[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G MailChimp account
Cameron Shorter
cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Fri Jan 25 11:28:08 PST 2019
+1 Great idea for reasons already mentioned.
On 25/1/19 8:56 pm, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
> +1 to anything, what helps
>
> J
>
> čt 24. 1. 2019 v 22:22 odesílatel Amanda Taub <ataub.gis at gmail.com
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto:ternergeo at gmail.com>
>
> Best,
>
> Msilikale
>
>> On 24 Jan 2019, at 2:49 PM, Guido Stein <guido at guidostein.com
>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>> <http://mappery.org/>
>> @MapsintheWild <http://twitter.com/mapsinthewild>
>>
>>> On 24 Jan 2019, at 15:58, Eli Adam
>>> <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us <mailto: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 <mailto: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 $.02...
>>>
>>> MT
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 7:43 AM Steven Feldman
>>> <shfeldman at gmail.com <mailto:shfeldman at gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think this is a great idea both from ensuring
>>> continuity and sustainability for future
>>> FOSS4G’s and also from a GDPR standpoint (the
>>> group of GDPR volunteers have not forgotten that
>>> we need to get OSGeo to be full GDPR compliant!!)
>>> ______
>>> Steven
>>>
>>> Unusual maps in strange places - mappery.org
>>> <http://mappery.org/>
>>> @MapsintheWild <http://twitter.com/mapsinthewild>
>>>
>>>> On 24 Jan 2019, at 09:53, Vasile Craciunescu
>>>> <vasile at geo-spatial.org
>>>> <mailto:vasile at geo-spatial.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>>
>>>> I hope my email finds you well. I will like to
>>>> ask your opinion on a item that can be
>>>> associated with the Conference Committee. At
>>>> least since Boston, the various LOC of FOSS4G
>>>> global are using MaiChimp [1] for communication
>>>> with potential participants, register
>>>> participants and the sponsors. The account is
>>>> passed from one LOC to another without any
>>>> formal agreement. There are more than 5000
>>>> contacts subscribed to this channel, all past
>>>> participants at FOSS4G international or
>>>> FOSS4G-NA. All agreed to be subscribed and
>>>> receive communication from OSGeo/LOCs regarding
>>>> FOSS4G topics. Compliance with GDPR [2] is also
>>>> assured.
>>>>
>>>> My question to you if is not better to have
>>>> OSGeo take over this account and provide access
>>>> to FOSS4G LOC's. Why I'm saying this:
>>>>
>>>> 1. By having no formal way of handling this
>>>> there is a chance to loose the account (lists,
>>>> templates, campaigns reports, etc) in case of
>>>> bad communication among the LOC's.
>>>>
>>>> 2. The account is not a big financial burden
>>>> for the LOC (approx 77$/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 <https://mailchimp.com/>
>>>> [2] https://eugdpr.org <https://eugdpr.org/>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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