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

[Bob Basques]

+1

On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 3:51 AM Jorge Sanz via Marketing <
marketing at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> 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:
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> Thanks, Jody.
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> 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.
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> Thanks, again.
>
>
>
> *From:* Marketing <marketing-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>
> <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>
> <marketing at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* [Marketing] Moving email list to https://discourse.osgeo.org
>
>
>
> Dear marketting committee,
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>
>
> I made a motion last month to move the marketting at lists.osgeo.org email
> list to discourse.osgeo.org. The motion did not pass, but it did not fail
> either. Instead it did not get sufficient response :)
>
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> 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...
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> 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?
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> Switching to discourse.osgeo.org gives us an immediate benefit of ...
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>    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 <marketting at discourse.osgeo.org>. This
>    should preserve the existing workflow for anyone (like me) who does not
>    plan to visit a website.
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> And the following risk:
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>    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.
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> Mechanics of transition:
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>    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.
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> References:
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>    - 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
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> --
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> Jody Garnett
>
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