[Foss4g2009] FOSS4G 2009 Website

[mapbutcher]

Janelle,

You may wish to forward this to Andrew at your end (unless you're feeling a
little bit geeky today? :) - but can you confirm what supports the contacts
database (i.e. what gets populated from the expression of interest form):

My understanding is that you use a third party service (cmail1) for this
which you(the wesite) submits a form post to and they compile the responses
into a database which you can access online  - i.e there is no server side
functions which you have written handling database transactions? I ask this
because if this is not the case it has an implication for moving the site
across to the OSGeo server

Cheers

Simon

2008/9/24 Janelle Driscoll <jdriscoll at tourhosts.com.au>

>  What TH creates is not a list, it is a database where we keep e-mail
> address of people who have said they are interested in the Conference and
> would like more information. We then send them marketing information as it
> becomes available. This is very important so that we can capture the contact
> details of potential delegates and let them know what is going on in the
> Conference.
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> Janelle
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> +1 on keeping the number of lists to a minimum and using the private list
> if required
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> Simon
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> 2008/9/23 Tim Bowden <tim.bowden at westnet.com.au>
>
> Ah, I see you're after an "announcements" list?  +0 on that.  What do
> others think?  I'm just as happy using this list.  Given we will be
> advertising notable milestones to many existing lists, I'm not convinced
> of the value of another.  We already have a massive list vortex
> (http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo).
>
> Note: Everything on this list is already public, and subscription is
> open and un-moderated.  It is a self selecting list so to speak.  The
> archives are indexed at least daily by Google.  We tend to prefer to
> have as much as possible out in the open, warts and all.  That's very
> different to how most organisations work, and can be a bit of a culture
> shock for those who aren't used to it.  If anything really is sensitive,
> then the private list should be used.  By default, almost everything
> should be suitable for the public list.  It's never been a problem in
> the past.  My feeling is it adds more value than it takes.
>
> Regards,
> Tim Bowden
>
>
> On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 17:11 +1000, Janelle Driscoll wrote:
> > I thought that this list was only for people who were helping organise
> > the conference. Do we want people who are not helping organise the
> > Conference be in discussion or getting information about the organising
> > of the Conference? Do they need to know who we are going to invite to
> > speak at the Conference(for example) then that person says no (for some
> > reason) and then everyone knows that we have to then invite someone else
> > (who may not be as good). If the main organisation of the Conference is
> > going to take place over this e-mail address I really don't think
> > deletes who only wish to attend the Conference should be on it.
> >
> > Wouldn't we be better off setting up a FOSS4G 2009 mailing list then
> > people who are not organising the conference can get marketing
> > information such as Call for workshop proposals now open?
> >
> > Janelle
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim Bowden [mailto:tim.bowden at westnet.com.au]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 23 September 2008 4:57 PM
> > To: Janelle Driscoll
> > Cc: FOSS4G2009 - general; Denisa Adamova
> > Subject: RE: [Foss4g2009] FOSS4G 2009 Website
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 16:22 +1000, Janelle Driscoll wrote:
> > > 3-F)
> > > We need to 'advertise' the public mailing list
> > > and wiki somewhere on the website. I'd suggest
> > > that the Contacts page be expanded to be similar
> > > to what was used for 2007:
> > > http://www.foss4g2007.org/contacts/
> > > including adding the 'Wiki and Mailing Lists'
> > > section. Note that we have to decide now what
> > > IRC channel will be used for FOSS4G2009, IF
> > > we are going to list it on that page (Jeff
> > > wanted to defer discussion of what IRC
> > > channels are to be used for FOSS4G conferences
> > > until after the 2008 conference).
> > >
> > > Tour Hosts dose not that the information about the public mailing
> > list.
> > > Can you please send the address and how people can subscribe? Also I
> > > deleted the e-mails about the Twitter can someone people resend me the
> > > link and I will get it added to the FOSS4G website.
> >
> > Public email list (this list):
> > FOSS4G2009-public <foss4g2009 at lists.osgeo.org>
> > List subscription page:
> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2009
> > List archives: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g2009/
> > Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/foss4g2009
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tim Bowden
> >
> > >
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