[Board] OSGeo Website ( or UserID) initiative

[Scott McHale]

Angelos,

Yes, certainly. I've booked it in my calendar.

I look forward to chatting with you and the rest of the group.

Thanks
Scott.

-----Original Message-----
From: Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com> 
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2024 4:40 AM
To: Scott McHale <scott.mchale at shaw.ca>; board at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Board] OSGeo Website ( or UserID) initiative

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/