[Board] Brief update

[Yves Jacolin]

hello,

Le mercredi 26 mai 2010 16:48:12, Daniel Morissette a écrit :
> Tyler Mitchell wrote:
> > - Membership management - after I get the above done, I'm going to take
> > another look back at setting up a few more ways of helping members
> > self-identify as members. This is becoming more important as we try to
> > track the growth in the OSGeo community over time, etc. When asked how
> > many members we have, how do you answer? Just mention the <100 voting
> > members? Doesn't sound nearly as impressive as it can :)
> >
> > I'm looking at simply using Drupal user profiles so people can register,
> > check some boxes and be done. I will also add in some features so they
> > can identify which projects they use or work on, where they live, etc.
> > so we can all get to know each other better. This will create a truly
> > interesting database in a similar vein as the service providers
> > directory.
>
> Please also try to provide a way to integrate local chapters into that.
> Local chapter members are often disconnected from the international
> OSGoe and don't feel they belong in the global OSGeo member list, but we
> all know they do. So if there was a way local chapters could have a
> portal in this membership system, you could try to encourage the local
> chapters to manage their members, or feed them into this system... and
> then get an even bigger picture of OSGeo membership around the world.
+1 Daniel!

Regards,

Y.
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