David Earl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Sent: 13 March 2008 11:33 AM >To: Andy Robinson (blackadder) >Cc: 'Edoardo Marascalchi'; [email protected]; 'talk- >it_at_openstreetmap' >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Contacting new users > >On 13/03/2008 11:09, Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote: >> Edorado, I am of the same view. We have fast approaching 30,000 >registered >> users and only a small number of those regularly contribute to the >project. >> Encouraging and helping more to do so should be an aim of the project. >> >> However it is not easy to contact new users if they wish to remain in the >> background. ... > >One thing I am considering putting into JOSM is a "message of the day" >facility, so that we can let people who aren't on the mailing lists know >that there are important changes. > >The same could be done in Potlatch. > >These two are the key points of contact for pretty much everyone who is >contributing at least something. >
Interesting idea, although that won't reach out to those users who never try either of course. Cheers Andy _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
