Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Sarah Manley wrote: > There are plenty of wiki hosting companies out there that provide wiki > hosting for free (mostly with ads) or for a fee (maybe covered by OSM - US > foundation?), that include tools such as WYSIWYG editor, calendars, > templates, unique domai

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

Would it be best to collect these ideas on a wiki page? I started this: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/US_website_ideas (feel free to redirect to a better name) I do feel like it might be best for the whole community if we try to re-vamp the current global wiki rather than create our own, but

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

I like the way Jim has broken out the components of US OSM pages. Some of these are probably better as wiki pages, others as more static pages. But having it in 'bite sized chunks' makes it easier to divide the work and manage the tasks. SEJ "Wretches, utter wretches, keep your hands from bea

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On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Ian Dees wrote: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Jim McAndrew wrote: > >> >> What are the goals for the openstreetmap.us web page? >> >> > That's a good question that we should probably all discuss. > > My opinion is that it should be a one-stop-shop for growin

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> Some of the Meetup groups I organize have switched over to Facebook because > a majority of the mappers are already using the service, its super easy to > do and free Coming from a computer security & privacy background as I do, Facebook is even more off-putting to me than Meetup. Their open-so

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I agree with Steve and Kate. I think the making of openstreetmap.us should be lead by the community, not the board. I'm happy to help. But Steve is right that anyone should be able to JFDI since it's a tool for the community not the board :) -Thea ___

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On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Ian Dees wrote: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Jim McAndrew wrote: > >> >> What are the goals for the openstreetmap.us web page? >> >> > That's a good question that we should probably all discuss. > > My opinion is that it should be a one-stop-shop for growin

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Jim McAndrew wrote: > > What are the goals for the openstreetmap.us web page? > > That's a good question that we should probably all discuss. My opinion is that it should be a one-stop-shop for growing the US OSM community. Not entirely sure what that entails, bu

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On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Jim McAndrew wrote: > It definitely needs a community interface. > And it needs resources to make it extremely simple for someone to set up > their own mapping parties. > > I'm sure I missed some discussions on this, but is there a reason to have > a separate wiki

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It definitely needs a community interface. And it needs resources to make it extremely simple for someone to set up their own mapping parties. I'm sure I missed some discussions on this, but is there a reason to have a separate wiki than the osm.org wiki? wiki.osm.org already has a community, alre

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On 4/30/10 5:04 PM, Ian Dees wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Kate Chapman > wrote: Agreed, I see the reason for incorporating as a means to help people do some specific things. It is not a means to do all things. If anyone else wants to grow the co

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On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Kate Chapman wrote: > Agreed, I see the reason for incorporating as a means to help people > do some specific things. It is not a means to do all things. If > anyone else wants to grow the community, make sweet new tools, etc > please do! I'd hope you weren't wa

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Agreed, I see the reason for incorporating as a means to help people do some specific things. It is not a means to do all things. If anyone else wants to grow the community, make sweet new tools, etc please do! I'd hope you weren't waiting around for approval or anything like that. If th

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

On Apr 30, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Richard Weait wrote: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Ian Dees wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Thea Clay wrote: >>> >>> If I remember correctly we have donated servers re Ian and SteveC has the >>> domain openstreetmap.us ( >>> http://www.mail-archi

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On Apr 30, 2010, at 11:04 AM, Richard Welty wrote: > On 4/30/10 12:50 PM, Thea Clay wrote: >> >> Personally I agree with Ian’s idea. I would love to see an OSM-US site like >> the one in Germany ( http://www.openstreetmap.de/) that would have city >> level pages similar to MappingDC. If I reme

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On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:36 PM, SteveC wrote: > FYI I am in cooperstown speaking at a thing next month, getting there via > Albany. I'm giving an Intro to OSM talk at FOSScon.org in Rochester NY, on June 19. So if that isn't to far astray Richard might add both of our talks to the Albany meet

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Agreed. I don't see why Canadians can't get involved/use the site too. The more the merrier :) Best, Thea On 4/30/10 12:01 PM, "Richard Weait" wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Ian Dees wrote: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Thea Clay wrote: >> >> If I remember correctly we have don

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Richard Weait wrote: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Ian Dees wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Thea Clay wrote: > >> > >> If I remember correctly we have donated servers re Ian and SteveC has > the > >> domain openstreetmap.us ( > >> http://www.

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

On 4/30/10 12:50 PM, Thea Clay wrote: Personally I agree with Ian's idea. I would love to see an OSM-US site like the one in Germany ( http://www.openstreetmap.de/) that would have city level pages similar to MappingDC. If I remember correctly we have donated servers re Ian and SteveC has the

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Ian Dees wrote: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Thea Clay wrote: >> >> If I remember correctly we have donated servers re Ian and SteveC has the >> domain openstreetmap.us ( >> http://www.mail-archive.com/talk-us@openstreetmap.org/msg02623.html). That >> way

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Thea Clay wrote: > If I remember correctly we have donated servers re Ian and SteveC has the > domain openstreetmap.us ( > http://www.mail-archive.com/talk-us@openstreetmap.org/msg02623.html). That > way we can serve the needs of current members but also have an

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

Hi, Here are some more OSM related sites I'm connected with. CloudMade repays me for the meetup.com fees. Austin, TX: http://www.meetup.com/Austin-OpenStreetMappers/ and http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=358884127712 Dallas, TX: http://www.meetup.com/Dallas-OpenStreetMappers/ San Antonio, TX:

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

there's also the OSM calendar on the wiki, which has an RSS feed. On Apr 29, 2010, at 9:19 AM, Ian Dees wrote: > Keep in mind that we have openstreetmap.us and a couple servers sitting > around waiting for a use. Perhaps we could set up a similar thing for the > US-based meetups and events? Or

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We've run a few ad hoc events in Denver off facebook because it's free. On Apr 28, 2010, at 11:59 AM, Richard Weait wrote: > Any US OSM meetups other than these three? Any other fixed addresses > for local US OSM meetings? > > http://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-OpenStreetMap/ > http://www.meetup.com

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

FYI I am in cooperstown speaking at a thing next month, getting there via Albany. On Apr 28, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Richard Welty wrote: > On 4/28/10 1:59 PM, Richard Weait wrote: >> Any US OSM meetups other than these three? Any other fixed addresses >> for local US OSM meetings? >> >> http://www.

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On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Jim McAndrew wrote: > Who is paying for these meetup.com groups? Even if someone pays -- CloudMade did at one point, back when there were Ambassadors -- I won't log into that service, period. The local MySQL group uses it, and I find their Meetup invites a real t

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Ian Dees wrote: > Keep in mind that we have openstreetmap.us and a couple servers sitting > around waiting for a use. Perhaps we could set up a similar thing for the > US-based meetups and events? Or maybe we just need a shared Google > Calendar... > upcoming and

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

Keep in mind that we have openstreetmap.us and a couple servers sitting around waiting for a use. Perhaps we could set up a similar thing for the US-based meetups and events? Or maybe we just need a shared Google Calendar... upcoming and meetup both already have communities around them, though...

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On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Christopher Covington wrote: > On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 13:59 -0400, Richard Weait wrote: >> Any US OSM meetups other than these three? Any other fixed addresses >> for local US OSM meetings? > > While it's generally handy to have listings on multiple websites, what'

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Who is paying for these meetup.com groups? I met with someone at Where 2.0 from meetup.com mentioned that OSM uses the site for some meetups, but it's hard because they charge $12/mo. There may be a way to get these groups "sponsored" by meetup.com, so that OSM mappers aren't footing the bill for

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 13:59 -0400, Richard Weait wrote: > Any US OSM meetups other than these three? Any other fixed addresses > for local US OSM meetings? > > http://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-OpenStreetMap/ > http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Columbus/ > http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMa

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*Mea culpa.* In my haste to reply, I directed you all to the GeoDC site for OSM-related activities around WashDC area. Big oversight on my part. The MappingDC site (http://mappingdc.org/) is 100% dedicated to OSM activities (mainly mapping parties) in the nation's capital. There is a link there to

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

On 4/28/10 2:53 PM, Richard Weait wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Steven Johnson wrote: > >> Check the http://geo-dc.ning.com/ page for details. >> >> SEJ >> > Thanks, Steven. > > Can I encourage Richard and Ian to get a URL for a calendar and start > using it? > i have the

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On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Steven Johnson wrote: > > Check the http://geo-dc.ning.com/ page for details. > > SEJ Thanks, Steven. Can I encourage Richard and Ian to get a URL for a calendar and start using it? Giving an emerging community a point of focus might be all it takes to turn it i

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Not an OSM meetup, per se but we do hold semi-regular GeoDC events where OSM is frequently part of the discussion. If you're in the Washington, DC area, stop by. Next event is (tentatively) scheduled for 12 April. Check the http://geo-dc.ning.com/ page for details. SEJ "Wretches, utter wretc

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Richard Weait wrote: > Any US OSM meetups other than these three? Any other fixed addresses > for local US OSM meetings? > > http://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-OpenStreetMap/ > http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Columbus/ > http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMa

Re: [Talk-us] US meetups?

On 4/28/10 1:59 PM, Richard Weait wrote: > Any US OSM meetups other than these three? Any other fixed addresses > for local US OSM meetings? > > http://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-OpenStreetMap/ > http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Columbus/ > http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/ > i'm