[Marketing] OSGeo Sign-on/Website initiative email for project officers

[Scott McHale]

Thanks for the feedback, Jorge.

 

That’s a great point. I think I’m okay leaving it casual for the initial outreach to just the 20 or so officers since the responses are qualitative, but it might be a good idea to state that we’ll prepare something more formal such as a survey if we decide to extend the outreach to the stakeholders in their orbits.

 

I’m also open to being convinced that a survey makes the most sense even immediately.

 

Thanks, again,

Scott.

 

 

From: Marketing <marketing-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of Jorge Sanz via Marketing
Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2024 2:14 AM
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Thanks for leading this Scott, I see the questions appropriate and fit for a first contact. 

 

Not sure how you want to gather all this feedback and how much work will it mean for you. Have you considered making a survey to collect that feedback in an organized fashion? OSGeo hosts a survey server[1] we could maybe[2] use for this. Of coures totally up to you, just sharing here FYI. Since this is quite informal, maybe you find other forms procedure (Google or TypeForm for example?) more self-service and less cumbersome.

 

Cheers!!

 

[1]: https://limesurvey.osgeo.org/

[2]: I'm not totally sure how easy would be to set up because LimeSurvey has been only used so far for OSGeo Elections, so we would need to contact our System Admins Committee for assistance.

 

On 2024-04-03 19:14, Scott McHale via Marketing wrote:

Folks,

 

In advance of the meeting on Friday, I wanted to provide you my draft of the initial email out to the project officers to begin gathering views on any potential website efforts. It is, admittedly, starting very small and casual so as to encourage as broad a response as possible. We can discuss at the meeting or please feel free to respond here with any suggestions you might have.


Thanks,

Scott.

 

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Hello,

 

I’m Scott McHale. I host the small, informal, OSGeo Alberta Chapter each month here in Alberta, Canada. I am reaching out to you as a project officer to ask your perspective on a potential initiative within OSGeo.

 

I have a goal of having as many of my meetup members as possible become OSGeo members and get their OSGeo Sign-on ID. Not being particularly technical, myself, I found that process to be a bit disorienting when I did it and am interested in finding ways to make it less so for other potential members. In speaking with the Marketing Committee on that subject, discussion suggested perhaps there would also be value in a further effort to create a more welcoming pathway on the website for less technical people, like me.

 

OSGeo is very diverse with many projects, geographies, and areas of responsibility and the first step to understanding the potential value of any initiative would be understanding as many of the perspectives as possible. I have some detailed questions about measuring success and mapping of our potential user base, but I would like to begin with a few simple questions.

 

>From the perspective of your particular project, geography, or responsibility:

 

1.	What do you feel the OSGeo website needs to accomplish in terms of attracting users/members, delivering information or messaging, or anything else you feel is important?
2.	How do you assess whether the OSGeo website is accomplishing the things you need it to?
3.	How successful is the OSGeo website in accomplishing what you need it to?

 

Please feel free to provide feedback as formally or informally as you like. I will gather and summarize the responses to get a starting point on                       deciding whether to pursue an initiative more deeply. 

 

If you have any other information you’re eager to share – success measures, community feedback, any technical info you think is relevant – please feel free to share that as well for further context.

 

Thanks,

Scott.

 

 

 

Scott McHale 

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