[SAC] idea - officer specific email alias

Jody Garnett jody.garnett at gmail.com
Mon Jul 29 15:07:34 PDT 2019


Makes sense, kind of like info at osgeo.org but per project.  I also want to
be sensitive to the project officer role having some responsibility for the
project, so perhaps it can be their call to add a few folks for backup.

Spam is a pain :(
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Jody Garnett


On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 at 12:02, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 7:59 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I had an idea when writing up a "contributor covenant" page for GeServer
> (to reflect osgeo code of conduct change). Listing the project officer,
> Simone in this case, is a bit of a pain. Would it be appropriate to set up
> an email alias for geoserver at osgeo.org to forward to Simone or whomever
> the current contact person is?
> >
> > We could do the same for a lot of the officers on the board and officers
> page and have a more stable contact point as officers change over time.
> >
> > Is this a good idea worth a ticket?
>
> Not sure - at least be prepared to receive tons of spam after a while
> (see the solkatz award email reflector :-( ).
>
> In the GRASS GIS project, we use for years a moderated list for it
> (https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-web/). No spam (most garbage
> is auto-rejected) and low level of work for the moderators (basically
> me). Certainly it is overkill to run a list per person but a generic
> list per project without the need of subscribing might be a way to go
> also for other projects.
>
> Cheers
> Markus
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