[Marketing] (Re) Introduction and proposed effort

[Jody Garnett]

 Hi Scott,

I was referring to my "improvements" to that page being temporary, what is
needed is a "rethink" and a fresh pair of eyes on the problem.

I have a lot of empathy for how that page was constructed, and you are wise
to view it as the start of a map.
--
Jody Garnett


On Feb 20, 2024 at 6:20:09 AM, Scott McHale <scott.mchale at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Thanks, Jody.
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> Yes, this is the page I find most disorienting, to be sure. Mapping all
> the roads to that page will also help in consolidating some of the value
> messaging, I would think.
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> I’m not certain whether your comment, “Improvements are not a "rethink"
> which is where I hope your strengths are directed :),” is suggesting your
> preference is for further improvements or a rethink, but my approach will
> be to get as full an understanding as possible of what we’re aiming to get
> out of it and how we are ( or are not ) getting that now, and then to help
> us generate some potential changes which we can decide upon and prioritize.
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> I hope that’s aligned with the rest of the group.
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> Thanks,
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> Scott.
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> *From:* Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, February 19, 2024 12:02 AM
> *To:* Scott McHale <scott.mchale at shaw.ca>
> *Cc:* marketing at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Marketing] (Re) Introduction and proposed effort
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> Thanks for joining us Scott, and welcome!
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> While Brian has shared the getting started page, you can see that it is
> serving many different target audience (new members, new service providers,
> and so on).
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> The actual new member sign up page is very much in need of help:
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> https://id.osgeo.org/ldap/create
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> While I was able to make some improvements in early January to workflow
> (order of things to do on the page now matches the order are they
> presented, the "mantra" is now explained as a short phrase, "enter mantra"
> and "continue" replaced the small "ॐ" button, etc...), ...  Improvements
> are not a "rethink" which is where I hope your strengths are directed :)
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> The page is still serving many competing needs with different levels of
> complexity and is not setup to welcome new users.
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> I very much look forward to your thoughts on this! (And I may just be
> having the assumption that this page was where you found trouble based on
> my recent experience trying to sign up new users).
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> --
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> Jody Garnett
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> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 5:04 PM Scott McHale via Marketing <
> marketing at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I just signed up for this list and was informed I’d signed up in the past,
> but I’ll re-introduce myself.
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> I’m Scott McHale and I organize and host the OSGeo Alberta Chapter meetup
> each month here in Calgary and online. I would like to offer whatever help
> I can in making interactions with our website and systems – particularly
> the UserID creation – simpler and more understandable for folks like me who
> are not particularly technical and for whom some of the interface and
> language feels a bit confusing.
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> I’ll admit I’m coming to this as a noob so, at the outset, I’m really just
> hoping to get impressions from others as to the value and interest in
> making changes in that regard as well as direction to any information I can
> take the time to consume myself to help me understand that system better
> before engaging others in the effort.
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> Any and all thoughts are greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks,
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> Scott.
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