[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G MailChimp account

Thu Jan 24 13:22:05 PST 2019

I assist in running the Mailchimp account for Washington URISA. It is very
possible to have separate email lists for different regions and for OSGeo
overall. It is easy enough to setup these lists and create an opt-in page.

Amanda

Amanda H.S. Taub, GISP
Central Washington GIS User Group  (CWGIS) Organizer
Washington URISA (WAURISA) Marketing Volunteer
Marketing Lead for 2019 Washington GIS Conference
URISA Marketing Committee Volunteer
URISA Social Media Work Group Chair
FOSS4G 2020 Calgary Local Organizing Committee Member
<http://www.urisa.org/index.php>
<http://www.urisa.org/about-us/urisa-s-giscorps/>

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:53 AM Msilikale Msilanga <
msilikalemsilanga at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1
>
> It is a good idea especially that African community who did not have any
> information regarding OSGeo before are now following up updates on FOSS4G
> conferences. It is only because of that now many African community want to
> participate into the FOSS4G conferences.
>
> I also agree with Michael Terner <ternergeo at gmail.com>
>
> Best,
>
> Msilikale
>
> On 24 Jan 2019, at 2:49 PM, Guido Stein <guido at guidostein.com> wrote:
>
> +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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