<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Hello all,<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Last September 1, Amazon Web Services (AWS) released an episode of their<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">documentary series *Now Go Build* which highlighted the work done by the<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team in the Philippines, especially in mapping<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">the town of Guagua, Pampanga.<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Several members of the OSM-PH community however have observed that there<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">are missing and problematic narratives in the video related to the story it<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">tells of geospatial and humanitarian workers in the country.<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Therefore, some of us have prepared and release the following statement:<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/a/aa/A_Call_to_Correct_Narratives_about_Geospatial_Work.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(25,106,212)">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/a/aa/A_Call_to_Correct_Narratives_about_Geospatial_Work.pdf</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">As of writing, the video is now unavailable. <span style="color:rgb(29,34,40)">Someone made</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">an archive of the video here:<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://catdrop.drycat.fr/r/BMnz2gzJ#2ZFAiINWEgHDU+ncv1ZHj78vQFB0/weneUJRC6L+XxQ=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(25,106,212)">https://catdrop.drycat.fr/r/BMnz2gzJ#2ZFAiINWEgHDU+ncv1ZHj78vQFB0/weneUJRC6L+XxQ=</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The response from HOTOSM management was forwarded in the OSM PH mailing list. We appreciate the response and actions moving forward: <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ph/2020-September/006620.html">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ph/2020-September/006620.html</a> <span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">warm regards,<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Arnalie</div></div>