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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello Nick (and just for disclosure – we have been talking directly about collaboration with what HOT is doing in Mongolia),<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I just wanted to say again that it’s great to see other organizations supporting the growth of the OSM community locally in Ulaanbaatar. When Severin and I went there in 2013 we looked hard for any existing OpenStreetMap contributors so we could potentially meet them, and we did find a few; but I think only one ever made it to any of the HOT mapathons. Anyone who is interested in the history (and current updates) of our project, please visit: <a href="http://hotosm.org/projects/mongolia_mapping_ulaanbaatar">http://hotosm.org/projects/mongolia_mapping_ulaanbaatar</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am not sure how closely our interns or any local Mongolians follow this mailing list, the best way to reach their local community is via this Facebook group: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/OSM.Mongolia/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/OSM.Mongolia/</a> or their OSM mailing list: <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-mn">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-mn</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It would be great if you could also add some information about the Asia Foundation on the Mongolia OSM wiki-page: <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Mongolia">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Mongolia</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We’ll chat more ‘offline’ as well, if nothing else I’m sure some of the HOT interns would be interested to attend your event.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank You!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>=Russ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Russell Deffner<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Project Coordinator - Mongolia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Email: <a href="mailto:Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org"><span style='color:blue'>Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>US Mobile/SMS/WhatsApp: +1-970-217-4195<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>OSM/Skype: russdeffner<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://hotosm.org/"><span style='color:blue'>Web</span></a> | <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team"><span style='color:blue'>Wiki</span></a> | <a href="http://hotosm.org/updates"><span style='color:blue'>Blog</span></a> | <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team#Communication"><span style='color:blue'>Contact</span></a> | <a href="http://hotosm.org/donate"><span style='color:blue'>Donate</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Nicholas Doiron [mailto:nickd@codeforamerica.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 04, 2015 11:03 AM<br><b>To:</b> hot@openstreetmap.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [HOT] Adding non-emergency Mongolia tasks to Tasking Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi HOT mappers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I'm working with the Asia Foundation on an OSM training and mapathon for Mongolia on June 20-21. You can peek at our Facebook event at <a href="https://facebook.com/mapforub" id=LPlnk59313>https://facebook.com/mapforub</a> and read more about the project goals at <a href="http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2014/10/15/accurately-mapping-mongolias-sprawling-capital-with-satellite-imagery/" id=LPlnk383315>http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2014/10/15/accurately-mapping-mongolias-sprawling-capital-with-satellite-imagery/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>We have seven small task areas with high-res drone imagery, and we're focusing on local contributors; no remote volunteers at this time. I'm looking for help to create a task hosted on an existing Tasking Manager server, rather than us setting up our own server just for the event. Please let me know if you can help with this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Also, if anyone has advice for mapping events, it would be great to hear from you. Please e-mail me off-list, or meet me at State of the Map this weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Nick Doiron<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Sr. Apps Developer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The Asia Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>