[Board] Brief update

[Jacolin]

Le mercredi 26 mai 2010 19:21:17, Daniel Morissette a écrit :
> Tyler Mitchell wrote:
> > Definitely part of my hopes too!  Trying to enumerate local chapter
> > membership is part of the plan.  So, for example, users can identify
> > which local chapters they are part of, then we can pull together some
> > really fun stats.  Thanks for confirming my hunch that chapters would
> > benefit :)
> 
> Actually, what I suggested (and I think Yves and Jorge are in support
> of) was a bit more than that... it's not just about adding choice of
> local chapters to the form, it's about making several entry points (i.e.
> forms) into the system that make the visitor feel at home, as if they
> were in a site managed by their local chapter. Technically it's the
> same, just an extra set of field(s) in the same database, but for the
> visitor it has to feel like it's a local portal.
> 
> You have to realize that most non-English speakers from the local
> chapters won't go to a global OSGeo portal to register, even if you ask
> them to. They just don't feel like they belong there. OTOH, provide them
>   with a separate entry point that makes them feel at home, in their
> language and dedicated to their local chapter, and they will be much
> more likely to visit it and register.
> 
> Makes sense?
> 
> Daniel
> 
Right, like hosting local chapter website show a trong link between osgeo and 
LC ;)

I (OSGeo-fr) feel too much independant, which is good to do what I want but is 
bad to create a real community.

Regards,

Y.
-- 
Yves Jacolin