Re: [OSM-talk] Is OSM Anti-Fascist? (was: Cease use of OpenStreetMap/Antifa logo)
Frederik Ramm wrote > I agree that OSM should remain un-political where possible, just so that > political squabbles do not interfere with mapping. That's right. I think we'd do well to stop this discussion. There's no point in talking in political terms about what we do. I already have some bad experience with mappers who make such interpretations and use the map to reflect their desires or political ideologies. Those of us who don't participate in that diabolical game always lose out, because of these people and those who keep silent by allowing them to act like this. This is what happens when we mix politics with "what we do" here. The map would be a better place without all of them (and this forum will be a nicer place to visit if we don't talk politics). Greetings from Spain. Regards, Daniel -- Sent from: http://gis.19327.n8.nabble.com/General-Discussion-f5171242.html ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] weeklyOSM #499 2020-02-04-2020-02-10
The weekly round-up of OSM news, issue # 499, is now available online in English, giving as always a summary of a lot of things happening in the openstreetmap world: https://www.weeklyosm.eu/en/archives/12858/ Enjoy! Did you know that you can also submit messages for the weeklyOSM? Just log in to https://osmbc.openstreetmap.de/login with your OSM account. Read more about how to write a post here: http://www.weeklyosm.eu/this-news-should-be-in-weeklyosm weeklyOSM? who: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WeeklyOSM#Available_Languages where?: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/weeklyosm-is-currently-produced-in_56718#2/8.6/108.3 ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
[OSM-talk] Microgrants call for committee
Hi, The Microgrants project is ready for launch! When we first received the Pineapple fund donation, the money was quickly earmarked as to be given back to the community. Now that's finally happening, after a recent Board decision [1] (plenty of background behind that link!). Any volunteer who thinks they can make an impact with a small grant will soon be able to apply. But first we need the help of a few volunteers to manage the project. What do we expect of you? 1) Running the call for projects 2) Making a selection of about ten projects 3) Following up with the selected projects Anyone can apply to be on the selection committee, and the Board will then make a selection. We are looking for people who know how the OSM community works, who have experience with making an impact for OSM - but also people with practical experience running these kinds of projects. The policy document [2] offers a guideline to what the Board wants to see happen with this project, but it leaves a lot of leeway for the committee to implement as they see fit. For example, the committee is expected to work out their own rules of order. During the entire process, you will be able to rely on Dorothea for administrative assistance. The most impactful job of the Microgrants Committee will be the selection itself. The decision is expected to be based on deep community consultation. The Board did keep a veto right over the selected applications. The committee is also expected to guide the projects to fruition. However, it is encouraged for the committee to extend the group with more volunteers, so as to lighten the workload and diversify points of view. For example, it would be really helpful to have volunteers who speak the language or are culturally close to the selected projects. When the projects are finished and have reported on their experience, the Committee is almost done. A final task will be to make recommendations to the Board for the next phase of the Microgrants project - we've only just begun! Send your application to join the Microgrants Committee to microgra...@osmfoundation.org by March 8th. All relevant information will be accessible through the OSMF wiki at https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Microgrants 1. https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2020-01#Microgrants_policy_-_proposal_to_vote 2: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/1/1a/Microgrants_working_document_snapshot_2020-01-13.odt All the best, Joost for the OSMF Board ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Cease use of OpenStreetMap/Antifa logo
On 2020-02-15 21:27, Richard wrote: On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 09:38:03AM +0100, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: Am Do., 13. Feb. 2020 um 13:42 Uhr schrieb Maarten Deen : > From wikipedia (if that is an authority) > it isn't. getting better and better: we have now a discussion on the labeling of Antifa, definition of facism, authority of Wikipedia, what next? * less politics is better for OSM * I would not be happy if anyone could mashup his logo with that of OSM I was almost going to do a mashup for an Open Source Street Map project, with a nice SS logo inside to troll for reactions. But I think I'd better not. Regards, Maarten ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
