<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478395087491_304597"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478395087491_304625">This is a great suggestion Janet, we can definitely do more.</span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478395087491_304586"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478395087491_304586" dir="ltr">There is a Membership Working Group, which would know details about the sign up process, and could work on improving the welcome communications. We are mainly volunteer, so need all the help we can get. Details on the WG are at <a href="http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Membership_Working_Group">http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Membership_Working_Group</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478395087491_304586"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478395087491_304586"><br></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478395087491_304595">* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Thursday, November 3, 2016 5:24 PM, Harry Wood <mail@harrywood.co.uk> wrote:<br></font></div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">Hi Janet.<br clear="none">Welcome to the foundation, and to the osmf-talk mailing list!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I like the "welcome pack" idea. We talked about this face-to-face on Tuesday of course. I think you're right. We've tended to assume that people know a fair bit about the foundation when they get to the stage of signing up as a member, but that is not necessarily the case, and a "welcome pack" might be good way to help new members feel more ...welcomed.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">This would be duplicating content on the osmfoundation.org site, where we've got some descriptions of the working groups, which hopefully are reasonably enticing and up-to-date (no? ok this is an area we should work on too!)<br clear="none"><br clear="none">(Questions for the membership secretary or whoever knows) I know we send a brief automated email of some kind when somebody joins. Do we use the CRM system for that? What's the current text? Do we know about the user's language preference at that stage? Is the welcome email translated?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Harry<br clear="none">________________________________<div class="yqt4656995591" id="yqtfd18266"><br clear="none">From: Janet Chapman <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:j.chapman@tanzdevtrust.org" href="mailto:j.chapman@tanzdevtrust.org">j.chapman@tanzdevtrust.org</a>><br clear="none">To: "<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a>" <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a>> <br clear="none">Sent: Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 14:52<br clear="none">Subject: [Osmf-talk] Joining OSMF - welcome pack suggestion<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Dear OSMF board<br clear="none">I was so enthused by the Brussels events that I joined the foundation, but other than an initial email confirming my payment, have had nothing.<br clear="none">I’m sure there are many others in the same situation, which seems like a bit of a lost opportunity given all the talk about wanting people to get more involved..<br clear="none">In my opinion it would be a good idea to send out an (electronic) welcome pack to new members with a bit more background information about the foundation, its working groups, how you can get more involved, etc..<br clear="none">Best wishes<br clear="none">Janet<br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">osmf-talk mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>