<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">> Probably true - as someone who only joined in year 2.5 of OSM, I sometimes forget that initially OSM was very much a one man show with SteveC trying to solve the chicken-and-egg problem ;-)<br>> <br>> You are of course right about the common ground etc.; my words have to be read in context. For those who do not know, I have produced and distributed (meanwhile) about 40.000 OSM flyers in <br>> Germany - but this has never been a top-down marketing decision ("what can we do to make OSM more visible"), but instead was born from community demands (people wanted to have <br>> something they could give to those who ask "what are you
doing" when out mapping).<br><br>Totally, and thanks Frederik for that! I didn't know the scale of the flyers.<br><br>This really isn't intended as a top-down process, but as always, something driven by needs and consensus. It's fair to say that OpenStreetMap is a different kind of organization, and we are all working hard to figure out how best to move. That's essentially why I'm excited about the Omidyar connection.<br><br>Cheers<br>-Mikel<br><br></div></div>
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