[HOT] Just saw the tweet: We are only $182 from our micro-grants stretch goal!

[Blake Girardot]

Wow, really cool!

Help us push this over the stretch goal too!!

We all can look forward to a 2017 connected even more closely to folks
around the world, on the ground, making a difference in their
communities according to their priorities and achieving their goals!

https://donate.hotosm.org/

Be part of it today, time is running out and give a gift to yourself
by helping others! The amount does not matter, every little bit helps
and makes you a part of this exciting program in 2017.

Best wishes for 2017,
Blake
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Re: [HOT] Dealing with future growth: three recommendations to organisers (my SotM16 talk)

[Tyler Radford]

Hi Martin, a very late thank-you for these points and summary. Blake, glad
to hear the core suggestions are now up on github.
Tyler

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On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Martin Dittus  wrote:

>
> > On 24 Nov 2016, at 20:22, Blake Girardot HOT/OSM <
> blake.girar...@hotosm.org> wrote:
> >
> >> In brief, I’d like to make three key recommendations:
> >> • Carefully manage the tasking manager task listing during large
> disaster events. People who join during these events don't tend to stay
> active for long, and their contributions tend to have a lower quality.
> Point them towards newcomer-friendly projects where they can make some
> early experiences.
> >
> > In the context of disaster response, an activation, how long should
> > the early experience be? Is it ok if it is not a disaster related
> > project, but a specific new mapper project, probably from missing
> > maps? I would think we need a new mapped tailored part of the response
> > mapping to direct new mappers too.
>
> I don’t have a short answer for this, but my feeling is that it’s about
> initial training as much about providing a buffer for people who are just
> curious and want to click around a bit. Anything that redirects TV
> audiences to such an initial buffer is likely a win. Optimally, people who
> contribute well are then guided to further projects — for example as part
> of validator feedback.
>
>
>
>
> >
> >> • Introduce a notification mechanism to inform contributors of emergent
> campaigns. While the mailing list may work for the core community, there is
> likely a larger number of one-time mappers who may be willing to help out
> again when they’re needed, but currently they have no means of finding out.
> >
> > Yes, we have to make better use of email i think is what it comes down
> > too. Really we need to engage with new mappers where they are, but the
> > recurrent theme in many of these discussions is that email is best
> > because OSM only or TM only contact solutions are missed by literally
> > 1 day mappers. Emails seems the consensus, allow contributors to
> > provide their email and opt-into some email messages from the Tasking
> > Manager.
>
> Yes, that sounds great. The existing HOT newsletter could be a low-effort
> means of starting something like this, e.g. by adding a paragraph on
> current initiatives to every email. (Tyler might likely appreciate if
> someone who’s plugged into community discourse could provide such
> paragraphs on short notice.)
>
>
> >
> >> • Try to connect newcomers to the existing community as soon as
> possible, and in a setting that is appropriate for absolute beginners.
> Where can people ask questions online? Is the mailing list still
> appropriate for absolute beginners?
> >
> > See the Live OSM mapper-support channel, that is a direct result of
> > this suggestion and an attempt to accomplish the goal of connecting
> > absolute beginners with the OSM community. (
> > https://hotosm-slack.herokuapp.com/ )
>
> I love how quickly this came to be! Much impressed.
>
>
> Looking forward to an exciting 2017,
>
> m.
>
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[HOT] Off-Topic: Medical textbook "Parasitic Diseases, 6th Edition" available for free

[Blake Girardot]

New Year's Greetings!

This might be of interest to some in the HOT community, although not
directly related to mapping, it is related to one of most common
reasons we do map, public health.

The latest edition of a leading medical textbook on parasite caused
diseases (like malaria) was published in the last few months and the
authors have made the PDF version of the textbook available as a free,
easy download.

http://www.parasiteswithoutborders.com/parasitic-diseases-6th-edition/

It is a textbook intended for medical students and is written using
very technical medical terminology so it is not easy to read even for
native English speakers who are not in the medical or scientific
fields. I do a lot of google'ing while I slowly read it.

This is probably the leading textbook for medical students taking a
parasitic diseases course and it is quite incredible that the authors
have found a way to make it available for free. They are very eager
get this book into the hands of anyone who is interested or can make
use of the information, regardless of ability to pay for the book.

Regards,
Blake

PS: Two of the authors also do a semi-weekly podcast about parasitic
diseases, describing in detail an actual case each week and describing
how the diseases present themselves, life cycle of the parasites,
diagnostic techniques, treatments, etc.

http://www.microbeworld.org/podcasts/this-week-in-parasitism

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