[maemo-community] Coding competition 2011 - mass emailing

[From: Ferenc Szekely]

Hi,

On 11/08/2011 05:17 PM, robert bauer wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Ferenc Szekely <ferenc at maemo.org
> <mailto:ferenc at maemo.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Hello,
> 
>     On 11/08/2011 03:28 PM, robert bauer wrote:
>     > Ferenc,
>     >
>     > Thanks for your message.  If staggering the vote is not enough to
>     reduce
>     > server load, please go ahead and use a simple filter based on
>     karma and
>     > length of community membership so that the server load will be
>     manageable.
>     >
>     Our community has 660 people with karma >= 100. That's a lot less than
>     57000. Tuning the mailing script (ie. 1 email per person) should not be
>     a big deal, though I have not looked that part yet.
> 
>     > The other suggestions are appreciated.  While there is merit in more
>     > selectively reducing the email recipients to those N900 users most
>     > likely to have tested the submissions, or at least those who are
>     > currently active in the community, as indicated previously, the
>     priority
>     > now is to get the vote completed and those additional factors, even if
>     > possible, are likely to burden and slow the process.  Of course,
>     if I am
>     > mistaken in this regard, then Ferenc can point that out.
>     >
>     I can change the mailing script if the council agrees to introduce the
>     karma filter.
> 
> On behalf of Council, I authorize the karma filter.
>  
> 
OK, great. All eligible people will receive 1 email with 1 token, so
they can use that in all 9 votings.

I assume the Council has already agreed on the content of the email (aka
instructions) that is sent to the voters. I would need it now.

Br,
ferenc
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maemo.org sysadmin, developer
email: ferenc at maemo.org