Hi everyone I've tried to summarise what we discussed on our initial concall and what Rob's survey revealed into a high-level and short set of aims. It's an initial draft and open for comment before our next concall (TBA before end of Jan). I've included for comparison the aims from those countries that have established a local national "chapter". I'm afraid the translation software I used just couldn't do justice to Japanese!
Proposed aims for UKOSM: The aims of (eventual name) are: To increase the number of data contributors;develop their skills and keep their motivation so that new contributors become active mappers to improve and maintain OpenStreetMap data in the UK. To provide a national point of contact for UK organisations wishing to use OSM data or contribute data to OSM. To engage in activities and provide services that are consistent with achieving these aims. Swiss The associations purpose is the support and advancement of projects, people, companies and organisations in all language regions of Switzerland that collect, use, process and distribute open and free geo-data. Such activities can be of non-commercial as well as commercial nature. The association has no commercial purpose US We strive to support the OpenStreetMap project in the United States through fostering awareness, ensuring broad availability of data, continuous quality improvement, and an active community. France L’objectif de l’association est de promouvoir le projet OpenStreetMap et notamment la collecte, la diffusion et l'utilisation de données cartographiques sous des licences libres. Le règlement intérieur liste les licences libres applicables aux données géographiques. The objective of the association is to promote the OpenStreetMap Project including the collection , dissemination and use of mapping data under free licenses. The rules list free licenses applicable to geographic data. Iceland The purpose of the Society is to advocate for open and free GIS data Regards Brian
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