Re: Friends of GNOME mailing list

[Bharat Kapoor <3 kapoor gmail com>]

Agreed

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Paul Cutler <pcutler gnome org> wrote:
> Yes, I strongly agree.
>
> Even if we just email them twice a year when a new GNOME version is
> released, I think it's important to get their sign off on opt-in / opt-out.
>
> Paul
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Stormy Peters <stormy gnome org> wrote:
> > When we created the new Friends of GNOME web pages we decided not to ask
> > people if they wanted to sign up for a mailing list and instead direct them
> > to the Foundation list.
> >
> > I think we should at least ask them if it's ok to contact them in the
> > future. We may want to contact them about surveys, campaigns, petitions, ...
> >
> > While nobody wrote back to opt out when I sent out the survey, I'd feel
> > better if they'd said it was ok to email them.
> >
> > Also, given that 97% of them are not GNOME contributors, it may make more
> > sense to have a list for them that's more "GNOME fan" based than GNOME
> > announce.
> >
> > Yeah/neah?
> >
> > Stormy
> >
> > --
> > marketing-list mailing list
> > marketing-list gnome org
> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
>
>
> --
> marketing-list mailing list
> marketing-list gnome org
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list