[Board] Brief update

[Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas]

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El 26/05/10 16:48, Daniel Morissette escribió:
> 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.
> 

and other +1 to Daniel

:-)

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Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas
Ingeniero en Geodesia y Cartografía
http://es.osgeo.org
http://jorgesanz.net
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