Collecting friends at foss4g

Just some notes as I visit with Json Singh at foss4g booth in Belém.

  • Json is in position to help out with our social media - yes!

    @jsonsingh if you can introduce yourself, it would be wonderful if you could come to our next meeting. And could perhaps setup bluesky.

  • @ivansanchez has offered to help with mastodon.

If anyone else has capacity to help with social media?

  • Do you use one of the social media accounts? please help
  • Volunteer and get credentials for “osgeo” on your platform
  • Repost or like content from our community that matches with our ideals and values

Thanks!

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Hello everyone,

Thanks @jive for the opportunity. I am “json singh” and I have been working in GIS space for the past 6 years. I am taking a break from coding due to a burnout and focusing all my energy on community now. I would to know the current social media strategist so I can discuss a plan forward.

I personally use 3 social media (linkedIn, mastodon and bluesky) and comfortable with all 3 at the moment.

The very first thing I would like to do is setup Bluesky account and the very first thing I need for that is an email which I can use for username for now.

Please let me know, I’ll share more details later

I can start using LinkedIn right away anybody can share access with me.
@jive my LinkedIn is Jashanpreet S. - jsonsingh.com | LinkedIn

I don’t think OSGeo has mastodon account as well, so maybe we xan atart there’s as well

@ivansanchez which server should we choose on Mastodon?

Hi @jsonsingh just sent an intro note to connect on Linkedin. Happy to give you access to the OSGeo group and company page since I really don’t visit this social network that frequently.

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Indeed, there’s an OSGeo Mastodon account.

I think @astrid_emde is currently managing it or will know who :sweat_smile:

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If it’s already bent managed, that’s okay

We would like to have multiple people manage, because not everyone here is very active on each network.

So several people here should have access to each network.

There is no social media policy, just stay on message for “empower everyone” with foss4g.

It is great to promote official news items, such as pgrouting graduating to be an OSGeo project. Or the elections for new board members happening today.

It is also great to follow our members, sponsors and service providers and repost anything “on brand”.

Very occasionally there will be something important a committee or the board will go out of there way to ask us to promote. But really we should invite them to volunteer here also.

As a global org we do not often do any politics, since local OSGeo chapters are formed in part to be a more effective voice in each region. Rare example: EU Cyber Resilience Act Information Update - OSGeo where we added our voice to other software foundations.

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Hello all,

welcome @jsonsingh. Great that you would like to get involved in our team.

You can visit News Queue - OSGeo

On the wiki page you can find the social media channels that we use.

It would be good to add Bluesky to the page.

See you Astrid

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Thanks @astrid_emde
I already added an entry at the end of the page.

I would like to know what “news” or “announcement” is worth sharing on social media.

At the moment I am just following geospatial folks on Bluesky and it’s getting good but I’ll need to post something to gain more audience.

It’s holidays so we can discuss later. Perhaps the OSGeo logo can wear a Christmas hat?

Hi Jason,

For an OSGeo bluesky account, it makes sense to create a handle @osgeo.org . This is not very complicated, but it requires someone that manages the DNS for osgeo.org to make it happen. Blueksy has a simple, but effective set of instructions how to make your own handle instead of the default bluesky handles.

Cheers,

Jeroen

Jeroen Ticheler

E-mail: jeroen.ticheler@geocat.net

https://www.geocat.net

Veenderweg 13

6721 WD Bennekom

The Netherlands

Tel: +31318416664

---- Op Sun, 22 Dec 2024 10:39:05 +0100 schreef jsonsingh via OSGeo Discourse noreply@discourse.osgeo.org ----


jsonsingh
December 22

Thanks @astrid_emde
I already added an entry at the end of the page.

I would like to know what “news” or “announcement” is worth sharing on social media.

At the moment I am just following geospatial folks on Bluesky and it’s getting good but I’ll need to post something to gain more audience.

It’s holidays so we can discuss later. Perhaps the OSGeo logo can wear a Christmas hat?


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hey @ticheler thanks for pitching in. I have already created the ticket on trac for this. Sysadmin team will need to take a look at this:
https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3325#no3