[OSM-talk] Proposal: New Working Group "Welcome WG"

[Richard Weait]

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:12 PM, SomeoneElse <lists at mail.atownsend.org.uk> wrote:
> Richard Weait wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I recently discussed an idea for a new OSMF working Group on the OSMF
> talk list.
>
>
> Like many other people, I've contacted new local mappers over the last
> couple of years and can probably contribute some stats to help collate the
> "was contacted", "how" and "what the results were" numbers.
>
> However... Maybe I'm not fully au faux with the new "SquareFaceTwit" world
> that we're living in, but the wiki page as written does seem a bit creepy -
> maybe it's just cross-Atlantic cultural differences.

That's precisely why we'll want to consider the messages carefully and
culturally.  So, please participate.

When I contact new local mappers, I write differently than I do when I
write to distant mappers.  No sense in inviting FarAways to Toronto
Mappy Hour.  They'd be welcome.  But, yeah, not the best use of the
ASCII characters...

And, we don't really know.  Does a shorter, more personal email work
better, or only for those who register on odd-numbered days. :-)
Let's track this stuff and see what we can learn.