<div dir="ltr">I think many would love to buy merchandise through <a href="http://osm.org">osm.org</a> - both mappers and users as a form of sponsorship. This would be especially beneficial if it could be made and shipped domestically both in single units and in bulk.<div><br></div><div>The following examples come to mind that we would find handy: safety vests, protective caps & straw hats, t-shirt, a case or at least a sticker for your phone, measuring tape, spirit level, backpack, generic business cards, flyers (localized). The concept is for the mapper to appear as official as possible and broadcast the intent of scrutiny as clearly as possible.</div><div><br></div><div>A logo with "<a href="http://osm.org">osm.org</a>" should appear on the smallest surfaces. If the object is big enough, it may even contain a short permalink to your user profile in a QR code that allows others to contact you if you befriend whoever you are talking to. The osm profile page should ideally also indicate whether the user is an OSMF member and if yes, since when (along with possibly other statistics that serve as proof of mapping experience).</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 7:18 PM Heather Leson <<a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com">heatherleson@gmail.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 dir="auto">Hi dears<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Some open communities use "open badges" for verification. These can port to social media, certificates,and likely cards. A mix of digital and analog would be nice. <a href="https://learnwith.weareopen.coop/products/badges/" target="_blank">https://learnwith.weareopen.coop/products/badges/</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">On Allan's point about swag, yes please. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">All the best</div><div dir="auto">Heather</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sept 14, 2023, 17:58 Jaak Laineste <<a href="mailto:jaak@nutiteq.com" target="_blank">jaak@nutiteq.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>I like the idea. As a form factor what about piece of data/software/digital certificate which I can put to my <a href="https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/badger-2040" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/badger-2040</a> ? Geeky enough<div><br></div><div>Jaak<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 14. Sep 2023, at 18:32, Robert Grübler <<a href="mailto:robgruebler@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">robgruebler@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">For me, it's about building trust.<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">An official membership card that you can't buy seems to me the most appropriate.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Von:</span></b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span> </span>bluemywn [<a href="mailto:openstreetmap@supporter.4wrd.cc" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">mailto:openstreetmap@supporter.4wrd.cc</a>]<span> </span><br><b>Gesendet:</b><span> </span>Donnerstag, 14. September 2023 13:56<br><b>An:</b><span> </span><a href="mailto:robgruebler@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">robgruebler@gmail.com</a><br><b>Betreff:</b><span> </span>Re: [Osmf-talk] OSMF Business Card<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Hello,<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">I think this might be a good idea but I think the first step would be to get it for the people to print themselves.<br>One could Call it a beta test of sorts.<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">I think that it should not be bundled in by default -- maybe a higher tier membership (fee) would get it? Or maybe you could write a message asking for one?<br><br>I would love to have an OSMF card and yet I think we should start small and slow.<br>What do you think about it?<br><br>Kind regards<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Phillip<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">------- Original Message -------<br>On Thursday, September 14th, 2023 at 11:41, Robert Grübler 'robgruebler at<span> </span><a href="http://gmail.com/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>' <<a href="mailto:openstreetmap@supporter.4wrd.cc" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">openstreetmap@supporter.4wrd.cc</a>> wrote:<br><br><br><u></u><u></u></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt" type="cite"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:618px"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0.75pt"><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center;background:rgb(207,17,36)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:white">Warning: This email may be spoofed or improperly forwarded, please check the 'X-AnonAddy-Authentication-Results' header.<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></div></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" style="width:614px;padding:7.5pt 0cm"><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Happy Day! I have just renewed my membership as an ordinary OSMF member and a wish, an idea has come to my mind. As a craft mapper, I am sometimes asked suspicious questions. To break the ice, the first thing I do is introduce myself. To support this, I have often wished for an OSM-related business card. Wouldn't it be a nice gesture to give all members a professionally designed, personalised business card as a small thank you after they have paid their membership fee? I would also understand an increase in the membership fee :-) Regards, Robert _______________________________________________ osmf-talk mailing list<span> </span><a href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a><span> </span><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk</a><u></u><u></u></div></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div></div><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family:HelveticaNeue;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">osmf-talk mailing list</span><br style="font-family:HelveticaNeue;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><a href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline;font-family:HelveticaNeue;font-size:16px;font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