---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> Date: Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 4:07 PM Subject: Reinvigorating working groups. Join in! To: "osmf-t...@openstreetmap.org" <osmf-t...@openstreetmap.org>
There have been recent discussions about reinvigorating various OpenStreetMap Foundation Working Groups. Recent board minutes indicated the membership management would be moved from a board position membership secretary to a working group format.[1] Michael Collinson spoke [2] of his interest in seeing new people and more people participating in Working Groups, based on his experiences and earlier work by Matt Amos. I wrote recently[3] about who might join a working group, why, and what they might be able to offer a working group. Shortly after I published that, Jono Bacon tweeted an image that struck me as helpful, inspirational and super appropriate for OpenStreetMap. So, I wrote about that as well. [4] In addition to the new membership WG, there will be announcements for others. Michael Collinson spoke of the need for more participation in LWG and if I remember correctly MT[5]. There will be at least one more, shortly, but it isn't mine to announce. :-) Best regards and happy mapping, Richard[6] tl;dr You do not have to be an expert, or know all of the answers, to be valuable to a working group. You can join armed only with enthusiasm, though organizational skills and communication skills are a benefit. [1] http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2014-11-20#Membership_Secretary [2] earlier on this osmf-talk@ list [3] http://weait.com/working-groups-1 [4] http://weait.com/on-ramp [5] corrections and clarifications welcome, of course. [6] who previously participated in several working groups at various times. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
