[Trisquel-members] Members' recognition

[Morne Alberts]

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Benjamin Rochefort
<rochefort.benjamin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Basically, who's in charge of that membership program?

As far as I know quidam (Ruben) is the only one who is involved with
the website's administrative tasks.

At the moment the membership procedure consists of enabling the
"Member" status on a user's profile. This has to be activated
manually. Besides the "I am a Member" status and the recording of the
donation, I believe everything else is handled outside of the website.

> I think it's a great idea in order for Trisquel to grow (that's what we all
> wish for), but in order for it to succeed, members need to feel that their
> contribution is valued and appreciated.
>
> As I wrote on the forum, an automatic thank you note would be a first step.
>  And then of course, if something has been promised as a perk, some
> visibility must be provided (for instance 'your USB key will be shipped from
> <USA/Spain> around this date.  Please allow xxx days for delivery.  If you

There is an addon module for the site's content management system that
will allow a rule to be triggered on a specific condition (user
profile has been updated with "Member" status) and then send a
personalised email. Depending on how the site has been setup, it
should not really be a lot of work.

> I don't think we have that many members that we can afford to lose some of
> them for such reasons that are easy to fix!

I agree. Furthermore, there are some other issues with translation
that really should be getting attention. I'm not going to derail this
thread with specifics, but it looks bad for outside users and when the
translators cannot fix it themselves it is discouraging to them.


Morne Alberts


> Best regards,
> Benjamin Rochefort
> oysterboy
>
>
> Le 2012-02-19 09:46, jason.alden.benoit at gmail.com a écrit :
>>
>> Good stuff guys. Thanks for bringing this up Magic Banana, and for the
>> input Grant H., I agree.
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Grant H. <sirgrant at member.fsf.org
>> <mailto:sirgrant at member.fsf.org>> wrote:
>>
>>    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>    Hash: SHA1
>>
>>    My comments:
>>
>>    1) We should clarify or update the status on the USB keys.
>>    1a) Firstly it would be useful it people could opt out of the keys.
>>  For
>>    example the key is not really that important to me (nice but not
>>    critical) or a user may already have the FSF key and just be wanting to
>>    send funds to Trisquel.  That would save the project money because we
>>    wouldn't have to send them a key.
>>    1b) What is the current status on the USB keys?  If they are basically
>>    vaporware we should remove it as a benefit to membership because it is
>>    basically false advertising.  If we are going to send them out details
>>    should be provided because the membership program has been going for a
>>    while now.
>>    2)  I agree with a member in that forum.  An automatic thank you letter
>>    would be a good addition.  It lets members know we appreciate them.  It
>>    could also have basic instructions for setting up the email forwarding
>>    and info about other perks (member mailing list).
>>
>>    On 02/18/2012 10:00 AM, Magic Banana wrote:
>>     > Oi!
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > This post just to resume both:
>>     > 1) the old discussion (June 2011) about the never-coming gifts (in
>>     > particular the USB keys) that were promised to Trisquel's members;
>>     > 2) this recent digression in this forum post:
>>     >
>>
>>  https://trisquel.info/fr/forum/documentationpublicity-help-needed#comment-16731
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Magic Banana
>>     >
>>     > _______________________________________________
>>     > Trisquel-members mailing list
>>     > Trisquel-members at listas.trisquel.info
>>    <mailto:Trisquel-members at listas.trisquel.info>
>>
>>     > http://listas.trisquel.info/mailman/listinfo/trisquel-members
>>     >
>>
>>    - --
>>    *Grant H.
>>    *Email: SirGrant at member.fsf.org <mailto:SirGrant at member.fsf.org>
>>
>>    *Ask me for my GPG key
>>    *I'm an FSF member -- Help us support software freedom!
>>    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>    Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux)
>>    Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/
>>
>>    iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPQH0TAAoJEJVHhgvLuuebNUMIAISq8Ur3EnkpkFMvIN/U0uJW
>>    KeycxaDuuTV9EyqPK1OtiDfy5ydAPuq3KggEeVwyMrAMp3v4jlv2wKgdAefbpRzn
>>    OQBrXzbBrdeag0fZOlqzUTtgxaoSIt+x1Pckz7NDOtqc34y6SvvfhV2FzH4zC/rP
>>    MhR5BAwqy1Jmol49E07r0mqW65UGwAQyZ6FajzDLNZVosh9KU+kmC6v8wetDaF6t
>>    vfCVHYJ6oOOtspD3JNsEKBVcxt3imrZDa+fpI1MvUqTZPwEIaLcTuh9CNgJzKr2m
>>    trcw9hPKrgunlpBOMkk1JwIk+y+en58POMMGtkb8jjJTa6UC4IpXvT15xYtFOog=
>>    =tUY6
>>    -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>    _______________________________________________
>>    Trisquel-members mailing list
>>    Trisquel-members at listas.trisquel.info
>>    <mailto:Trisquel-members at listas.trisquel.info>
>>
>>    http://listas.trisquel.info/mailman/listinfo/trisquel-members
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> -- Jason A. Benoit
>>
>> We engrave upon everyone our image with all action taken and words
>> spoken, and turn them into molds that shape others, just as they have
>> done to us. - Villein
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Trisquel-members mailing list
>> Trisquel-members at listas.trisquel.info
>> http://listas.trisquel.info/mailman/listinfo/trisquel-members
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Trisquel-members mailing list
> Trisquel-members at listas.trisquel.info
> http://listas.trisquel.info/mailman/listinfo/trisquel-members