Thanks so much, Serge - seriously. Your apology means a lot to me. Happy mapping! Eleanor
On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Serge Wroclawski <emac...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Eleanor Tutt <eleanor.t...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, Serge. > > > > As a member of the chapter board, I feel a bit erased? misrepresented? by > > your email. It hurt, especially because I think you and I share some > common > > ground about why we map and that it is important to feel a connection to > a > > place. > > You're right that I painted everyone with the same brush, and that > wasn't my intent; I'm sorry. It's hard to be critical of an > organization and not the individuals, but you're right, I probably > could have done a better job. > > > At any rate, while you are more qualified to speak to the history of OSM > as > > a whole than I am, I do want to say a few things that will maybe help you > > get the know my personal history with OSM: > > There are people on this list who were involved in OSM longer than me. > I don't believe I have special qualifications beyond being there. > > > When I was new to OSM and first learned about editathons, I didn't know > > anyone involved with OSM or have any preconceived ideas about the > project. > > All I knew was that editathons sounded amazing, so I made the effort to > > connect with other local mappers and start building more of a community > in > > my region. My first editathon - led by another community member - > involved > > walking around outdoors on a college campus. My second editathon - led > by > > myself - involved walking around outdoors in a neighborhood commercial > > district. In my experience, editathons have always been a way for > community > > members to get together and map in whatever manner made the most sense - > > sometimes outdoors, sometimes indoors. There can be value in both. > > I remember Paul's post, I was elected to the chapter board, and - it's > true! > > - I don't have very many OSM edits compared to many members of the > > community. That doesn't mean I don't go out and map my community - I > > described in a different email how I do so. But I contribute in other > ways > > as well. Last month, I led a group of students in a survey of a nearby > > neighborhood. I spent hours walking through the neighborhood with them, > > helping mark points, and then helping them enter their data when they > > returned. I did not personally make a single edit with my OSM user name. > > However, I contributed to those edits invisibly, behind the scenes, and I > > believe several of those students will become regular contributors. > > Maybe time erases this stuff, and that's a good thing. > > Again, my apologies. Especially as someone who doesn't have a car, I > know the challenge that mapping can be for folks like us, and major > kudos to you for your mapping and community work. > > - Serge >
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