[Marketing] Moving email list to https://discourse.osgeo.org

[Jorge Sanz]

Same here, +1 on moving to discourse.

Thanks for bringing it up again Jody.

Best
Jorge

On 2024-05-01 23:01, Scott McHale via Marketing wrote:
>
> Thanks, Jody.
>
> If my vote hasn’t yet been registered as a committee member – I 
> believe I was a community member when the motion was made – please 
> note me as a +1.
>
> Thanks, again.
>
> *From:*Marketing <marketing-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> *On Behalf Of 
> *Jody Garnett via Marketing
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 1, 2024 1:28 PM
> *To:* OSGeo Marketing <marketing at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* [Marketing] Moving email list to https://discourse.osgeo.org
>
> Dear marketting committee,
>
> I made a motion last month to move the marketting at lists.osgeo.org 
> <mailto:marketting at lists.osgeo.org> email list to discourse.osgeo.org 
> <http://discourse.osgeo.org>. The motion did not pass, but it did not 
> fail either. Instead it did not get sufficient response :)
>
> For those who did not respond how can we help? The other topics 
> (accepting new members) got sufficient response so it is not a case of 
> being too busy...
>
> My own hopes/goals for making this motion are to reflect the casual / 
> outreach nature of the marketing committee.
>
> We have an outreach mandate that involves being available to event 
> organizers, foss4g service providers, and so on .. so this should be a 
> good change?
>
> Switching to discourse.osgeo.org <http://discourse.osgeo.org> gives us 
> an immediate benefit of ...
>
>  1. Not being an email list. We can be reached directly using OSGeo
>     user id, GitHub login, any OAuth service ...
>     Signing up for an email list is viewed as a burden in 2024,
>     lowering the barrier to communication can only be a good thing.
>  2. Being an email list. There is some procedure for committee members
>     to join a "group" and send/receive email from
>     marketting at discourse.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:marketting at discourse.osgeo.org>. This should preserve the
>     existing workflow for anyone (like me) who does not plan to visit
>     a website.
>
> And the following risk:
>
>  1. Moderation: While there is some risk in public communication,
>     especially for something called "marketting" we will need to try
>     this out in public. There are of course block and moderation
>     controls in discourse. There is also a members-only option to
>     limit interaction to those who have "joined the group"
>     (established for email notifications) - but I would prefer to try
>     being accessible to the public first.
>
> Mechanics of transition:
>
>  1. Setup https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/marketting discourse; filled
>     with content from the mailman archive history.
>  2. Associate marketing at osgeo.org email address with group; this would
>     be used for those interacting like an email list.
>  3. Update wiki instructions on committee communication
>  4. During transition marketing at lists.osgeo.org email list footer
>     would provide instructions liking to wiki above
>  5. After 1 month shut off mailman, collect e-mail archives that have
>     occurred in the meantime. Apparently OSM took about a month to
>     make the transition.
>
> References:
>
>   * How do I use Discourse via email
>     <https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-do-i-use-discourse-via-email/15279>
>   * https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-225
>
> --
>
> Jody Garnett
>
>
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