Hi folks,
On 22 November 2014 at 17:41, Rob H Warren <[email protected]> wrote: > > <snip> > > I'm wary of creating a formal organizational structure until complexity > warrants it. We've done ok so far to ride other people's organizations to > get things done so far. > At the moment I agree, although I feel that we would probably create such a structure in the future though. Let's keep things simple and easy for the time being :-) > > Could we setup a google hangout before the holidays hit to sync everyone > up? > +1 for a Google Hangout. > > -rhw > > On Nov 20, 2014, at 7:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 08:30:21 -0800 > > From: Jeff Meyer <[email protected]> > > To: Tim Waters <[email protected]> > > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [OHM] Moving Historical Geodata to the Web & Questions > > about OHM Decision Making Process > > Message-ID: > > < > caa1ffezuj7we3f0zoijw-y2wknaakwhyb68zofz3ngnru-c...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Chippy - > > > > Your timing and delivery are fantastic - thanks for this update! > > > > I don't think we have good answers to a lot of these questions (at least > I > > don't!), some of which are related to us (the OHM collective! : ) ) > having > > enough time individually or enough leadership or maybe even the right > > organizational structure. Who knows? > > > > I'd love to hear what the list has to say about: > > - Setting up more regular meetings again > > - Setting up a non-profit structure focused solely on OHM objectives (I > > believe this will help with grants) > > - Tying in more closely with the Wiki folks > > - Defining more structured organizational roles - e.g. grant writing, IT > > ops, data recruitment, outreach, etc. > > > > I ask these pesky organizational questions because I think a simple > "send a > > message to the mailing list" type of instruction for outreach won't get > us > > moving where we'd like to go, as quickly as we might like to go. Plus, > it's > > not a reliable messaging service in that inquiries might go somewhat > > unanswered. > > > > As for me, I've been a bit away due to personal / vocational reasons, but > > I'm ready and eager to get back on it. > > > > To that end, I have meetings set up with David Rumsey and the NEH Office > of > > Digital Humanities next week, with the interest of getting feedback on > > their thoughts about how to get things moving forward with a project like > > OHM. > > > > I'll report back what I learn, but in the meantime, I'm curious what > others > > think. > > > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > > _______________________________________________ > Historic mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic >
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