Re: [HOT] eHealth Africa places import

2014-07-11 Thread Severin Menard
Wow, almost 100,000 wards, 50,000 states boundaries, +400,000 residential areas and last but not least +1,000 health facilities! Would it not be the largest import ever made in OSM in a developing country? Does someone have other examples to share? Sincerely, Severin On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at

Re: [HOT] Launching the hot mailing list in French

2014-07-11 Thread Michael Collinson
As mentioned, I create the OSM lists, so I hope these neutral observations help the discussion: Yes, indeed the OSM list system works in as loose and free-wheeling manner as possible along the support-but-not-control mission of the OSMF. So unless I can think of a really strong reason, I

Re: [HOT] Launching the hot mailing list in French

2014-07-11 Thread Fran Boon
On 11 July 2014 12:01, Michael Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: support-but-not-control mission of the OSMF This is exactly what comes to my mind observing this discussion...I would much prefer to see the HOT board being supportive rather than trying to be controlling. 1) We (OpenStreetMap) do

Re: [HOT] Launching the hot mailing list in French

2014-07-11 Thread Joseph Reeves
Dear Michael, all, Typing this quickly as the day is going badly for me... It's my opinion that the creation of HOT mailing lists require more community input than was shown in this instance; whilst I know that we need to be doing more to work in more languages than English, I am not convinced

Re: [HOT] Launching the hot mailing list in French

2014-07-11 Thread Fran Boon
On 11 July 2014 12:46, Dan S danstowell+...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-07-11 12:20 GMT+01:00 Fran Boon francisb...@gmail.com: On 11 July 2014 12:01, Michael Collinson m...@ayeltd.biz wrote: support-but-not-control mission of the OSMF This is exactly what comes to my mind observing this

Re: [HOT] Launching the hot mailing list in French

2014-07-11 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi Fran, Sorry, I'm going to jump in about non-profit law in the US and people are probably going to run off to go to sleep. The reason the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team United States Incorporated is the legal name and not the HOT Foundation or any other variation is when you incorporate a

Re: [HOT] Launching the hot mailing list in French

2014-07-11 Thread Fran Boon
On 11 July 2014 13:50, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: The reason the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team United States Incorporated is the legal name and not the HOT Foundation or any other variation is when you incorporate a corporation you need to have terms like Incorporated in the name.

Re: [HOT] Launching the hot mailing list in French

2014-07-11 Thread Ben Abelshausen
Hi, I have always assumed this list to be for people using OSM in a humanitarian context and not that much as a something that is HOT Inc. There are many things happening with OSM in the 'humanitarian' space that are in no way HOT Inc-related and as interest in this area is growing this will

Re: [HOT] Launching the hot mailing list in French

2014-07-11 Thread Joseph Reeves
Hi all, *HOT leverages the OSM brand, which is an Open Community* *So HOT is logically the Open Community to do with Humanitarian* Of course, however, OpenStreetMap doesn't just say do what you like with it, even if they have been very generous with the use of their name. This popped up on

Re: [HOT] Launching the hot mailing list in French

2014-07-11 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi Ben, There is a lot to think about with regards to these issues. OpenStreetMap is trademarked, by the OpenStreetMap Foundation there are just very liberal guidelines for the use of the trademark. The example most often given is if someone made a paid mobile app they could not make it look like

Re: [HOT] Let us finish the old featured job in the Tasking Manager!

2014-07-11 Thread Severin Menard
Hi Mark, I contacted someone I know from WFP so that he can tell me who whould be the good persons for this. I introduce you as soon as I get an answer. I agree, this is the kind of forgotten crisis. But at least we did something, we are the only Virtual Technical Community that did I think.

Re: [HOT] Launching the hot mailing list in French

2014-07-11 Thread Mark Cupitt
Hey All, I live in an environment where there are German, Swiss, French, Aussie, Us, Britts, Belgian, US speakers (to name a few). One of the simple things I have learnt is that to communicate, someone has to translate. And that is no simple task .. I speak Aussie .and I am lucky that folks

Re: [HOT] Launching the hot mailing list in French

2014-07-11 Thread Alex Rollin
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Mark Cupitt markcup...@gmail.com wrote: So, I am all for multi-lingual lists, however, how do the points that are made on each list get communicated to the other lists? +1 a real concern for me (not hearing what is happening on other lists). My email client

Re: [HOT] Launching the hot mailing list in French

2014-07-11 Thread Severin Menard
As for the OSM talk lists: when a topic needs to be shared/discussed with everyone, it goes to the general talk list. But if only the general talk list would exist, there would be really less exchanges in total, so basically having sub lists allows both everyone to participate and more activity in

Re: [HOT] Launching the hot mailing list in French

2014-07-11 Thread Mikel Maron
Hi everyone Back in February 2010, I sent Mike Collinson an email to set up this list. At 04:47 PM 24/02/2010, Mikel Maron wrote: Mike  We have a need for a list just focused on Humanitarian OSM Team ... can you set that up? hot@openstreetmap.org is what we're thinking.  Thanks Mikel   We

Re: [HOT] eHealth Africa places import

2014-07-11 Thread Rafael Avila Coya
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Séverin: The real numbers in terms of wards, LGA's and residential areas for these imports are actually more modest (the numbers I had were OSM objects (nodes, ways and relations). I've upgraded the wiki [1] with the numbers of total wards

Re: [HOT] Launching the hot mailing list in French

2014-07-11 Thread Rafael Avila Coya
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Kate: I have never used Loomio before. I think a good way would be, for example, to use one of the ongoing discussions where we have to reach some decisions and use Loomio to see how it goes (pros and cons). There are some Working Groups

Re: [HOT] Launching the hot mailing list in French

2014-07-11 Thread Ariel Nunez
Hola a todos, escribo en español por ahora y dentro de poco mando la versión en inglés. a) Respecto a la diferenciación entre HOT como compañía o HOT como grupo, eso definitivamente debe ir en otro hilo. b) Respecto a la necesidad de discutir cosas como la creación de la lista en comunidad,