<div dir="ltr"><div>+1</div><div>With 2.34 million km2 the DRC is the 12 largest country in the world. <br></div><div>More than 2000 km to cross the country from East to West and more than 700 km from South to North. <br></div><div>And yet the OSM-DRC community supports contributors throughout the territory. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Since 2018, they have helped the young people with whom I mapped North Kivu and Ituri (health structure and other).</div><div>We had quite a bit of data collected from health structures and we had started mapping towns and villages, with the help of OSM tools (OSMAND, JOSM,...). <br></div><div>OSM DRC was able to conduct workshops in these remote areas of North Kivu and Ituri. <br></div><div>This has helped strengthen the skills of young people and further mobilize the local community. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I wish them success in their activities. <br><br></div><div>All the best FredM<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le dim. 18 oct. 2020 à 20:11, Benedicta Ohene <<a href="mailto:bohene10@gmail.com">bohene10@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I support the application. It's worth considering.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 18 Oct 2020, 15:11 Pete Masters via osmf-talk, <<a href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">+1 to the above!<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Pete</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 18 Oct 2020, 15:18 Philip Mallis, <<a href="mailto:philip@philipmallis.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">philip@philipmallis.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-AU"><div><p class="MsoNormal">It looks like a good application and worthwhile addition to OSM</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Philip Mallis</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:medium none;padding:0cm"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Heather Leson</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, 17 October 2020 4:02 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:secretary@osmfoundation.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Joost Schouppe [OSMF secretary]</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">OSMF Talk</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Osmf-talk] OSM DRC Local Chapter application</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Wonderful!!!!<br clear="all"></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Heather Leson<br><a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">heatherleson@gmail.com</a><br>Twitter/skype: HeatherLeson <br>Blog: <a href="http://textontechs.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">textontechs.com</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 1:31 PM Joost Schouppe [OSMF secretary] <<a href="mailto:secretary@osmfoundation.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">secretary@osmfoundation.org</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);border-style:none none none solid;border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi,</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">You may be aware that OSM DRC has applied to become an official Local Chapter of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. As part of the application process, we would like to ask you, the OSMF membership, how you feel about this. Do you support this application? Do you have any questions, comments or concerns?</p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><br>You can find all the information about this Local Chapter application on the OSMF website: <a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo</a><br><br>We will close this round of discussion two weeks from now (30/10/2020).<br>You can reply here or send a message to board at <a href="http://osmfoundation.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">osmfoundation.org</a><br>I am looking forward to hearing your responses.</p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you to the OSM DRC team for this submission. </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Joost Schouppe</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Secretary</span></i></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">OpenStreetMap Foundation</span></i></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><br>Name & Registered Office:<br><i>OpenStreetMap Foundation</i></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">St John’s Innovation Centre</span></i></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Cowley Road</span></i></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Cambridge</span></i></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">CB4 0WS</span></i></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">United Kingdom</span></i></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">A company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales<br>Registration No. 05912761</span></i></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.8pt">_______________________________________________<br>osmf-talk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>
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