Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal: New Working Group Welcome WG

2012-10-17 Thread Richard Weait
The second meeting for the proposed Welcome Working Group is today at 1800H UTC (1900 London) on #osm-strategic http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Rw/Proposal:Welcome_Working_Group/2012-10-17_agenda The group still requires some key volunteers / participants to become viable. Please join

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal: New Working Group Welcome WG

2012-10-10 Thread Martijn van Exel
Oh darn, I missed it. I had the wrong time in my head and have been trying to do too many things at once this week. :-(( I hope it was a productive meeting. Logs? I am still committed to this group - any plans for a f'up? On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote:

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal: New Working Group Welcome WG

2012-10-10 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org wrote: Oh darn, I missed it. I had the wrong time in my head and have been trying to do too many things at once this week. :-(( I hope it was a productive meeting. Logs? I am still committed to this group - any plans for a f'up?

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal: New Working Group Welcome WG

2012-10-08 Thread Sylvain Maillard
Hi, I won't have too much meeting possibilities this week, but i'm in ;) I will be more available to work on the scientific methodology for all the statistics, and as a french message writer ;) cheers, Sylvain 2012/10/8 Richard Weait rich...@weait.com On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:50 AM,

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal: New Working Group Welcome WG

2012-10-08 Thread Richard Weait
Date and time have now been set, via poll. Wednesday, 10 October 2012 at 1800H UTC. with a duration of 90 minutes Meeting on irc.oftc.net #osm-strategic Find your local time, http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Initial+WWG+meetingiso=20121010T18ah=1am=30 So far I've seen no

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal: New Working Group Welcome WG

2012-10-07 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Dear All, I recently discussed an idea for a new OSMF working Group on the OSMF talk list[1]. The reaction seemed favourable, so now I'm looking for key volunteers to staff the working group and for broader support from

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal: New Working Group Welcome WG

2012-10-03 Thread Tomas Straupis
Hello 2012-10-03 Paweł Paprota wrote: I read the proposal and to be honest I'm not sure about the hypothesis (Early contact increases mapper engagement). For me it would seem kind of creepy if a website that I've just registered and done something on contacted me personally saying You've

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal: New Working Group Welcome WG

2012-10-03 Thread Christian Quest
I think the effect of such welcome message depend a lot on the message content and spirit. I've myself sent messages to all newcomers in France saying (in short): welcome, thank you for your first edits, you're not alone, join the team, if you need help just ask. Don't be too big brother, do not

[OSM-talk] Proposal: New Working Group Welcome WG

2012-10-02 Thread Richard Weait
Dear All, I recently discussed an idea for a new OSMF working Group on the OSMF talk list[1]. The reaction seemed favourable, so now I'm looking for key volunteers to staff the working group and for broader support from the community to encourage the official approval of this working group

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal: New Working Group Welcome WG

2012-10-02 Thread SomeoneElse
Richard Weait wrote: Dear All, I recently discussed an idea for a new OSMF working Group on the OSMF talk list. Like many other people, I've contacted new local mappers over the last couple of years and can probably contribute some stats to help collate the was contacted, how and what the

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal: New Working Group Welcome WG

2012-10-02 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:12 PM, SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk wrote: Richard Weait wrote: Dear All, I recently discussed an idea for a new OSMF working Group on the OSMF talk list. Like many other people, I've contacted new local mappers over the last couple of years and can

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal: New Working Group Welcome WG

2012-10-02 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: Also, a data point. I sent some welcome emails last week. Of the replies (3), one was thanks and the other two were thank yous with some conversation. Of 38 contact emails 5 have mapped since. We might find that early

Re: [OSM-talk] Proposal: New Working Group Welcome WG

2012-10-02 Thread Paweł Paprota
Hi Richard, I read the proposal and to be honest I'm not sure about the hypothesis (Early contact increases mapper engagement). For me it would seem kind of creepy if a website that I've just registered and done something on contacted me personally saying You've added a restaurant. I think that