<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">> I'm sorry to be dramatic, but this is scarily imprecise!</span><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">> What happened to the idea of giving notice before working on the live <br>> database? What about the areas of the world previously identified where </div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yui_3_2_0_32_133556139237361">> there is a large percentage of data that would be redacted? This is <br>> UNACCEPTABLE to mappers in those areas, as it should be to
the rest of the <br>> project.<br><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yui_3_2_0_32_133556139237361">Yeah you are being quite dramatic aren't you? Really struggling to understand what your point is. You talk about "giving notice" and oh my goodness! areas of the data are being redacted! ....err ...This is new to you?</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yui_3_2_0_32_133556139237361"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yui_3_2_0_32_133556139237361">> it seems like important things like <br>> progress updates need a wider audience than just the rebuild list.</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yui_3_2_0_32_133556139237361"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new
roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yui_3_2_0_32_133556139237361">There is also http://blog.osmfoundation.org/ where the communication working group are putting out the important updates. Thanks for forwarding to the talk list ...I guess. Personally I would've waited till we had a more significant update. But maybe you're right. Maybe we should post all such updates to talk too. In CWG we thought it would be good to try to bring some updates like this, by working with the very busy folks who are doing the actual coding/testing, even if the update is just "technical work is proceeding. nothing happening on live just yet"</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yui_3_2_0_32_133556139237361"><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yui_3_2_0_32_133556139237361">Harry</div> </div>
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