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Re: Launchpad officially closed

 

Dear Launchpad users,

This is a friendly reminder that Launchpad is officially closed. Please
post questions, comments, discussions, etc on the DHIS2 Community of
Practice.

community.dhis2.org

Best regards,
Kjerstin

On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 10:29 AM Kjerstin Andreasen <kjerstin@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Dear Launchpad users,
>
> We understand that some of you have been experiencing difficulties with
> claiming your account on Discourse. We apologize for the inconvenience.
>
> If you haven't yet tried to claim your account or create an account on
> Discourse, kindly do so as soon as possible. If you experience any
> problems, please contact James Omutsani (jomutsani@xxxxxxx).
>
> Thank you,
>
> Best regards,
> Kjerstin
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 1:11 PM Kjerstin Andreasen <kjerstin@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Launchpad users,
>>
>> Today is the official launch of the DHIS2 CoP. I hope you have already
>> had a chance to join the community of practice on the Discourse platform at
>> community.dhis2.org.
>>
>> Today is also the day that *Launchpad is officially closed*.
>>
>> Nearly 10 years of archives from Launchpad are now available on the CoP.
>> We are working hard and fast to properly categorize and tag these messages
>> so that the entire community can have access to this knowledge base.
>>
>> We look forward to future conversations and discussions on the CoP
>> platform.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Kjerstin Andreasen
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 1:39 PM Kjerstin Andreasen <kjerstin@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Launchpad users,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As many of you are aware, we are officially launching a DHIS2 Community
>>> of Practice (CoP) on November 29. Many DHIS2 users are already using the
>>> CoP and it is exciting to see the discussions that are taking place.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The overarching goal of the CoP is to have a “one-stop shop” to find
>>> relevant DHIS2 resources and information online. This is a forum where
>>> DHIS2 users can come to discuss, ask questions, get feedback. As such, *Launchpad
>>> will be permanently closed.*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We did not want to lose the expansive knowledge base, so the mailing
>>> list archives on Launchpad have been migrated to Discourse, the platform
>>> that hosts the CoP.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> To make the transition to Discourse easier, we have created an account
>>> on the CoP for those of you who have posted on Launchpad and imported all
>>> your previous posts. *Please note that you will not receive any emails
>>> from Discourse until you have claimed your account. *The following link
>>> will provide details on how to claim your account:
>>> https://community.dhis2.org/t/how-to-claim-your-account/14. Once you've
>>> claimed your account, you can continue with your previous discussions or
>>> start new ones!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you have not posted on Launchpad before, you can join the DHIS2 CoP
>>> here: dhis2.community.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *WEBINAR: *We will be hosting a webinar on Wednesday November 28 at 2pm
>>> (GMT+1) where we will present the CoP and give a short demo of the
>>> platform. More info and the link to join the webinar is here:
>>> https://community.dhis2.org/t/dhis2-cop-webinar-nov-28-at-14-00-gmt-1/790
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We are excited to get the CoP up and running, and look forward to all of
>>> your contributions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kjerstin and the CoP core team
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>

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