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    <p><font face="Verdana">OK, didn't know that, so too critical to
        associate it with HOT, sorry for that.  <br>
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    <p><font face="Verdana">So who did, why are we using Telegram as the
        main communication channel and why don't we have a decent
        contact or OSM wiki page ? And if I am missing out on it, where
        does it exist ? Is it a work in progress or what is the reason
        not to use the OSM forum, recurring Mapathons are already
        ongoing.<br>
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    <p><font face="Verdana">Greetings,</font></p>
    <p><font face="Verdana">Bert Araali</font><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/08/2021 22:03, Enock Seth
      Nyamador wrote:<br>
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          wannabee local chapters, recently, initiated by or from HOT,
          best example recently OSM Africa, do not have a local OSM wiki
          page. By using the OSM tradename restrict other groups from
          taking the same initiative. I don't think this would work in
          any other region of the world, HOT establishing an OSM Europe
          or OSM North America managed by HOT and through OSM foreign
          communication channels.</blockquote>
        <div>@Bert you have made a couple of valid points but this one
          right above here might be misleading in relation to OSM Africa
          [1]. HOT did not establish OSM Africa netowork, thank you.</div>
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        <div>1. <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Africa"
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 4 Aug 2021 at 19:50,
          Mateusz Konieczny via osmf-talk <<a
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            <div>Aug 4, 2021, 19:34 by <a
                href="mailto:bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com"
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              <p>The electorate are paying members only<br>
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            <div dir="auto">Not only! Active mappers can join without
              paying fees!<br>
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              <div dir="auto"> Thus, it's not open.<br>
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            <div dir="auto">Though yes, there are some requirements. But
              it is open in form that basically<br>
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            <div dir="auto">everyone is encouraged to join.<br>
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