Hello,
Elections for the OSMF are coming up with nominations closing on the
25th August. I'm standing for election this year as a board member
and I think its important for OSMF's representatives to state their
positions and let the OSMF members know who and what they are electing
to help look after the Foundation:
Here's a summary of what I would aim to achieve over a year as an OSMF
board member:
* State Of The Map organisation. I aim to help the conference grow
by supporting the community in choosing a venue, organising logistics,
helping with call for papers, helping with website set up and anything
else needed by the hosts, whoever they may be. I've helped out with
the organisation of the last two conferences, both of which have been
highlights of my time working with OSM. I'd like to the last two
years of experiences to make sure that SOTM09 is even better than the
last two years.
* Accountability and communitcation for OSMF. Its understandable
that in a busy, volunteer based organisation like the Foundation,
communication of work and aims becomes secondary to actually achieving
the aims. I'd like to help the Foundation communicate more
effectively with its membership. Some ideas I have include regular
email updates and blog posts that summarise the different projects
that the Foundation are working on.
* Promoting OSM. One of the important roles of the Foundation is
representing OSM at conferences, shows and developer meetups around
the world and most importantly helping to support other OSMers in
their promotion of the project. Attracting and looking after new
mappers is going to be really important in helping us create a free
map of the world.
There are more details on my blog
(http://www.blacksworld.net/blog/2008/08/09/openstreetmap-foundation-elections/)
and on my wiki page
(http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/User:Nickb).
If you have any questions, please add to this thread or drop me an
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or on skype: nickb_sk.
Finally, thanks to TomH and Dutch for proposing me.
--
Nick Black
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http://www.blacksworld.net
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