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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks for leading this Scott, I see
the questions appropriate and fit for a first contact. </div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Not sure how you want to gather all
this feedback and how much work will it mean for you. Have you
considered making a survey to collect that feedback in an
organized fashion? OSGeo hosts a survey server[1] we could
maybe[2] use for this. Of coures totally up to you, just sharing
here FYI. Since this is quite informal, maybe you find other forms
procedure (Google or TypeForm for example?) more self-service and
less cumbersome.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Cheers!!<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">[1]: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://limesurvey.osgeo.org/">https://limesurvey.osgeo.org/</a></div>
[2]: I'm not totally sure how easy would be to set up because
LimeSurvey has been only used so far for OSGeo Elections, so we
would need to contact our System Admins Committee for assistance.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2024-04-03 19:14, Scott McHale via
Marketing wrote:<br>
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<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
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"
lang="EN-US">Scott McHale </span></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"
lang="EN-US">BA Champion.</span></b><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"
lang="FR">M</span></b><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"
lang="FR"> </span><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"
lang="EN-US">403.970.7640</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="FR"><a
href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmchale/"
moz-do-not-send="true">LinkedIn</a></span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="FR"><a href="https://twitter.com/ScottMchale"
moz-do-not-send="true">Twitter</a></span></b><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-US"> </span><span
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lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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