> From: Richard Weait [mailto:rich...@weait.com] > Subject: [Talk-ca] upcoming Canadian press coverage and your local group > > Dear all, > > I expect that OSM will be getting some press coverage in the Canadian > media in the near future. This is a wonderful opportunity to launch > your long-anticipated local OSM group. > > I would love to see future awesome Canadian local OSM groups get > launched TODAY. > > Pick a place convenient for you, and not-horrible for others. I use > coffee shops and pubs, depending. > Pick a time convenient for you and not-horrible for others. I use "after > work on a weekday". > Announce it. Announce it here and in places where locals who aren't > already OSMers might find out about it. I use meetup.com, you might use > upcoming, or patch or anything else. > > There is a chance that the upcoming press will lead to new mappers who > will be really grateful to have a local help them with their first > edits. And you'll get to meet other local mappers who have been waiting > for "somebody else" to start a local group. Be somebody else. > :-) > > Please consider doing this. There is no good reason for Toronto to have > all of the fun. :-) There are awesome OSM folks in Ottawa and Montréal, > Québec and Sherbrooke and BC and Alberta and the far North. > Come on. Meet and talk.
Anyone else in the Vancouver area interested in this? I'm busy with exams until mid-next week but I'm free then. I live in New West and commute to UBC or Richmond. _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca