Re: [Talk-us] dead line for joining voting in current board election
On 8/25/10 11:39 PM, Samat K Jain wrote: On Wednesday, August 25, 2010 04:39:53 pm, Richard Welty wrote: The deadline for join vote will be 5pm Friday, Eastern Time. The election ends at 2:15pm Sunday, Eastern Time. If you wish to join, here is the link: http://www.openstreetmap.us/membership/ Not to be negative, but I'm on the fence—other than the OSMF US board election, what other benefits are there to be an OSMF US member? If this has been discussed before it should be on the OpenStreetMap.us site somewhere. it probably should be, but we've been running as fast as we can to stay in one place. the question is a valid one. the organization is new, and at a critical moment, as we (the community) work out what it does and how it interacts. when you say what benefits are there, are you referring to member benefits, or to benefits for the community and for OSM? for member benefits, there aren't many right now, although they may come into being under the direction of the new board and of future boards. for the community and for OSM, it's about potential. there are numerous issues confronting OSM right now. The biggest US centric one i can think of right now are the questions about imports and Tiger 2010. while OSMF US cannot take a dictatorial position (everyone would just point and laugh and walk away), there are definitely things OSMF US can do here. i myself think that the next board should form an import committee to start developing a coherent policy framework and an agreed upon process. likewise, OSMF US can help with meetups and mapping parties. OSMF US will continue to work with local committees to organize SOTM US every year. i don't think that this is by any means comprehensive. it's just what i came up with on a half a cup of coffee this morning. if you don't find it compelling, that's ok. the membership will probably always be a minority of the active US mappers. richard ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] dead line for joining voting in current board election
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Samat K Jain li...@samat.org wrote: Not to be negative, but I'm on the fence—other than the OSMF US board election, what other benefits are there to be an OSMF US member? It's okay to be negative if you want. It's a tough question, so let me try my best to address it in parts: First, we're a very new organization; this is our first official election! The group that's currently on the board has written bylaws, written articles of incorporation, set up bank accounts and mechanisms to accept members, and then put on a conference! If this has been discussed before it should be on the OpenStreetMap.us site somewhere. We discussed this at SOTM at one of the last panel talks. Dave's done an amazing job of getting these videos online, so if we're lucky, you'll have a chance to see it before the election is over. We have a lot of plans, and hopes. But basically, right now, joining is a way of showing support for the US OpenStreetMap community. And once you join, you can see some of the projects we'd like to do and maybe help them along! There are a lot more details, but I think that's the main thing... your membership goes to trying to build the organization. More important than your membership dues, though, is actually getting involved. - Serge ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] dead line for joining voting in current board election
The deadline for join vote will be 5pm Friday, Eastern Time. The election ends at 2:15pm Sunday, Eastern Time. If you wish to join, here is the link: http://www.openstreetmap.us/membership/ Richard Secretary, OSMF US chapter ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] dead line for joining voting in current board election
On Wednesday, August 25, 2010 04:39:53 pm, Richard Welty wrote: The deadline for join vote will be 5pm Friday, Eastern Time. The election ends at 2:15pm Sunday, Eastern Time. If you wish to join, here is the link: http://www.openstreetmap.us/membership/ Not to be negative, but I'm on the fence—other than the OSMF US board election, what other benefits are there to be an OSMF US member? If this has been discussed before it should be on the OpenStreetMap.us site somewhere. -- Samat K Jain http://samat.org/ | GPG: 0x4A456FBA Sublety is the art of telling someone exactly what you think... and running for cover! -- Mark Twain (276) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us