[HOT] One for the NGOs and people in Africa

2016-03-18 Thread john whelan
Yesterday one of my local Universities was offering free coffee and a presentation on Open Data. So clutching my discounted pensioner bus pass in one hand and my coffee mug in the other I drifted along. The Canadian Treasury Board did a presentation at the Ottawa International Open Data

Re: [HOT] Mapathons at Public Libraries

2016-03-18 Thread Paul Norman
On 3/17/2016 10:17 AM, Mike Thompson wrote: 1) Should they promote the event to "families" (e.g. young people accompanied by parents). What should be the minimum age a) for young people mapping independent of a parent, b) for young people mapping with a parent? As a general rule, you should

Re: [HOT] Mapathons at Public Libraries

2016-03-18 Thread Russell Deffner
Oh, hey – I’ll take this off-list with Mike as I ‘put on my local organizer hat’ (for the HOT audience, sorry OSM-Colorado not Colombia :) and realize you’re asking about remote mapping, but think especially as we reach out more ‘publicly’ and get kids/families involved we need to look at more