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

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

Sorry, I missed the motion.

+1 from my side too.

Astrid


Am 02.05.2024 10:51 schrieb Jorge Sanz via Marketing:
> 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 [2]
>> 
>> Dear marketting committee,
>> 
>> I made a motion last month to move the marketting at lists.osgeo.org
>> email list to discourse.osgeo.org [3]. 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 [3] gives us an immediate benefit
>> of ...
>> 
>> * 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. *
>> 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. This should preserve the existing
>> workflow for anyone (like me) who does not plan to visit a website.
>> 
>> And the following risk:
>> 
>> * 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:
>> 
>> * Setup https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/marketting [4] discourse;
>> filled with content from the mailman archive history.
>> * Associate marketing at osgeo.org email address with group; this
>> would be used for those interacting like an email list.
>> * Update wiki instructions on committee communication
>> * During transition marketing at lists.osgeo.org email list footer
>> would provide instructions liking to wiki above
>> * 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 [5]
>> * https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-225 [6]
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Jody Garnett
>> 
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> 
> --
> Jorge Sanz | https://www.osgeo.org/member/jorge-sanz/ [7]
> 
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
> [2] https://discourse.osgeo.org
> [3] http://discourse.osgeo.org
> [4] https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/marketting
> [5] 
> https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/how-do-i-use-discourse-via-email/15279
> [6] https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-225
> [7] https://www.osgeo.org/member/jorge-sanz/
> 
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