[Board] OSGeo Contact

[Frank Warmerdam]

Paolo,

The google voice phone number can be called from anywhere
international phone numbers can be called.

I believe the google voice service is only offered for US numbers
currently to those believed to be US residents.

Best regards,
Frank



On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
> Is the service available outside NA?
>
> Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> ha scritto:
>>
>> Cameron,
>>
>> I would note that in the past we mostly just gave Tyler's number for
>> contacts, and after that I believe Arnulf put his personal number in a
>> variety of contact places.  I think a google voice account as a voice
>> mail service is good, and provides a reasonably reliable end point for
>> communication that requires minimal changes as our executive changes.
>> On the other hand I don't imagine it will ever get *much* use.  It
>> just services as one aspect of being a professional, reachable
>> organization.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Frank
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Cameron Shorter
>> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> As we have been notified that our GoogleVoice phone number has not been
>>> used,
>>> I think we should question whether we need it.
>>> It seems that everyone wanting to contact us over the past ??? period has
>>> contacted us via one of our other methods (email, or directly phoning an
>>> individual).
>>>
>>> While I don't feel strongly about it, I'd suggest we should drop the use
>>> of
>>> the phone number, and reduce the amount of things we need to maintain.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/01/2013 7:00 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Board,
>>>>
>>>> Frank and I received a message from GoogleVoice that our virtual number
>>>> (801-896-7436) will be disconnected/reclaimed if we don't use it (either
>>>> by making a call or sending a text) by January 27th.   So, this spurred
>>>> some actions, and here are some notes:
>>>>
>>>> - this virtual number was setup by mgp (thanks!); email thread at
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Tyler-s-phone-number-is-still-on-some-literature-td4916198.html
>>>> - calls goto voicemail, with an OSGeo greeting, and the message is
>>>> transcribed to text and emailed to info(at)osgeo.org (and a link to the
>>>> audio message)
>>>> - tested this and it is working well
>>>> - logged into the GoogleVoice account and sent a text message to myself
>>>> (to avoid this disconnection)
>>>> - added a security number and email address to that GoogleVoice account
>>>> (in case we forget the account password); currently my phone/email is
>>>> listed but we can change that whenever needed
>>>> - updated the OSGeo contact info on the wiki (still pointed to Arnulf's
>>>> number) with my own number and this Google one:
>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Contact
>>>> -
>>>> reported this contact change to an existing OSGeo-Live ticket
>>>> (https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/999#comment:3)
>>>> - note that this GoogleVoice number can make free NA calls or text
>>>> messages (to make calls to other countries we'll need to add some credit
>>>> to the account; currently there is a zero balance)
>>>>
>>>> If anyone notices any old contact references please make the changes, or
>>>> let me know.
>>>>
>>>> -jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
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