I would definitely love to contribute my help in any way possible. Regards, Hans On Dec 8, 2014 2:12 PM, "Richard Weait" <rich...@weait.com> wrote:
> ---------- 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 >
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