[Board] OSGeo Website ( or UserID) initiative

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Dear Scott,

Thank you for reaching out.
Would you be available to join our next board meeting to discuss this topic?
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2024-03-26

Best regards,
Angelos

On 3/1/24 20:30, Scott McHale via Board wrote:
> Hello,
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> I organize and host the monthly meetup for our OSGeo Alberta Chapter. I
> recently approached Jody Garnett and, on his suggestion, the Marketing
> Committee to talk about my hope for making the process and value of becoming
> an OSGeo member - specifically, getting the UserID - easier to understand
> and articulate. (I would like to see all our meetup.com membership become
> OSGeo members). Initial discussion suggested we might be better served to
> widen the focus to making the website generally more inviting to people who,
> like me, are not particularly technical and have only a general GIS
> understanding.
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> I don't know that a broader website initiative will ultimately be seen as
> enough of a value to prioritize but I'm willing and hoping to gather some of
> the necessary context to help us decide. Some of that context would include:
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> The business need: What do the various stakeholders need or want the website
> to accomplish for the organization?
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> The stakeholders (internal first, but also external): Who do we need to
> include in determining both the needs and the success, or not, in meeting
> those needs as it stands now?
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> The current state: What is the website set up to do? How well is that
> working or not? What are the constraints, assumptions, dependencies,
> requirements it is operating under currently?
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> In the immediate, I would look to the board for a sense of your interest or
> readiness to engage in such an initiative (or see other resources engage)
> and any input you can offer on these more specific questions, as well as any
> questions you feel should be asked but are not noted here:
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> *	What do we measure as an organization and what do we consider
> success?
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> *	Product installations, project contributions/contributors,
> membership, fundraising, other?
> *	Specifically related to the website: page visits, sign-ons, other?
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> *	On stakeholders, I'm assuming:
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> *	Internally: Board, Officers, and Project Officers. Others?
> *	Externally: (Former or prospective) Sponsors, other aligned
> organizations, (prospective) gov/academia/industry users and
> decision-makers, others?
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> *	Market information: existing industry/user profiles, personas, etc
> within our org.
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> I'm open to all thoughts and considerations specific to my points here or
> otherwise. I will gather up all the feedback I receive - in addition to that
> I've received already - and summarize it before sending it back out in the
> coming (likely 2) weeks.
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> Thanks,
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> Scott.
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> Scott McHale
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-- 
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/