<p dir="ltr">Hi John, I'd say this is kind of what Missing Maps is...</p>
<p dir="ltr">The only slight difference is that a lot of the places we are mapping are very much mid crisis - it's just that they're not in the news... </p>
<p dir="ltr">I come across a lot of confusion around HOT and Missing Maps and the relationship between the two. For me, the fundamental thing about the relationship is that the NGOs that benefit from HOT's work use their volunteer bases, communications power and field experience to help scale the HOT community so that there is enough high quality capacity to respond to major media emergencies and forgotten, ongoing crises. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The people that come to the mapathons we put on rarely come from a mappy background. They mostly start off as complete beginners. I think they are the NGO supporters you're talking about...</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers</p>
<p dir="ltr">Pete</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 6 Jun 2015 02:14, "john whelan" <<a href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com">jwhelan0112@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">What you'd really like is a group of motivated people who could be trained in slow time to do the basics and would be available when we needed to grow rapidly. Could the NGOs help? They have mapping they would like done pre-crisis perhaps we could tap into people who make donations to them etc. and teach them to map.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Cheerio John<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 June 2015 at 18:59, Pierre Béland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pierzenh@yahoo.fr" target="_blank">pierzenh@yahoo.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div>Suzan,</div><div><br></div><div>Good marketing stuff would bring in more people. As the Nepal response showed, it is important first to be ready to receive a massive contribution from people that dont know yet OpenStreetMap. <br></div><div><br></div><div>We also need to look at better monitoring the various mapathons organized, to assure that the trainees receive sufficient support. The mapathon organizers should also be careful to not add a burden to the Coordination team by having hundred of new contributors in one mapathon.<br></div><div><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0,0,191);font-weight:bold"><font face="garamond, new york, times, serif">Pierre </font><br></span></div><br> <div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">De :</span></b> Suzan Reed <<a href="mailto:suzan@suzanreed.com" target="_blank">suzan@suzanreed.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">À :</span></b> Andrew Buck <<a href="mailto:andrew.r.buck@gmail.com" target="_blank">andrew.r.buck@gmail.com</a>> <br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc :</span></b> <a href="mailto:hot@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">hot@openstreetmap.org</a> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Envoyé le :</span></b> Vendredi 5 juin 2015 18h30<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Objet :</span></b> Re: [HOT] Questions regarding metrics from taskprojects, tasks and volunteers.<br> </font> </div><span> <div><br>Your excellent response noted a number of things I've noticed as a new comer. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">It is not always clear that mapping helps. Stating "your contribution helps real people in this crisis" or "your contribution helps save lives" is focused and to the point. I don't see that on any of the landing pages (home pages) of any of the learning or OSM materials. When someone knows what they do has a direct impact on people on the ground, it is much more engaging and urgent. Having someone adept at writing PR, marketing, and communications materials would be so helpful to the organization. It's a skill not many have. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Suzan <br></div> </span></div> </div> </div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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