gather and summarize the responses to get a starting point on deciding whether to pursue an initiative more deeply. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>If you have any other information you’re eager to share – success measures, community feedback, any technical info you think is relevant – please feel free to share that as well for further context.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Scott.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Scott McHale </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>BA Champion.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>M</span></b><span lang=FR style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>403.970.7640</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmchale/">LinkedIn</a></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><b><span lang=FR style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://twitter.com/ScottMchale">Twitter</a></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>