I've tried to do that, Tulsa County referred me to Creek County...Creek County doesn't return my calls and they never seem to be open (do we still have a library??). I think Thanksgiving is a big factor, and I would expect the lack of visibility among tribal citizens being a contributor (my tribe doesn't consider this week to have holidays, for example; not sure about others).
On Wednesday, November 21, 2012, Jim McAndrew wrote: > Paul, > > Martijn had suggested contacting the local library and seeing if you can > reserve a study room or something like that. > > If you can't pull something together this weekend (it's not really a good > weekend for get togethers in the US), I would love to attend a mapping > party in OK in the future. So planning a mapping party in the future could > also be a good idea. > > -- > Jim > > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Paul Johnson > <ba...@ursamundi.org<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'ba...@ursamundi.org');> > > wrote: > >> I don't think the Tulsa one is going to happen, lack of venue. >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 5:05 AM, Matthias Meißer >> <dig...@arcor.de<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'dig...@arcor.de');> >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> the organisation of "Operation Cowboy" seems to be nearly finished. >>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**wiki/Operation_Cowboy<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Operation_Cowboy> >>> >>> I guess we have enough target areas and thanks to Martjins Map Roulett >>> enough ideas on how to find new tasks :) Thanks fly out to everybody who >>> starts a mapping "cake"! >>> >>> Thanks to Charlotte (Techlady) we had some *press releases* and it >>> seemed to worked: >>> http://www.spatialsource.com.**au/2012/11/20/article/** >>> OpenStreetMap-second-annual-**map-a-thon-on-this-weekend/** >>> RNXTDSVBSV.html<http://www.spatialsource.com.au/2012/11/20/article/OpenStreetMap-second-annual-map-a-thon-on-this-weekend/RNXTDSVBSV.html> >>> http://www.h-online.com/open/**news/item/OpenStreetMap-** >>> launches-Operation-Cowboy-**1751382.html<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenStreetMap-launches-Operation-Cowboy-1751382.html> >>> >>> But if you like, you can try to still push the event, as it might be a >>> good idea to bring attention of US IT media to the quality assurance topic >>> and that we still looking for more mappers becausethere is still a lot of >>> work to do in America. Sadly slashdot and raddit didn't work for me here :/ >>> >>> Another good thing would be *social media* so spreading to word to >>> attract our global community (and others of course): >>> - https://twitter.com/opcowboy and #OPC2012 >>> - Starting a facebook or google+ account anyone? >>> - Maintaining the IRC channel? Setup a bot? >>> >>> Might be interesting, that this party, we __might__ get a nice animation >>> by Derick Rethans. But hey, let's first do the job and enjoy the results >>> afterwards ;) >>> >>> bye, >>> Matthias >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Talk-us mailing list >>> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', >>> 'Talk-us@openstreetmap.org');> >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.**org/listinfo/talk-us<http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', >> 'Talk-us@openstreetmap.org');> >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> >> >
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