<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Its AGM, election and anniversary party time again :-)<div><br></div><div>I'm going to be standing for election to the OSM Foundation Board again this year. I'd like to hear from all of the members about what you want to see happen in 2009 - 2010? You paid your £15, fought you way through the OSM-F sign-up process... now what? What changes do you want to see happen? Some of the areas I want to focus on in 2009 - 2010 are:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; "><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/skins/monobook/bullet.gif); "><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Growing the OSM-F to support OpenStreetMap as a global organization<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/skins/monobook/bullet.gif); "><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Setting up Local Chapters around the world</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Making sure that the OSM Foundation delivers to its current members & increases the total number of members around the world</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Securing external, independent funding for the Foundation</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Hiring full time staff into the Foundation</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Leading the Foundation to be an organization that can promote OSM around the world</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Improving the experience of OSMers around the world<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/skins/monobook/bullet.gif); "><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Creating better tools, websites and user experiences for mappers</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Set up a UX working group that will work with OSM users and developers and offer guidance around user experience</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Continuing to improve the communication from the Foundation to its members and to OSMers worldwide</li></ul><div><br></div><div>How does this list look? Am I way off the mark? Please get in touch and let me know. You can email me at <a href="mailto:nick@osmfoundation.org">nick@osmfoundation.org</a> or even better, ping me on skype: nickb_sk. If you'd like to talk more we can set up a time to talk one on one (my mobile number is 07835 054292). Of course if you are in London we can talk in person at any of the OSM meetups that are coming up.</div><div><br></div><div>Look forward to hearing from you all.</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Nick</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></li></ul></span></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 28 Jul 2009, at 20:36, Andy Robinson (OSMF) wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>To all members of OpenStreetMap Foundation,<br><br>NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 3rd Annual General Meeting of the<br>OpenStreetMap Foundation will be held at the offices of Cloudmade Ltd, Suite<br>1.06 Enterprise House, 1/2 Hatfields, London, SE1 9PG, UK. on Saturday 22nd<br>August 2009 at 14.30 BST.<br><br>OSMF AGM Agenda:<br><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Foundation/AGM09">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Foundation/AGM09</a><br><br>Nominations are open for OSMF board positions at the AGM. To add a<br>nomination or your own name please see the instructions via the link below<br>or send an email to <a href="mailto:secretary@osmfoundation.org">secretary@osmfoundation.org</a> . All members of the<br>Foundation are eligible to stand for election to the Board. <br>If you are not already a member of the Foundation then you can sign up via<br><a href="http://foundation.openstreetmap.org/membership/">http://foundation.openstreetmap.org/membership/</a> or contact<br><a href="mailto:membership@osmfoundation.org">membership@osmfoundation.org</a> . Nominations close on August 17th. Proxy<br>voting by email opens on August 1st. The final vote will be taken at the AGM<br>itself.<br><br>Nominations and proxy voting details can be found via the Agenda page link<br>above. <br><br><br>Andy Robinson<br>Secretary<br>OpenStreetMap Foundation<br><br>Name & Registered Office:<br>Openstreetmap Foundation<br>16 Oakfield Glade<br>Weybridge<br>Surrey<br>KT13 9DP<br>United Kingdom <br>A company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales.<br>Registration No. 05912761. <br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>osmf-talk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk">http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>--</div><div>Nick Black</div><div>twitter.com/nick_b</div><div><a href="mailto:nick@blacksworld.net">nick@blacksworld.net</a></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>