[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G MailChimp account

Fri Jan 25 01:56:00 PST 2019

+1 to anything, what helps

J

čt 24. 1. 2019 v 22:22 odesílatel Amanda Taub <ataub.gis at gmail.com> napsal:

> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Vasile Crăciunescu
>>>>> geo-spatial.org: An elegant place for sharing geoKnowledge & geoData
>>>>> http://www.geo-spatial.org
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