[SAC] Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mantra for osgeo id?

[Alex M]

On 05/24/2016 08:56 AM, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
> On 24 May 2016 at 17:53, Sandro Santilli <strk at kbt.io> wrote:
>> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 08:20:11AM -0700, Eli Adam wrote:
>>> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 7:37 AM, Sandro Santilli <strk at kbt.io> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 08:28:59AM -0500, Howard Butler wrote:
>>>>> Can we change the directions for this so people do not go to -discuss? It is a waste of people's attention to be sending this stuff there, and it will cause people to leave the list.
>>>>
>>>> I was hoping for the mantra to become a way to get new users
>>>> known at registration time, maybe we could add a recomandation
>>>> to include such presentation in the email ? Would it be better ?
>>>>
>>>> Or would there be another more appropriate "welcome" list for
>>>> new users ?
>>>
>>> This email list seems logical since it is where the people who can
>>> give out the mantra are located.
>>
>> Actually I wanted the mantra to be more easily shared with trusted
>> people. For example (...)
> 
> Is CAPTCHA really insufficient solution?
> 
> Best regards,
> 

Yes, the spammer was a human, not a bot. Sandro has a log of a
conversation where the person tried to obtain a mantra on IRC.

I think a web page with embedded IRC or moderator workflow could work.

Thanks,
Alex