[ACTION REQUIRED] Changes to OpenMRS Developers mailing list group

[Michael Downey]

On Friday, 10 April 2015 at 19:00 UTC, the OpenMRS Developers mailing list will be moving from Google Groups to OpenMRS Talk. In order to support the community's growth, we are moving our communications to a central location to which our OpenMRS.org infrastructure team has full ownership. We've been using and improving OpenMRS talk for over a year now, are excited about its possibilities, and are excited to have you join us there.

Why the change?

Several reasons. As some current subscribers to the dev@ mailing list know, Google Groups regularly throttles messages since our group is of a large size. As a result, communications and work gets interrupted. Additionally, there is a limited facility to "own" the data that we submit to the group. While we'll maintain archives indefinitely, we can't export things like messages to another provider. Google is also (on 20 April) shutting down the APIs we used to integrate group subscriptions with the OpenMRS ID Dashboard. Finally, Discourse (the open source software that powers OpenMRS Talk) offers several benefits in searching & finding related content, re-categorizing them, and taking the messages and content we create elsewhere in the future as technology evolves.

TL;DR: Controlling our own information is awesome!

As a current subscriber to the dev@ mailing list, here's what you'll need to do.
If you do not follow these instructions prior to 10 April 2015 at 19:00 UTC, you will no longer receive messages related to implementing OpenMRS.

1 - Make sure you have an OpenMRS ID

• Sign up for a free OpenMRS ID at https://id.openmrs.org/ if you don't have one.
  
• Make sure your primary email address is up to date: https://id.openmrs.org/profile
  
• If you forgot your password, go to: https://id.openmrs.org/reset

2 - Sign in to OpenMRS Talk

• Visit OpenMRS Talk and click the blue "Log In" button in the upper right to sign in with your OpenMRS ID.
  
• Return regularly to keep track of all the interesting conversations happening in the community! Learn some of the benefits in this topic: https://talk.openmrs.org/t/4-reasons-to-log-into-openmrs-talk-every-day/1156

3 - Get email notifications by "Watching" the "Developers" category on OpenMRS Talk

If you prefer to hear from other OpenMRS developers by email, you still can!

• Go to https://talk.openmrs.org/c/developers and click the round circle icon next to the "New Topic" button in the upper right.
  
• Choose "Watching" to get an email notification of every new post in this category.
  
• You can do the same for each category on OpenMRS Talk if you want automatic notifications.

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4 - Share with other developers through the web or by email

• Create new topics using in the "Developers" category on OpenMRS Talk at: https://talk.openmrs.org/c/developers
  
• You can also continue to email d...@openmrs.org from your OpenMRS ID primary email address. After 10 April 2015 at 19:00 UTC, emails will be converted to topics in OpenMRS Talk's "Developers" category.

Need more information?

If you have questions, concerns, or problems, please open an OpenMRS.org helpdesk case at https://help.openmrs.org/ or write to help...@openmrs.org. We're gathering all feedback and slowly making adjustments to improve the experience of OpenMRS Talk for everyone.

For more tips about using email with OpenMRS Talk, see this topic: https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-talk-email-discussion-groups/1165

Thanks for joining us in this next chapter of our journey together!

Michael Downey
OpenMRS Community Manager

[Michael Downey]

This is just a reminder that approximately 810,000 seconds (aka 1.5 weeks) remain until this change. Please take a moment now to follow the steps below & make sure you get emails after the change!

Michael

[Michael Downey]

That's right ... exactly ONE WEEK until our migration away from Google Groups to OpenMRS Talk. Please read below, and take a few minutes to make sure you're ready for the change. 

Have a great weekend!

Michael

On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 4:14:35 PM UTC-4, Michael Downey wrote:

[Michael Downey]

Final Warning!

This list will be migrated to OpenMRS Talk in 2 days. Please make sure you've signed in to OpenMRS Talk and have set up watching on the Developers category if you want email notifications.

Michael

On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 4:14:35 PM UTC-4, Michael Downey wrote:

[Michael Downey]

Our move to OpenMRS Talk is complete. Thank you for your patience and your continued feedback!

This will be the last email you receive from the Google Group. For details about setting up your preferences at OpenMRS Talk, see:

https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-developers-group-changes-2015-04-10/1508

Visit https://talk.openmrs.org/c/developers for further OpenMRS Implementers discussions.

Thanks,

Michael