I'm trying to organize one in the Tulsa area, using this Google event<https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c3ohfbgso96b1ahm1li1hba5auc>to organize and promote it.
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 5:41 AM, Matthias Meißer <dig...@arcor.de> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I'd like to announce the fellow of the "night of the living maps" party: > "Operation cowboy" : > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**wiki/Operation_cowboy<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Operation_cowboy> > Guess what, this time it's about mapping the US :) > > The date is the weekend from 23.11 till Sunday, so everybody should have a > chance to get a day, where he can join a local party. > To make it more easy to get a room, I give you this announcement already > today, even if there are still some todos (detailed mission statement, > party map, logo, ...). > So please still wait with an official announcement to the public, I bet we > can fix this things next week. > > So if you like to *start a local party* , create a wiki page (or reuse the > local user group page or your city page) and paste/adapt this: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**wiki/Template:Operation_cowboy<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:Operation_cowboy> > Cool mappers can add this button to the user page, too ;) > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**wiki/Template:User_OPC<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:User_OPC> > > But hey, I would *need still some help* , to get all the things ready: > > 1. *Sponsoring* > I already tried to contact OSMF but without an answer. Can anybody please > ask them again, if they would donate a few bugs per local party, to attract > organisers? Or what about the GIS-Companies around OSM, would they cater a > party in their HQs? > > 2. *Social media* > Is there anybody who likes to start further social channels as facebook > etc? It's pretty simple, just to spread the things we post at Twitter and > of course answer questions and present the project (create events ...). > > 3. *Wiki translation* > Would be great if the wiki could be translated in other languages as well. > (maybe you can recycle old NOTLM translations). Oh and fixing my low level > english would be really nice ;) > > Later: > Creating a "thank you all" poster with all teams or actually a video clip > with animated edits and country music would be a great finale. > > If you have any questions/ideas, just post it. I think all general critics > on armchair mapping or our choice of the target area would be better in a > seperated topic, as the past showed, that they generate a lot of traffic. > > So I wish you good luck for finding an appreachated location and I'm happy > looking towards our 2nd global mapping action :) > > cya, > Matthias > (user:!i!) > > ______________________________**_________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk> >
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