Would the Welcome Tool https://welcome.osm.be/ (wiki page here https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Welcome_tool) be helpful in welcoming and orienting new members? Simon, I thought I remembered you saying it was quite a bit of work sending the emails out the current way.

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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 19:02:24 +0200 From: Christopher Beddow christopher.beddow@gmail.com To: "Openstreetmap Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra" talk-ch@openstreetmap.ch Subject: [talk-ch] New Membership Outreach Message-ID: < CADzfi1Wc3FL55Omd2sh2cB8FbNWVC4X_4DrZwm1D5qfUho9OQA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

After the FOSS4G conference in Firenze, I realize I met many people who are in Zürich and maybe some other parts of Switzerland but not part of the SOSM community.

What is the best way to point people to a welcome resource or give some kind of invite to join discussions?

Should we consider any additional channels?

Previously I proposed making a Facebook page (not group) which serves as a good way for me to use some advertising credit to promote the page to demographics in Switzerland as an advertisement. But ideally that's not the central place just a pointer toward mailing list and other places.

Is there any newsletter that may be more consolidated than the mailing list (could link to top mailing list topics).

I am still new but definitely interested to have a good link to send to people to get more involved if they are totally unfamiliar with mailing lists and need a point of entry.