Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 12:00:52 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Licia <licia@o-o.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there a "how did you hear about us?" form on www.freebsd.org? Message-ID: <19990328120052.D264@marder-1.localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903261418270.3071-100000@o-o.org>; from Licia on Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 02:32:04PM -0600 References: <36FB92CA.187A0C3@uk.radan.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903261418270.3071-100000@o-o.org>
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On Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 02:32:04PM -0600, Licia wrote:
>
> On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Mark Ovens wrote:
> >
> > If you decide to run with this idea then may I make a couple of
> > suggestions?
> >
> > 1) When designing the registration form (whether it's a printed
> > form to go with the CDs or an ASCII file for printing out)
> > then please don't forget that FreeBSD has an international user
> > base and non-US addresses often don't fit well into a US-style
> > address template.
> >
>
> This is a good point. I run into this problem now and then with various
> applications I've worked on, and a similar problem with phone numbers. I'm
> not much of an international person though. Can you show me a simple template
> for addresses and phone numbers that will work clearly and simply for US and
> international users? If so, even if this project isn't approved, I'll
> incorporated those templates into other things I work on :)
>
OK, UK addresses take this format (I've put the US field names in
``()'' to show where the problems are):
(address) 151 Main Street
Village
(town/city) Town
(state) County
(zip) AB12 3CD
As you can see, we need 2 "address" fields and the "state" and
"zip" fields need to be longer.
The telephone number format is:
01234 567890
or in major cities:
0123 456 7890
> > 2) To encourage more people to complete and send in the form why
> > not try and get volunteers to handle the forms in their country?
> > This would spread the workload and should hopefully more people
> > would send the forms in because they wouldn't have the inconvenience
> > of having to go to the post office to find the cost of mailing to
> > the US. The volunteer could then enter the details from the forms
> > onto the registration database on behalf of the non-connected
> > users.
> >
>
> I personally think this would be a Good Idea. Would that person accept
> responsibility for snail mailing confirmation back to the user with their
> 'FreeBSD Handle' for future reference? I could handle doing so in the US,
> with no difficulty if need be...
>
That would be up to the individual I guess. Personally I would be
prepared to do so although when the registrations start arriving
at the rate of 100 per day :-) the postage cost will get a bit
prohibitive :-(.
> > Before you ask, yes I am volunteering to do this for the UK (and
> > Western Europe if necessary)
> >
>
> (applauding!)
>
> > OK it's not a great contribution to the project, but every little bit
> > helps, or so they say.
> >
>
> I personally think it's a good contribution, and if this project works out
> could be a benefit to the entire community... Imagine actually having better
> numbers as to how many people are installing FreeBSD, and on how many
> computers :)
>
>
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