[HOT] DRC, Ebola response: thank you and starting activation

2014-09-02 Thread Claire Halleux
Dear All, Last week 3 high_priority tasks were completed within 3 days in DRC thanks to 25 active contributors. Some of those contributors have completed numerous squares on all the 3 tasks, that was precious! Those needs were expressed by Doctors Without Borders and data was sucessfully shared

[HOT] New HOT mapper welcome message?

2014-09-02 Thread Blake Girardot
Hi, In the discussion about a validation email for feed back, it occurred to me that I don't think we send out a Welcome to HOT mapping! type of email the first time someone contributes to a HOT project. At least I do not remember one if I got one. I was thinking that the first time a user

Re: [HOT] New HOT mapper welcome message?

2014-09-02 Thread Andrew Buck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think this would be a really good idea. Someone of course would need to work out the exact text of the welcome message, but in priciple I think it is a very good idea. - -AndrewBuck On 09/02/2014 09:08 AM, Blake Girardot wrote: Hi, In the

Re: [HOT] New HOT mapper welcome message?

2014-09-02 Thread Enock Seth Nyamador
This is a good idea and to me it makes new users feel excited about what they have done. It also encourages them. Best - Enock On Sep 2, 2014 2:48 PM, Andrew Buck andrew.r.b...@gmail.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think this would be a really good idea. Someone

Re: [HOT] New HOT mapper welcome message?

2014-09-02 Thread Mark Cupitt
Excellent Idea .. Welcome to the Team with a big Thanks for Contributing .. Cheers Regards Mark Cupitt If we change the world, let it bear the mark of our intelligence Hire Me on Freelancer See me on Open StreetMap https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mark_Cupitt See me on LinkedIn

Re: [HOT] New HOT mapper welcome message?

2014-09-02 Thread Heather Leson
HI everyone, We talked about this action in the community and communications group as well as the board meeting. I think this should be in task manager. Does someone one to start a document? Kate should be back online soon and we can coordinate. I think it should include all the things you

Re: [HOT] New HOT mapper welcome message?

2014-09-02 Thread Pierre Béland
I agree that it would be good to send a welcome message. But a welcome message is not enough. And before starting a new project, lets come back to my suggestion last fall to better inform people that consult our various services about the information available. I proposed to harmonize our

[HOT] West Africa Ebola Activation : follow-up

2014-09-02 Thread Pierre Béland
From march to sept. 1, there are 1,201 OSM contributors who edited 6.7 million objects for Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. But reading the news, you understand that we cannot stop there. Humanitarian organizations are operating in a very difficult context and count on our support. We

Re: [HOT] GNS name merging discussion thread

2014-09-02 Thread Pierre Béland
Thanks Blake for this, I finished adjusting counties to these boundaries. I imported district boundaries as well. Now we are looking for such information for Guinea and Liberia. I contacted a contributor who added districts in Sierra Leone 2 years ago. He responded quickly and sent me very