<div dir="ltr">Frederik, Jonathan:<div><br></div><div>We just went live with the State of the Map US registration: <div><a href="https://twitter.com/sotmus/status/560490935071834113">https://twitter.com/sotmus/status/560490935071834113</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>You'll see that there's no sign up option for OSM US nor OSMF on there.</div><div><br></div><div>We discussed over here in organization committee and decided to send out an email to all attendees at a certain point specifically advertising to become a member to OSM US. We'll offer alongside a 50 % discount on first year of membership or similar (exact discount TBD). </div><div><br></div><div>Would you be interested in offering a similar discount in the same mailing?</div><div><br></div><div>Alex</div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Alex Barth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alex@openstreetmap.us" target="_blank">alex@openstreetmap.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Frederik - this is roughly what I was thinking, yes. <div><div><div><br></div><div>Another option would be to just hand out coupon codes that entitle recipients to a reduced membership fee. This would be purely promotional and we would share such coupon codes with everybody who signs up for the conference. Would that be interesting? </div><div><br></div><div>Upsides:</div><div><br></div><div>- you don't need to worry about this coupon code being shared in the wild - it's just a time limited promotion</div><div>- you still drive sign ups</div><div>- less friction - there is one decision point less: attendees don't need to decide whether they want to sign up for osmf at the point of signing up for conference, they get a coupon code either way at their free disposal</div><div> </div><div>I am still prepping a couple of options to discuss with my board colleagues. <br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Frederik Ramm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org" target="_blank">frederik@remote.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Alex,<br>
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On 01/20/2015 11:30 PM, Alex Barth wrote:<br>
> How is payment handled? Could there be a coupon code that people use for<br>
> sign up to OSMF? We would issue this coupon code with conference tickets<br>
> that opted into becoming members.<br>
><br>
> Again, just exploring whether this could be an option.<br>
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</span>So the flow you'd be thinking about is something like this (correct me<br>
if wrong):<br>
<br>
1. We pre-generate a ton of coupon codes and send them to you<br>
<br>
2. When someone signs up for SOTM-US you give them a chance of joining<br>
OSMF for extra $$$<br>
<br>
3. When they check that box, they get one of the coupon codes<br>
<br>
4. but they will still have to go to the OSMF signup page (at a later<br>
time) to register, and enter their coupon code to pay for their first year<br>
<br>
5. after a couple months, when the validity period of the coupons is<br>
over, OSMF invoices OSMF-US for n times £15 depending on how many<br>
coupons were used<br>
<br>
I suspect this should be technically possible (Jonathan, can you say<br>
something about that?), of course you'd have to somehow manage to hand<br>
out the individual coupon codes in the course of the Eventbrite signup.<br>
<br>
We'd of course have to take this by the OSMF board and the new<br>
membership group but regarding members I guess the more the merrier ;)<br>
<br>
Bye<br>
<span><font color="#888888">Frederik<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Alex Barth<div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Vice President</span><div><div>OpenStreetMap United States Inc.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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