<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi All,</div><div><br></div><div>I'm going to bite...</div><div><br></div><div>Why would you want the mental burden of having to maintain a second email list for OSGeo:UK? It's not like the existing one is particularly high traffic, so why dilute it even further? <br></div><div><br></div><div>All the best</div><div><br></div><div>Jo<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 2:54 PM Nick Bearman via UK <<a href="mailto:uk@lists.osgeo.org">uk@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p>Thanks Steven - this looks good. <br>
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    <p>How important do you think segmentation is? I think it could be
      useful going forward if we want to be a bit more strategic - e.g.
      sending different emails to people interested in different venues
      - but not sure if we want to get that complex!</p>
    <p>Only other thing that comes to mind is GDPR compliance - I assume
      they all are, but it is something we should check before signing
      up. <br>
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    <p>Any comments from anyone else?</p>
    <p>Best wishes,<br>
      Nick.<br>
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    <div>On 20/09/2023 3:28 pm, Steven Feldman
      wrote:<br>
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      While we were preparing for FOSS4GUK we talked about the
      possibility of building a mailing list to send infrequent
      newsletters to people who attended our events but might not want
      to follow this list. This would help us market to potential
      attendees and sponsors.
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      <div>I undertook to review the free tiers of several of the
        commercial services. I did not consider any self hosted
        solutions as I don’t have the skills to stand something like
        that up, but if anyone is willing to do that feel free to put
        your hand up!</div>
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      <div>Here are the best options that I found:</div>
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          <li>Zoho is free for up to 2k contacts and 6k emails per month
            but has no segmentation <a href="https://www.zoho.com/campaigns/pricing.html?src=dd" target="_blank">https://www.zoho.com/campaigns/pricing.html?src=dd</a></li>
          <li>Brevo (formerly Send in Blue) offers unlimited contacts
            but only 300 emails per day (so would require batching
            somehow) and includes segmentation <a href="https://www.brevo.com/pricing/marketing-platform/see-all-features/" target="_blank">https://www.brevo.com/pricing/marketing-platform/see-all-features/</a></li>
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          <li>Sender looks good 2,500 free contacts and 15,000 sends per
            month, includes segmentation. They also offer a PAYG model
            where we pay £4.68/1000 emails if we need the advanced
            features but only a few times per year <a href="https://www.sender.net/pricing/" target="_blank">https://www.sender.net/pricing/</a></li>
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