Communication to the research community
An open-minded discussion
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Topics
- Alliance website
- Alliance newsletter
- Training emails
Alliance website
Training emails
The problem
Most researchers do not know about the services that we are offering
We do not have ways to reach out to them to inform them
Explora is here and will help a lot! 🥳
But it won’t solve everything:
Users will need to be informed and reminded that Explora exists
Some users might prefer to get emails about upcoming training events
Mailing list access
We teach and help all Canadian academic researchers—not just Alliance clusters users
They are however our main target audience
Being allowed to email CCDB users to inform them of our services (with option to opt-out) would be a great solution
Ethics
Responsible management is of course paramount and we would:
- strictly respect opt-out requests
- store data securely
- respect privacy
- abide by anti-spamming laws
Alternative solution
An alternative solution would be for an Alliance personnel to send emails on our behalf to advertise our events
This seems impractical and add to the work load of the Alliance but remains an option
Thoughts and discussion
Are the concerns around allowing us to use CCDB emails about:
privacy?
data safety?
spamming laws?
other?
Is there anything we could do to alleviate these concerns?
Who would be a good contact to pursue this conversation?