I agree - we have a terrible habit of expecting everyone to come to us. 'Its on the wiki why didn't you see it?' Regular newsletters to our member and donor base is one of the key proposals in the comms review that should be agreed shortly by the board.
Richard will sort out the email.
On 1 August 2012 15:29, Katie Chan ktc@ktchan.info wrote:
On 01/08/2012 14:47, Richard Symonds wrote:
The board statement was sent to the mailing list and put on the blog,
but I simply haven't had time (or the thought) to send out an email about it to the entire membership list. We very rarely send out emails to the entire membership list - usually only once a year, just before the AGM. It's not good practice to simply hit "email all", because it tends to swamp uninterested people, who then end up unsubscribing from the list. The majority of our communications are done through this mailing list, or on the UK wiki, as all of our active members read this list. Certainly, all our members are encouraged to join the UK Wikimedia mailing list when they join the chapter. We're actively reviewing the way through which we communicate with everyone, however - the 2012 Comms Review has been seen by a few volunteers, and should be ready for general feedback soon.
I would say a public statement from the board re. its chair on the current subject qualify as important enough to merit an email to the entire membership.
KTC
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