<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi everyone. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am certainly looking forward to talking with all of you. I am adding a few more people to the thread, my OSM US board colleague Alyssa, Miriam Gonzalez who is really active in the Mexico community and will be at SOTM also, and Drishtie Patel, fellow OSM US board member who is connected with OSM centered groups from Africa and India that are looking to organize themselves.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I just wanted to mention the talk that Alyssa and I will be doing, with video contributions from the rest of the OSM US board, about how we ‘run’ our chapter in the US. It is on Saturday at 3pm local time, <a href="http://2016.stateofthemap.org/2016/openstreetmap-us-the-real-mccoy/" class="">http://2016.stateofthemap.org/2016/openstreetmap-us-the-real-mccoy/</a> . All my OSM US board members are excited to learn from other chapters and groups around the world.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Looking forward to seeing you all in Brussels!</div><div class="">Martijn</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 20, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Mikel Maron <<a href="mailto:mikel.maron@gmail.com" class="">mikel.maron@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><div class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474404520701_8847" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474404520701_9012" class="">Alessandro as I replied on the panel comment, I think several meetings are great -- we could have a BoF, a get together at the social. There is also the State of Local panel at 10am on Sunday morning. Will be great to meet you and see everyone!</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474404520701_8847" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474404520701_8847" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474404520701_9011" class="">There will be attendees from 52 different countries at State of the Map. A good number of them will be involved in organizing their local community. I think we can develop some really guide ideas together.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474404520701_8847" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474404520701_8847" dir="ltr" class=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474404520701_9082" class="">Maning, we're going to aim to take good notes from these conversations, and pass off the baton to you all in SotM Asia. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474404520701_8847" dir="ltr" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474404520701_8847" dir="ltr" class=""><span class="">-Mikel</span></div><div class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474404520701_8890" class=""> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474404520701_8889">* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""> <div dir="ltr" class=""><font size="2" face="Arial" class=""> On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:35 PM, Alessandro Palmas <<a href="mailto:alessandro.palmas@wikimedia.it" class="">alessandro.palmas@wikimedia.it</a>> wrote:<br class=""></font></div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;" class=""> <br class=""><br class=""> <div class="y_msg_container">Hi Eugene,<br class="">I'm Alessandro, Simone's fellow in OpenStreetMap Italia.<br class=""><br class="">I've just write a comment on<br class=""><a href="http://2016.stateofthemap.org/2016/local-chapters-congress/" target="_blank" class="">http://2016.stateofthemap.org/2016/local-chapters-congress/ </a>'cause it's a<br class="">good thing talk amongs communities, but I'd rather starting to talk friday<br class="">or saturday with a more informal meeting. I don't know how many people<br class="">involved in local chapter are going to attend SOTM, if we are more than a<br class="">few 75' could be a little time.<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Alessandro<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">> Hi Simone,<br class="">> There is a session in Brussels for this:<br class="">> <a href="http://2016.stateofthemap.org/2016/local-chapters-congress/" target="_blank" class="">http://2016.stateofthemap.org/2016/local-chapters-congress/</a><br class="">> Regards,<br class="">> Eugene<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Alessandro Palmas<br class="">Project Manager OpenStreetMap per Wikimedia Italia<br class="">Mobile 3289671753 - 3938251416<br class=""><br class="">Wikimedia Italia, Via Bergognone 34 - 20144 Milano<br class="">è la corrispondente italiana ufficiale di Wikimedia Foundation Inc<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>