Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

Dear US electorate, Am Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:16:50 -0700 schrieb Alex Barth: > And - it's not to late to run for elections! Get your name up on the > list by October 10th. > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/ United_States/Elections/2015#Candidates And this is my

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

Picking up on the SOTM point - SOTM US isn’t for the community, it’s a corporate showcase. That’s not a bad thing, it’s just probably not what OSMFUS should be focused on. A more interesting question is what should OSMFUS try to do to build editors in the US, and what metric should we use

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

Michael, I appreciate your interest, research and opinions. Thank you for sharing it with us. To continue to build on the success of OSM in the US, we need people with diverse skill sets. Alex has already listed some of them. Here is a list, in no particular order: * yes, editing the map *

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

Michael - Let me start with where we agree! I share your enthusiasm for Martijn's position statement (and I am basing that on the position statement itself - NOT Martijn's contribution history) and I will concede that it would make sense for *one* of the OSM US board members to have in-depth

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 7:44 AM, Michael Reichert wrote: > Dear US electorate, > > Am Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:16:50 -0700 schrieb Alex Barth: > > And - it's not to late to run for elections! Get your name up on the > > list by October 10th. > > > >

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

* Steve Coast [151014 17:21]: > [..] > A more interesting question is what should OSMFUS try to do to build editors > in the US, and what metric should we use (presumably active editor headcount)? > What we’ve tried so far: > [..] > It feels like we should try some different

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

On 10/14/2015 1:33 PM, Wolfgang Zenker wrote: One idea would be to have a mapping party doing TIGER fixup for one rural county, then contact the local newspaper, write an article what has been done and ask for help regarding wrong/incomplete road names, wrong data caused by outdated imagery,

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

No, I'm not going to tell you who to vote for in the elections :-). However I believe there is some substantial misunderstanding of the numbers involved. Martijn noted in his manifesto that the daily editors numbers was flat for the US and Michael used that as one of the corner points in his

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

Great points in this thread. I feel more inspired than ever to work on improving the US map, whether I will be on the board or not. We have a great group of mappers in the US, it’s just way too small. I want to pick up on the word ‘community’ which is used differently by different people to

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

Simon Poole writes: I would however side with Andy in that what does seem to have some lasting effect is constant news coverage. Great to read this thread! Yes, I agree. And even YOU, too, can influence this, especially if you have a newsworthy bit of rah-rah to report about something

Re: [Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

Wow Michael, that sure is an all-male US board you're suggesting. I hope nobody heeds you our we have bigger problems than I thought. The question of growth in the US is complex, as is the question of gender and contributing to communities such as this. Communities, that is to say, that have zero

[Talk-us] OpenStreetMap US elections: October 12 townhall with candidates

OpenStreetMap US board elections are coming up October 12 - 18. We're running a virtual townhall on October 12. Ask your candidates about their vision for OpenStreetMap and their plans for once elected: http://openstreetmap.us/2015/10/candidates-townhall/ And - it's not to late to run for