[Foss4g2009] RE: Organising committee more effective at email blasts than Tour Hosts?

[FOSS4G OC - Tour Hosts]

Dear Cameron,  

As you have outlined below your methods of distributing information to
community leaders, and subsequently on to their respective communities,
is extremely effective and we commend you on this process. 

As we have previously discussed and agreed to in our committee meetings
this is clearly the most efficient method to communicate to potential
delegates and ultimately boost delegate interest and delegate numbers. 

Given this, we also agree that we should continue with the arrangement
of eBlasts being the organising committee's responsibility so that we
can continue to draw on these strong ties and ensure the best outcome
for the conference. 

Julia

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 12 March 2009 09:47
> To: Julia Vernon; Nicole Hosford; foss4g2009
> Subject: Organising committee more effective at email blasts than Tour
> Hosts?
> 
> Tour Hosts,
> I'm questioning whether Tour Hosts can be as effective as the
Organising
> Committee at email blasts.
> 
> The OC has compiled a viral email list of community leaders, who have
> been effective at translating our last press release and emailing the
> release to their respective communities, with a personal introduction.
> 
> It would be hard for Tour Hosts as an external organisation to be able
> to tap into such strong and effective community good will.
> 
> On top of that, the OC has been writing all press releases/eblasts
sent
> out to date, and I think we should continue to do this.
> 
> This doesn't reflect poorly on Tour Hosts, but rather is an indication
> of the strong community links and good will that FOSS4G has acquired
> over the years.
> 
> So unless I'm missing something, I suggest that eblasts be removed
from
> Tour Host's responsibilities and removed from the budget.
> 
> --
> Cameron Shorter
> Geospatial Systems Architect
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