<div dir="ltr"><div>I'm wondering if it would make sense to set up a video link between all these locations. At KU Leuven we use Lync (Skype for Business) for this, it's easy to set up a conference call with that. I'm not entirely sure about the usefulness though. Except if speakers who want to address everyone can obviously only be at one of the locations.<br><br></div>Jo<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-03-01 21:11 GMT+01:00 joost schouppe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joost.schouppe@gmail.com" target="_blank">joost.schouppe@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>We have a nice conversation with them going now *. This is going to be pretty big: six universities in the three regions, all working on OpenStreetMap. We might have some press attention, and it's a great opportunity to grow our community in five different cities.</div><div><br></div><div>We're going to need a lot of volunteers: there are six events, all at the same time, and there should be at least one mapper at every event. </div><div>If you want to help out, please register here:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 60px 0px 54px;border-left-width:4px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(127,192,219);font-size:17px;line-height:1.8em;color:rgb(59,58,60);font-family:ProximaNova-Light,nova,arial,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(127,192,219)">ULB: </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(127,192,219)"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Belgium/events/229258344/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(75,137,113)" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Belgium/events/229258344/</a></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 60px 0px 54px;border-left-width:4px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(127,192,219);font-size:17px;line-height:1.8em;color:rgb(59,58,60);font-family:ProximaNova-Light,nova,arial,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(127,192,219)">VUB: </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(127,192,219)"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Belgium/events/229258398/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(75,137,113)" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Belgium/events/229258398/</a></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 60px 0px 54px;border-left-width:4px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(127,192,219);font-size:17px;line-height:1.8em;color:rgb(59,58,60);font-family:ProximaNova-Light,nova,arial,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(127,192,219)">KUL: </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(127,192,219)"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Belgium/events/229260162/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(75,137,113)" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Belgium/events/229260162/</a></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 60px 0px 54px;border-left-width:4px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(127,192,219);font-size:17px;line-height:1.8em;color:rgb(59,58,60);font-family:ProximaNova-Light,nova,arial,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(127,192,219)">UGent: </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(127,192,219)"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Belgium/events/229260255/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(75,137,113)" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Belgium/events/229260255/</a></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 60px 0px 54px;border-left-width:4px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(127,192,219);font-size:17px;line-height:1.8em;color:rgb(59,58,60);font-family:ProximaNova-Light,nova,arial,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(127,192,219)">UNamur: </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(127,192,219)"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Belgium/events/229260291/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(75,137,113)" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Belgium/events/229260291/</a></span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 60px 0px 54px;border-left-width:4px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(127,192,219);font-size:17px;line-height:1.8em;color:rgb(59,58,60);font-family:ProximaNova-Light,nova,arial,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(127,192,219)">ULG: </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(127,192,219)"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Belgium/events/229260644/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(75,137,113)" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Belgium/events/229260644/</a></span></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>In the ideal case, that mapper is willing to give an introduction about OpenStreetMap, the Missing Maps and get people started mapping in iD. You do not have to be an expert, but of course it would be easy if you have a bit of African mapping experience. You can make your own presentation if you want to, but we're co-creating all the material you need.</div><div>If you don't like to do presentations, maybe you can just help new mappers, stuck when choosing between tertiary road and track.</div><div><br></div><div>Or you could help in the preparation of the documentation and presentations. Here's an overview of the tasks, includes some translation work.</div><div><a href="https://hackpad.com/Missing-Maps-National-April-16th-6yr1qJEQoqq" target="_blank">https://hackpad.com/Missing-Maps-National-April-16th-6yr1qJEQoqq</a><br></div><div>Feel free to edit as you please.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Joost</div><div><br></div><div>* give me a shout if you want in on the whole conversation; as we replied and replied some CC's got lostà.</div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div></div>
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