I thought I should bump this up to its own thread: The Welcome WG needs a boost after Richard's (cc) initial great work on the proposal and initial meeting. Let's have a follow-up meeting to see who's interested in committing time to this WG, what we can do right now and what the longer term agenda and priorities should be.
How about next week? Anyone who has ideas about and - more importantly - is willing to spend time towards solving the Welcome problem, please join. http://doodle.com/z4rzz66k2nhh5h2d We can do it on IRC, Google Hangout (my preference), phone or whatever works for all involved. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Martijn van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> Date: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:16 PM Subject: Fwd: [Talk-us] Role of the Wiki To: OSM US board <us-osm-bo...@googlegroups.com> FYI, I put out an invitation for a Welcome Working Group meeting: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Martijn van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> Date: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Role of the Wiki To: Kathleen Danielson <kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com> Cc: Scott Rollins <organ...@gmail.com>, OpenStreetMap Talk Mailing List <talk@openstreetmap.org>, Serge Wroclawski <emac...@gmail.com>, Jeff Meyer <j...@gwhat.org>, OpenStreetMap US Talk <talk...@openstreetmap.org>, Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> Kathleen, Yes, the Welcome WG does need a boost after Richard's (cc) initial great work on the proposal and initial meeting. I wanted to wait until the semester is over so that my teaching obligations would not keep interfering, but I guess we're almost there, so I am willing to organize a next meeting to see who's interested in committing time to this WG, what we can do right now and what the longer term agenda and priorities should be. So how about next week? Anyone who has ideas about and - more importantly - is willing to spend time towards solving the Welcome problem, please join. http://doodle.com/z4rzz66k2nhh5h2d We can do it on IRC, Google Hangout (my preference), phone or whatever works for all involved. Martijn On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Kathleen Danielson <kathleen.daniel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Some of these resources may require a >> little effort on your part, and they may not all be as well advertised >> or interconnected as they should be, but you have to realize that >> OpenStreetMap is eternally a work in progress, run entirely by >> volunteers who are working really hard to keep up with and channel >> that progress. > > > I think that the first half of that sentence is worth taking notice of, with > all due respect to the second half (and the volunteers who make it so!). As > a newcomer to OSM, I am aware that there are some really fantastic resources > out there, but I'm not really sure where to start, and that in and of itself > ends up being quite discouraging. Some more direction and encouragement for > new users could both help new mappers who share these frustrations, as well > as identify highest priority action items for documentation improvement. > > I gather there's a proposal for a new Welcome Working Group, and I think > that this potential group has a lot to offer in this exact area. I 100% > understand how experienced users and contributors can feel taxed by > discussions like this, but I think there is a subset of members who are > eager to help onboard new mappers. Maybe this is a good time to re-kickstart > that proposal? Personally, I'm really excited to get involved in this aspect > of the OSM community. > > (apologies if I'm missing any important context/discussions happening > elsewhere) > > Best, > Kathleen > > On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Martijn van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> wrote: >> >> Some of these resources may require a >> little effort on your part, and they may not all be as well advertised >> or interconnected as they should be, > > -- Martijn van Exel http://oegeo.wordpress.com/ http://openstreetmap.us/ -- Martijn van Exel http://oegeo.wordpress.com/ http://openstreetmap.us/ -- Martijn van Exel http://oegeo.wordpress.com/ http://openstreetmap.us/ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk