[Chapter-delegates] make simple things complex again!o say a donation from allelujy

[Veni Markovski]

Thanks for your email, Klaus!

ROTFL!

v/

On 1/15/24 10:07, Klaus Birkenbihl via Chapter-delegates wrote:
>
> tl;dr:
>
> if you think 
> https://communitytraining.internetsociety.org/training/send-email-as-chapter-leader/
>
>   * is meant seriously click
>     https://isoc.de/isoc-training-send-email-as-chapter-leader-is-meant-seriously.php
>   * is a satire¹ click
>     https://isoc.de/isoc-training-send-email-as-chapter-leader-is-a-satire.php
>
>
> To express a strong opinion you may of course vote more than once. 
> Results of the voting will be published on this list by 2024-03-15 
> (the annual AMS celebration day).
>
> ---------------------- more
>
> Hi folks,
>
> admitted I feet guilty. Guilty, because I carelessly considered all 
> the dark rumors about the new AMS aka Fontera by Salesforce to be 
> true. I was confused by the fact that ISOC mandated its membership 
> administration to a monster agency that is big in marketing, sales, 
> and customer (of course artificial) intelligence (aka "know more about 
> your customer than she herself"). Somehow this appeared to me like a 
> perversion of some of ISOC's core values.
>
> By accident - luckily enough - I clicked on the following tutorial:
>
>   * https://communitytraining.internetsociety.org/training/send-email-as-chapter-leader/?locale=de
>
> This is an excellent example of many of the improvements that we can 
> only have with Fontera by Salesforce. (The page is open to the public 
> - so to say a donation of wisdom from ISOC to the world.) It educates 
> chapter leaders on how to send an E-Mail to their members.
>
> You might argue that this should be an easy task - not much room for 
> improvements:
>
>  1. open your favorite mail client > new message
>  2. > fill:
>      1. To:<members-mailing-list>@<chapter-domain>
>      2. Subject: <subject>
>      3. and <contents> to the mail body
>  3. > click: send.
>
> But this has significant drawbacks. Some of them:
>
>  1. its incredibly simple - leaves your brain unchallenged
>  2. maybe every Chapter member can use it
>  3. outcome from 2.: Chapter members can group communicate with each other
>  4. neither Salesforce nor ISOC can grab any data or even metadata
>  5. ...
>
> Good we can learn how to do it right with the help of Fontera by 
> Salesforce. Let's take our first steps into this brave new world. Many 
> thanks to ISOC for this outstanding tutorial:
>
>  1. The page claims to be available in Deutsch,  Português, Español, 
>     Nederlands,  Italiano,  dansk,  日本語,  English, Français
>  2. after choosing any target language, the page spontaneously
>     translates (just) a few headers, obviously using the first
>     pre-medieval machine translation program
>  3. only "two designated communication officers" are allowed to send mails
>  4. you will learn about "Campain" - creating one is a prerequisite
>     for sending a mail
>  5. you will learn about "Journey" - you have to link the Campaign to
>     a Journey to send the mail
>  6. you have to be very careful not to change the - whatever this is -
>     "Business Unit"
>  7. this done, you can create the message ( Chapter Emails > Email
>     Campaign ...)
>  8. there is a wise distinction between mails to "200 members or less"
>     and "more than 200 members" - so please count carefully
>  9. obviously it prevents Chapter Leaders from skylarking while
>     spending their time sending mails to their members
> 10. ...
>
> Sorry I'm moved and overwhelmed by the fine web of terms, the beauty 
> of the process and this intuitive guidance. Hallelujah! I saw the 
> lights! But I got tears in my eyes - so I have to stop here. Maybe 
> some experts for usability or accessibility can cover more highlights  
> - given that ISOC is leading in emphasizing the importance of 
> accessibility and ease of use (at least for the rest of the world).
>
> Looking forward to a great year 2024 - long live Fontera by Salesforce!
>
> Klaus
>
> PS.: you may think this mail is a satire¹. Easy guess! But what about
> https://communitytraining.internetsociety.org/training/send-email-as-chapter-leader/ 
> ?
>
> if you think 
> https://communitytraining.internetsociety.org/training/send-email-as-chapter-leader/
>
>   * is meant seriously please click
>     https://isoc.de/isoc-training-send-email-as-chapter-leader-is-meant-seriously.php
>   * is a satire please click
>     https://isoc.de/isoc-training-send-email-as-chapter-leader-is-a-satire.php
>
>
> To express a strong opinion you may of course vote more than once. 
> Results of the voting will be published on this list by 2024-03-15 
> (the annual AMS celebration day).
>
> Off topic: I have an account with internetsociety.org. It worked with 
> "admin.internetsociety.org" and "sso.internetsociety.org" before. Now 
> "auth.internetsociety.org" says "Invalid username or password". But - 
> upon request - it says: "A verification code has been sent to your 
> email address (2024-01-15)" (there is hope!). And sometimes 
> (2024-01-14) it sends (sent?) a verification code. Unfortunately this 
> code never worked. 🙁
>
> ¹/satire: trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and 
> discredit vice or folly /(quote from merriam-webster)
>
> -- 
> Klaus Birkenbihl
> Internet Society German Chapter (ISOC.DE) e.V.
> c/o ict-Media GmbH
> https://www.isoc.de
>
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