[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G MailChimp account

[Guido Stein]

+1 I like the ideas shared in this thread.

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 12:25 PM Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com> wrote:

> We don’t need separate lists, it is much easier to manage all of our
> FOSS4G contacts in one list. We can tag records as we load them with a
> region and/or we can add them to groups by allowing them to select their
> preferences and tick what regions they want to receive info about.
>
>
> ______
> Steven
>
> Unusual maps in strange places -  mappery.org
> @MapsintheWild <http://twitter.com/mapsinthewild>
>
> On 24 Jan 2019, at 15:58, Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:
>
> I agree this is a good idea.  I also echo Michael's comments and think
> that it is probably best to have separate lists for separate events (even
> if managed through the same MailChimp account).
>
> "tech" things that have regular bills are usually "owned" by SAC or at
> least SAC owns the paying the bill part.  We could ask SAC.  Managing the
> account seems like a conference committee duty, at least for the global
> FOSS4G.
>
> Best regards, Eli
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 7:14 AM michael terner <ternergeo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> +1
>>
>> I think this is a great idea. Of course, it'd also be great if some "best
>> practices" and how-to materials accompanied this transition (e.g., how to
>> create a new campaign, how to open access to individual conferences [e.g.,
>> there might be two conferences using the list concurrently], etc.). The
>> only downside I see is that the list could potentially erode due to opt
>> outs emanating from regional events hitting the whole list. For instance,
>> if I'm in the USA and I start getting lots of emails for European events, I
>> may choose to opt out, and then I'd be off the global list too. Or,
>> perhaps, a best practice would be to require/strongly suggest regional
>> filtering for regional events, i.e., in my European event example, they'd
>> filter to only mail to European countries.
>>
>> Just some thoughts that this is not necessarily as simple as it seems,
>> and we should think about the best practices and a smooth implementation.
>> Who/what committee from OSGeo might be considered to "own" this resource?
>>
>> My $.02...
>>
>> MT
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 7:43 AM Steven Feldman <shfeldman at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think this is a great idea both from ensuring continuity and
>>> sustainability for future FOSS4G’s and also from a GDPR standpoint (the
>>> group of GDPR volunteers have not forgotten that we need to get OSGeo to be
>>> full GDPR compliant!!)
>>> ______
>>> Steven
>>>
>>> Unusual maps in strange places -  mappery.org
>>> @MapsintheWild <http://twitter.com/mapsinthewild>
>>>
>>> On 24 Jan 2019, at 09:53, Vasile Craciunescu <vasile at geo-spatial.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>
>>> I hope my email finds you well. I will like to ask your opinion on a
>>> item that can be associated with the Conference Committee. At least since
>>> Boston, the various LOC of FOSS4G global are using MaiChimp [1] for
>>> communication with potential participants, register participants and the
>>> sponsors. The account is passed from one LOC to another without any formal
>>> agreement. There are more than 5000 contacts subscribed to this channel,
>>> all past participants at FOSS4G international or FOSS4G-NA. All agreed to
>>> be subscribed and receive communication from OSGeo/LOCs regarding FOSS4G
>>> topics. Compliance with GDPR [2] is also assured.
>>>
>>> My question to you if is not better to have OSGeo take over this account
>>> and provide access to FOSS4G LOC's. Why I'm saying this:
>>>
>>> 1. By having no formal way of handling this there is a chance to loose
>>> the account (lists, templates, campaigns reports, etc) in case of bad
>>> communication among the LOC's.
>>>
>>> 2. The account is not a big financial burden for the LOC (approx
>>> 77$/month) but at transition time some glitches can occur. E.g. last year,
>>> Mark paid for 1-2 months from his pocket because BLOC was slow to react and
>>> replace his card in the account settings. This can be avoid if OSGeo take
>>> care of the account.
>>>
>>> 3. The account can be also used by the important regional FOSS4G events
>>> like FOSS4G-NA and FOSS4G-Europe. There are mechanism to have separate
>>> campaigns and target the subscribes geographically.
>>>
>>> Of course, no LOC can be forced to use MailChimp for communication
>>> purposes. Is just an idea, in the context os OSGeo budget discussion, to
>>> make things easy for the future LOCs. What do you think?
>>>
>>> -Vasile
>>>
>>> [1] https://mailchimp.com
>>> [2] https://eugdpr.org
>>>
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