[OSGeo-Conf] Mailchimp

[Steven Feldman]

Just pause the account and then the billing will stop. Then we can decide what we want to do rather than making rushed decisions

Regards
Steven


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> On 16 May 2020, at 10:36, María Arias de Reyna <delawen at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> How many contacts do we have?
> 
> Slightly above 8300 contacts right now. Once we reach 10.000 it looks
> like the price goes up to 230€/month, if I understood it correctly.
> It's my first time with mailchimp so maybe I didn't get it right.
> 
> I understand the hesitancy on hosting our own version of marketing
> campaigns lists. But also depending on an external provider for this
> means that in a couple of years (when we reach 10.000, which we will
> sooner or later), we will have to take a bigger monthly cost. Or when
> mailchimp simply decides his vendor lock-in is good enough to raise
> prices.
> 
> I don't think Calgary should pay for this either, as they are not
> going to get any income. That would be totally unfair.