And this was meant for talk-us... On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Ian Dees <ian.d...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From my perspective there are a couple hurdles: > > 0) There aren't very many people aware of or interested in OSM in the US > yet. > 1) People interested in OSM who might be able to evangelize OSM already > spend their time mapping or (in my case) just don't have any extra time > outside of existing obligations, work, family life, etc. > > That being said, perhaps there's something that could be done to grease the > wheels and make it as easy as possible to get a mappy hour/mapping party > going. Can those that have run successful ones recently talk about what they > did, who they contacted, what time they held it? I'm thinking something like > Harry Wood's diary posts for the London OSM meetups, but for the meetups in > the US. > > Maybe seeing/reading how others do it in the US (not that it needs to be > different) would provide inspiration for the rest of us? > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Steve Coast <st...@asklater.com> wrote: > >> Agreed. Our mapping parties and meetups in Seattle have been awesome. >> >> On 6/2/2011 8:59 AM, Richard Weait wrote: >> >>> I see that a mapping party is planned for Boston this month. This is >>> awesome, and if you are nearby, you should attend. >>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Boston/June_2011_mapping_party >>> >>> There is also a mapping party on that date in Sherbrooke, Quebec. >>> >>> But why aren't there ten times as many mapping parties in the US as >>> there are in Canada? The US has ten times the population. Y'all >>> should have more mapping parties. And Mappy Hours, to meet up with >>> other mappers and talk about mapping over your beverage of choice. >>> >>> It's fun. Really. You should set one up. Today. >> >>
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