<div dir="ltr"><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">Dear HOT community,</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">Recently, a lot has been talked about the new Tasking Manager and the redesign we are currently implementing. I invite you to have a look at our </span><span class="gmail-attrlink gmail-url gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7"><a target="_blank" class="gmail-attrlink" href="https://media.ccc.de/v/sotm2019-1319-tales-from-the-tasking-manager" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">TM talk from State of the Map 2019</a></span><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">, if you want to know more.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">This email is to share with you an update of the development progress and an expected timeline for the roll-out. A lot of people depend on that and we want to make sure you can plan and you are aware of each of the steps. We want you to verify and support us to make the transition to Tasking Manager 4 a smooth experience for everybody.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">All ongoing work is being discussed in our two working groups, and we encourage you to join if you want participate in driving the direction of the Tasking Manager:</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">- </span><span class="gmail-attrlink gmail-url gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7"><a target="_blank" class="gmail-attrlink" href="https://bit.ly/tm-user-group" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">User working group</a></span></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">- </span><span class="gmail-attrlink gmail-url gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7"><a target="_blank" class="gmail-attrlink" href="https://github.com/hotosm/tasking-manager/blob/develop/docs/working-group.md" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Developer working group</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">This is our </span><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7"><u>roll-out plan for TM4:</u></span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7"><b>1. Beginning of November 2019: </b></span><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">We plan to have the new Tasking Manager version 4 available for testing on a temporary instance: </span><span class="gmail-attrlink gmail-url gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7"><a target="_blank" class="gmail-attrlink" href="http://tm4.hotosm.org/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">tm4.hotosm.org</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">* This opens an intensive testing phase of three weeks, to which all people, organizations, developers that rely on the Tasking Manager are invited to test the new version, make sure everything works well, give input on changes that might effect the workflow. Please sign-up to this list if you want to take part in the Tasking Manager 4 testing and feedback: </span><span class="gmail-attrlink gmail-url gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7 gmail-url"><a target="_blank" class="gmail-attrlink" href="http://bit.ly/tm4-testing" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">http://bit.ly/tm4-testing</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">* During these three weeks we also want to activate local HOT and OSM communities to contribute with language translations. So far we've reached out to some groups, and if you want to support us with translation, please sign-up here: </span><span class="gmail-attrlink gmail-url gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7 gmail-url"><a target="_blank" class="gmail-attrlink" href="https://bit.ly/tm4-internationalisation" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">https://bit.ly/tm4-internationalisation</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">* It is also the time that documentation of the new version can start, as only smaller things are expected to change. We are coordinating with LearnOSM and ask everybody who wants to help out or maintains Tasking Manager documentation anywhere else to sign-up and get in contact with us: </span><span class="gmail-attrlink gmail-url gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7 gmail-url"><a target="_blank" class="gmail-attrlink" href="https://bit.ly/tm4-documentation" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">https://bit.ly/tm4-documentation</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-ace-all-bold-hthree"><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7"><b>2. After three weeks:</b></span></span></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">* The development will take an additional couple of weeks to finish up issues found during testing and incorporate the feedback obtained from everybody.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">* Work for documentation and translation uses these two weeks to finish. The phase for creating documentation and translation is going to be a total of five weeks.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7"><b>3. After five weeks:</b></span><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7"> One week of an additional round of last testing for confirmation that everything works as expected for everybody involved. Allows testing together with documentation and in different languages.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7"><b>4. After six weeks:</b></span><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7"> Release and deployment of the new Tasking Manager on </span><span class="gmail-attrlink gmail-url gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7"><a target="_blank" class="gmail-attrlink" href="http://tasks.hotosm.org/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">tasks.hotosm.org</a></span><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7 gmail-s-lparen"> </span><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7 gmail-h-lparen">(and</span><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7"> we will shut down the temporary testing instance on </span><span class="gmail-attrlink gmail-url gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7"><a target="_blank" class="gmail-attrlink" href="http://tm4.hotosm.org/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">tm4.hotosm.org</a></span><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">)</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">Please feel free to get in contact directly in case you have any questions, concerns or you want to collaborate more closely.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">Many thanks for being part of this next step of our all Tasking Manager!</span></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">Best,</span></div><div><span class="gmail-author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxw4pz85z8z82zz86zz90zwrz77zsy52z77zz67zz73z18hz74zyyz82zz78zz87zz122zxz73z7">Felix</span></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666"><b>Felix Delattre<br></b></font></div><div><font color="#666666">Technical Project Manager<br></font></div><div><font color="#666666"><a href="mailto:felix.delattre@hotosm.org" target="_blank">felix.delattre<font color="#1155cc">@hotosm.org</font></a></font></div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#cc0000">Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team</font></b><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><font size="1" color="#666666">Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development</font></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://hotosm.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:x-small" target="_blank">web</a><span style="font-size:x-small"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/hotosm" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:x-small" target="_blank">twitter</a><span style="font-size:x-small"> | </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hotosm" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:x-small" target="_blank">facebook</a><span style="font-size:x-small"> | </span><a href="https://donate.hotosm.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:x-small" target="_blank">donate</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>