Re: [Talk-us] Statistics of board candidate edits

2014-10-06 Thread Clifford Snow
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: While a candidate may have other skills, I'd want to hear from them in their manifesto why those skills make up for their complete lack of OpenStreetMap experience, and why they would be more able to apply those skills as a

Re: [Talk-us] Statistics of board candidate edits

2014-10-06 Thread alyssa wright
Hi all, I'd be interested to hear if there has been a problem in the past with board members' editing portfolio? If so, perhaps an appointment of editor-at-large is actually something the next board should consider? Regardless, I do agree that editing is one of the core aspects of the

Re: [Talk-us] Statistics of board candidate edits

2014-10-06 Thread David Fawcett
Robin, Thank you for running for the board, and for your very convincing statement describing why you would like to be board member. When I think about the membership of the boards of many corporations and NGOs, I often see people who do not have a lot of direct experience with that corp/org's

Re: [Talk-us] Statistics of board candidate edits

2014-10-06 Thread David Fawcett
To respectfully turn your statement around. I would like to hear from all candidates what skills and resources that they would bring to the board. By being an active mapper, a candidate has demonstrated that they know the project, and that they are putting resources into it to improve the map.

Re: [Talk-us] Statistics of board candidate edits

2014-10-06 Thread David Fawcett
Excellent description of your experience, education, passion, and commitment Alyssa. Again, I think that the work that Alyssa has done shows that she has skills, experience, and a network that would be very valuable to the board, and fit what is needed to move OSM US forward. I have seen of

Re: [Talk-us] Statistics of board candidate edits

2014-10-06 Thread Martijn van Exel
David - sure, I would be happy to. I'm just going to cherry pick, I don't really keep an OSM resumé. * Founded and sustained local OpenStreetMap groups in Amsterdam and Salt Lake City for 7+ years, organizing dozens of mapping and social events over the years - sorry, I haven't kept track of

Re: [Talk-us] Statistics of board candidate edits

2014-10-06 Thread Richard Welty
On 10/6/14 10:04 AM, David Fawcett wrote: To respectfully turn your statement around. I would like to hear from all candidates what skills and resources that they would bring to the board. By being an active mapper, a candidate has demonstrated that they know the project, and that they are

Re: [Talk-us] Statistics of board candidate edits

2014-10-06 Thread alyssa wright
i'm ready to co-chair that movement. ;) thanks all! this has been a very informative thread. alyssa. On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote: On 10/6/14 10:04 AM, David Fawcett wrote: To respectfully turn your statement around. I would like to hear

Re: [Talk-us] Statistics of board candidate edits

2014-10-06 Thread Eleanor Tutt
At this point, the number of edits conversation seems well covered, so I'll keep this first part brief. I think there are three important areas of growth for OpenStreetMap US: 1) The OSM map itself (more completeness/coverage, whether through individual edits or well-vetted bulk data imports) 2)

Re: [Talk-us] Statistics of board candidate edits

2014-10-06 Thread Reilly, Colin
Hi all, I probably don't have much new to offer this discussion other than perhaps a slightly different perspective. As with most everyone, my experience has helped form my opinions. My experience can probably be put in the geo dinosaur category. Though one who has tried to keep pace and is

[Talk-us] changeset 25081346 spanning contiguous United States

2014-10-06 Thread Peter Dobratz
Hi, I noticed the following changeset which touches UPS Store objects across the whole contiguous United States: http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/25081346 I have contacted user andrewpmk inquiring about communications prior to making this change and I have not received a response. After

Re: [Talk-us] changeset 25081346 spanning contiguous United States

2014-10-06 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Peter, It's great you reached out to the user. The DWG is really the best place for such complaints/concerns at this point. The email for the DWG is d...@osmfoundation.org I've forwarded your email to the DWG and you should receive a reply about it shortly from a DWG member (most likely

Re: [Talk-us] changeset 25081346 spanning contiguous United States

2014-10-06 Thread Eric H. Christensen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 09:33:08AM -0700, Peter Dobratz wrote: After checking a few of the objects, it looks like this change removed shop=copyshop and added amenity=post_office. I don't necessarily disagree with this change. In my mind I had

Re: [Talk-us] changeset 25081346 spanning contiguous United States

2014-10-06 Thread Harald Kliems
I use the operator=* tag and sometimes double it up with brand=* Harald. On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Eric H. Christensen e...@christensenplace.us wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 09:33:08AM -0700, Peter Dobratz wrote: After checking a

Re: [Talk-us] changeset 25081346 spanning contiguous United States

2014-10-06 Thread Serge Wroclawski
There is... this is something I'd consider a contentious edit but not *strictly* incorrect. The author of the changeset should have consulted the US/Canadian community before making it, and if he had done so, would have seen that he should have added an operator= or some other tag indicating that

Re: [Talk-us] changeset 25081346 spanning contiguous United States

2014-10-06 Thread Peter Dobratz
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Eric H. Christensen e...@christensenplace.us wrote: On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 09:33:08AM -0700, Peter Dobratz wrote: After checking a few of the objects, it looks like this change removed shop=copyshop and added amenity=post_office. I don't necessarily

[Talk-us] OpenStreetMap and the Ada Initiative #osm4ada

2014-10-06 Thread Alan McConchie
The Ada Initiative [1] is an organization doing important work supporting women in open technology and culture, and right now they're raising money to fund their work for the next year. Thanks to Kathleen Danielson (diary entry here [2]) there is now an OpenStreetMap campaign to donate to Ada

[Talk-us] mappy hour tonight!

2014-10-06 Thread Martijn van Exel
Hey all, Let's do another mappy hour tonight, shall we? Here's an event link -- https://plus.google.com/events/c3d40m3gl331bfq9462253hm6ik There should be a hangout link there. -- Martijn van Exel skype: mvexel ___ Talk-us mailing list

Re: [Talk-us] mappy hour tonight!

2014-10-06 Thread Martijn van Exel
That is, in 15 minutes. Hope to see you there for a bit! On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Martijn van Exel m...@rtijn.org wrote: Hey all, Let's do another mappy hour tonight, shall we? Here's an event link -- https://plus.google.com/events/c3d40m3gl331bfq9462253hm6ik There should be a