Re: A More Welcoming Community

From: Andrzej Krzemienski (akrzemi1_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-09-23 18:56:59

On Mon, Sep 23, 2024, 16:48 Vinnie Falco via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 21, 2024 at 6:24 AM Glen Fernandes <glen.fernandes_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
>
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> Thank you. First of all if it is not already there, this message template
> should come from the website GitHub repository so it can be discussed and
> improved. Second, this looks like a great opportunity to make the
> experience of signing up for the list better:
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> We could add something like this to the above message:
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Do we have a Volunteers Needed page like this?

Regards,
&rzej;

* et cetera...
>
> Maybe the signup page can offer OAuth for Google and GitHub, and in this
> case we can skip the moderation step, to streamline the process.
>
> Thanks
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