We are mentioned here: > * Southeast Asia: Phillipines, Vietnam, Thailand. Anybody willing to represent OSM-PH? I guess it's worth trying to nominate one from the group.
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:39 PM, maning sambale <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mikel Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com> > Date: Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:25 PM > Subject: [OSM-talk] Nominations for State of the Map Travel Scholarships > To: t...@openstreetmap.org > > > > The OpenStreetMap Foundation is excited to announce a program to cover > full travel and accomodations costs for 15 mappers to attend State of > the Map. We're seeking nominations from the community for potential > mappers. > > Generally, we are seeking people from places where costs would > prohibit attendance, developing countries, and places that are > "interesting" geopolitically. The ideal candidates for funding are > from countries with a small OSM community, perhaps just a few mappers > in total. They have made a significant start at mapping their city, > either through Yahoo imagery or with their own GPS, and are directly > familiar with the process of OSM. They may have started communicating > among themselves, and made plans and scoped out the process for their > local district. But, the community is nowhere near critical mass, and > they need the inspiration and support to take OSM to the next level. > > We need to act fast. State of the Map is just over two months away, > tickets and visas need to be arranged. In order to allow enough time > for all the arrangements, the nomination period will be short, one > week only, ending next Wednesday, May 13. From the nominations > received, we'll review the list and choose 15 mappers to approach with > the offer. Depending on their availability to attend, we'll work our > way through the list. We only recently secured funding for this > program, so the process has to be quick. > > Please send your nominations to sotm.scholars...@gmail.com. For each > nomination, include the mappers name, OSM user name, email address, > location, and a paragraph or two on why they'd be great to have at > SOTM. > > And also, please forward this message to other relevant local OSM lists. > > As for regions, here are a few regions that seem to fit the bill, but > nominations are not limited to these places at all. > > * Eastern Europe: the Caucasus, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania. > * Arab States: Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt. Egypt is particularly > interesting, as the ban on GPS units there was recently lifted. > * South Asia: India, Pakistan. While both countries have seen > significant activities, relative to size and population they are in > the very early stages. > * Southeast Asia: Phillipines, Vietnam, Thailand. > * South America: Colombia, Bolivia, Peru. Promising leads in > government for the release of data for use in OSM. > * East Africa: Kenya is a hotspot for mapping right now (Ushahidi, > AgCommons, MapMaker..) > > Many thanks to the Open Society Institute for helping make this happen. > > -Mikel > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > t...@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > > -- > cheers, > maning > ------------------------------------------------------ > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------ > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
