[maemo-community] Coding competition 2011 - mass emailing

[From: robert bauer]

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Ferenc Szekely <ferenc at maemo.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
> I don't think Council needs to prescreen the email from the coding
competition.  But if you think the email is objectionable for some reason,
please let us know and we will take a look at it.

Rob




> Br,
> ferenc
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