[HOT] April 2013 Board Meeting Minutes
Dear all, tl;dr Our March Baord Meeting was delayed until the beggining of April. We welcomed Heather Leson as our latest member and discussed a number of ongoing issues. Most importantly for the organisation we defined the rules by which paid HOT employees can serve as Board members. As always, the input of members and our community was welcomed on a number of points. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KefqCiFYdFYmn3_8d7u3V88V78njp8FGuiOk2Nw_U-c/edit# http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Board/4_April_2013 A quick summary can be found below. Best, Joseph Our intended March Board meeting unfortunately missed its end of the month schedule and was postponed to the beginning of April. Our newest member, Heather Leson, was welcomed to the Board. Much of the meeting points were discussed with a view of involving Heather as much as possible within HOT's ongoing operations so that she has the fullest immediate understanding of the group and our activities. Previous business was discussed, with much of the emphasis falling on the topic of our current technical infrastructure and provided / utilised services. Our services, most of them web-based, have been identified as a large potential problem; at current they are managed in an adhoc basis with much of burden unfairly falling on Kate. We need to review our current services and outstanding needs with an eye to improving our systems and their management. In other business, John's departure from the Board has left us with a requirement for someone to work on our Security & Emergency policy; Nicolas, Schuyler and Heather will continue on this issue. With this issue, as with all others, it was mentioned that the work required does not necessarily have to be conducted by Board members; discussion on how to further utilise the exceptional talent within our membership / community needs to take place. Much discussion during the election period centred around the possibility of paid staff members serving on the Board. We have finally voted on a resolution suggested by Kate and forwarded by Schuyler: *Not more than one or 10% (whichever is greater) directly or indirectly compensated person(s) serving as voting member(s) of the board. Compensated members shall not serve as the board's chair or treasurer. The maximum amount of compensated with HOT before someone is considered staff will be 12 weeks per year.* The vote was passed and we have agreed to further investigate the positions taken by other 501(3)c registered organisations. As a Board we accept that we are a young organisation that faces a number of specific challenges that may be incompatible with the above statement; as such we are provisionally allowing ourselves some flexibility on this position, to be judged on a case by case basis and made explicit at the time they potentially occur. An ongoing issue with payment for work conducted on behalf of OSM France was discussed and a solution proposed. The complete agenda for the meeting could not be discussed in the available time; further items are being discussed electronically and will be reviewed as most appropriate at the next Board meeting. ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
Re: [HOT] Error with HOT exports
This is certainly something we should be considering if we're unable to bring the current disk space issues under control. My only concern, as I think about this out loud, is that the current geofabrik service currently makes use of the minutely diffs replicated from the main db; any replacement server we introduced would need not only considerable disk space for exports, but also to maintain diffs for the areas we were working in. This could get bandwidth heavy. Joseph On 12 April 2013 16:49, Mikel Maron wrote: > We should be able to find other hosting for this, with sufficient disk. > Has anyone looked for this? > > * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > -- > *From:* Joseph Reeves > *To:* Claire Halleux > *Cc:* HOT Openstreetmap > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 9, 2013 9:26 AM > *Subject:* Re: [HOT] Error with HOT exports > > Hi Claire, > > I imagine the HOT-export server has a full disk again, this has been > causing problems for a while now; Harry has been clearing space, but it's > just filling up again. > > As for other sources of DRC data, there is regular dumps provided > elsewhere by Geofabrik: > > http://download.geofabrik.de/africa/congo-democratic-republic.html > > There are no shape files available, but you could presumably import the > data into QGIS and export the files you wanted from there. It's not an > ideal situation, not least because you were originally dealing with a > relatively small area and the proposed work-around involves downloading the > entire country, but it might get you out of a bind. > > Best, Joseph > > > > > On 9 April 2013 14:12, Claire Halleux wrote: > > Hello, > > Today, I got error in osm2pgsql each time an export is launched on the > HOT export tool. > See http://hot-export.geofabrik.de/jobs/2686 or 2689th task (smaller one). > > Moreover, it's been weeks for me that I cannot access anymore the OSM2GIS > website neither. > > Do you know if any of these tools will be ok soon? > Would you know any other user-friendly tool for exporting shp from OSM > database? > > Thanks! > > Claire > > > ___ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > ___ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
[HOT] Registrations opened for NOMAD Workshop: Linking Humanitarian Organizations with Mobile Data Collection Tool Providers, 15th-17th May, Paris!
Dear HOT members, You're well aware that mobile data technology is changing the way charities and aid agencies help out people affected by conflict, hunger and natural disasters, and we want to invite you to a unique opportunity to learn more about latest development of mobile data collection. /Join us at the NOMAD workshop on May 15th to 17th, 2013; at the French Space Agency (CNES) headquarter in Paris, France! / The event will start by NOMAD's presentation on the current challenges of mobile data collection for the humanitarian sector. Then, Wednesday afternoon will be dedicated to a solution fair where you will be able to walk around, meet and greet the different solution providers and gain a first overview of the different tools presented. On Thursday and Friday, mobile data collection solution providers will conduct hands-on demonstrations in small groups and answer all your questions. Always wanted to hear more about a specific solution and test it out before deciding which one might be best for your organisation and situation? At the end of the workshop, after trying and testing various data collection tools, we promise that you and your organization will be able to select and decide on the best tool for your survey. The package of the event also includes a workshop bag with a pen drive with the event's information pre-loaded on it, breakfast on Thursday and Friday, coffee break on Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday, and a set-price dinner on Thursday evening (beverages are additional, except water). *To participate in this event please pre-register here:** **http://humanitarian-nomad.org/workshop-2013/ * The prices are listed on the webpage as well. The spaces are limited, and will be capped at 150; therefore it is advisable to register early. Any organizational questions regarding participation in the Paris workshop, please contact me (m_nobleco...@cartong.org). And feel free to forward this invitation to anyone you think might be interested by it. If your organization would like to give a short presentation on your experiences with Mobile Data Collection Tools, get in touch, if there is enough interest, a session on exchanging experiences can be organized as well. The agenda will be published in due course. /We all at NOMAD look forward to seeing you at the Paris workshop in May for a stimulating series of productive and collaborative discussions./ -- Martin Noblecourt Coordinateur des projets bénévoles & admin assistant | Volunteers projects coordinator & admin assistant m_nobleco...@cartong.org Bureau/Office : +33 (0)4 79 26 28 82 CartONG - GIS and Mapping services for humanitarian organizations / Services de cartographie et de gestion de l'information pour organisations humanitaires 180 rue du Genevois, 73000 Chambéry, France ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
Re: [HOT] Fw: [CrisisMappers] Reuters reporting magnitude 8 earthquake in Iran
Here's the USGS summary http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000g7x7#summary And the area in OSM. It's very remote. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=28.107&lon=62.053&zoom=15&layers=M The closest town is Khash. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=28.2239&lon=61.2234&zoom=12&layers=M Bing imagery is good over the region. Besides geometries, there do seem to be some kind of local mappers adding POI. No reports on the impact yet, though seems like relatively low? Since it's within Iran, wouldn't expect there to be an international humanitarian response. News reports mention Iranian Red Crescent involvement, not sure if there's a relationship with Red Cross (Robert?). My sense is that we can monitor, improve the geometries over Khash, could attempt to reach out to Iranian mappers. Probably not a huge amount for us to do? * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > From: Jaakko Helleranta.com >To: hot@openstreetmap.org >Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:10 AM >Subject: [HOT] Fw: [CrisisMappers] Reuters reporting magnitude 8 earthquake in >Iran > > > >FYI. >Sent from my BlackBerry® device from Digicel >-- >Mobile: +509-37-26 91 54, Skype/GoogleTalk: jhelleranta > > >From: "Patrick Meier (iRevolution)" >Sender: crisismapp...@googlegroups.com >Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:00:32 -0400 >To: crisismappers >ReplyTo: crisismapp...@googlegroups.com >Subject: [CrisisMappers] Reuters reporting magnitude 8 earthquake in Iran > > >https://twitter.com/BreakingNews/statuses/324114648813166592 > -- >CrisisMappers | The Humanitarian Technology Network >http://www.CrisisMappers.net > >To subscribe, follow this link: https://groups.google.com/group/crisismappers >To unsubscribe, please send email to crisismappers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >Visit CrisisMappers at: >http://groups.google.com/group/crisismappers?hl=en >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"CrisisMappers" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to crisismappers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >To post to this group, send email to crisismapp...@googlegroups.com. >Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/crisismappers?hl=en-US. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > >___ >HOT mailing list >HOT@openstreetmap.org >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > >___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
[HOT] Fw: [CrisisMappers] Reuters reporting magnitude 8 earthquake in Iran
FYI. Sent from my BlackBerry® device from Digicel -- Mobile: +509-37-26 91 54, Skype/GoogleTalk: jhelleranta -Original Message- From: "Patrick Meier (iRevolution)" Sender: crisismapp...@googlegroups.com Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:00:32 To: crisismappers Reply-To: crisismapp...@googlegroups.com Subject: [CrisisMappers] Reuters reporting magnitude 8 earthquake in Iran https://twitter.com/BreakingNews/statuses/324114648813166592 -- CrisisMappers | The Humanitarian Technology Network http://www.CrisisMappers.net To subscribe, follow this link: https://groups.google.com/group/crisismappers To unsubscribe, please send email to crisismappers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit CrisisMappers at: http://groups.google.com/group/crisismappers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CrisisMappers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to crisismappers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to crisismapp...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/crisismappers?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. ___ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
