<div dir="ltr">Hi folks,<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 November 2014 at 17:41, Rob H Warren <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:warren@muninn-project.org" target="_blank">warren@muninn-project.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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I'm wary of creating a formal organizational structure until complexity warrants it. We've done ok so far to ride other people's organizations to get things done so far.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>At the moment I agree, although I feel that we would probably create such a structure in the future though. Let's keep things simple and easy for the time being :-)</div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Could we setup a google hangout before the holidays hit to sync everyone up?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>+1 for a Google Hangout.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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-rhw<br>
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On Nov 20, 2014, at 7:00 AM, <a href="mailto:historic-request@openstreetmap.org">historic-request@openstreetmap.org</a> wrote:<br>
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> Message: 2<br>
> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 08:30:21 -0800<br>
> From: Jeff Meyer <<a href="mailto:jeff@gwhat.org">jeff@gwhat.org</a>><br>
> To: Tim Waters <<a href="mailto:chippy2005@gmail.com">chippy2005@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Cc: "<a href="mailto:historic@openstreetmap.org">historic@openstreetmap.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:historic@openstreetmap.org">historic@openstreetmap.org</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [OHM] Moving Historical Geodata to the Web & Questions<br>
> about OHM Decision Making Process<br>
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> Chippy -<br>
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> Your timing and delivery are fantastic - thanks for this update!<br>
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> I don't think we have good answers to a lot of these questions (at least I<br>
> don't!), some of which are related to us (the OHM collective! : ) ) having<br>
> enough time individually or enough leadership or maybe even the right<br>
> organizational structure. Who knows?<br>
><br>
> I'd love to hear what the list has to say about:<br>
> - Setting up more regular meetings again<br>
> - Setting up a non-profit structure focused solely on OHM objectives (I<br>
> believe this will help with grants)<br>
> - Tying in more closely with the Wiki folks<br>
> - Defining more structured organizational roles - e.g. grant writing, IT<br>
> ops, data recruitment, outreach, etc.<br>
><br>
> I ask these pesky organizational questions because I think a simple "send a<br>
> message to the mailing list" type of instruction for outreach won't get us<br>
> moving where we'd like to go, as quickly as we might like to go. Plus, it's<br>
> not a reliable messaging service in that inquiries might go somewhat<br>
> unanswered.<br>
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> As for me, I've been a bit away due to personal / vocational reasons, but<br>
> I'm ready and eager to get back on it.<br>
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> To that end, I have meetings set up with David Rumsey and the NEH Office of<br>
> Digital Humanities next week, with the interest of getting feedback on<br>
> their thoughts about how to get things moving forward with a project like<br>
> OHM.<br>
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> I'll report back what I learn, but in the meantime, I'm curious what others<br>
> think.<br>
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> Thanks,<br>
> Jeff<br>
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