And this was meant for talk-us...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Ian Dees <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ian.dees@gmail.com">ian.dees@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
>From my perspective there are a couple hurdles:<div><br></div><div>0) There aren't very many people aware of or interested in OSM in the US yet.</div><div>1) People interested in OSM who might be able to evangelize OSM already spend their time mapping or (in my case) just don't have any extra time outside of existing obligations, work, family life, etc.</div>
<div><br></div><div>That being said, perhaps there's something that could be done to grease the wheels and make it as easy as possible to get a mappy hour/mapping party going. Can those that have run successful ones recently talk about what they did, who they contacted, what time they held it? I'm thinking something like Harry Wood's diary posts for the London OSM meetups, but for the meetups in the US.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Maybe seeing/reading how others do it in the US (not that it needs to be different) would provide inspiration for the rest of us?</div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Steve Coast <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steve@asklater.com" target="_blank">steve@asklater.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Agreed. Our mapping parties and meetups in Seattle have been awesome.<br>
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On 6/2/2011 8:59 AM, Richard Weait wrote:<br>
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I see that a mapping party is planned for Boston this month. This is<br>
awesome, and if you are nearby, you should attend.<br>
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Boston/June_2011_mapping_party" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Boston/June_2011_mapping_party</a><br>
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There is also a mapping party on that date in Sherbrooke, Quebec.<br>
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But why aren't there ten times as many mapping parties in the US as<br>
there are in Canada? The US has ten times the population. Y'all<br>
should have more mapping parties. And Mappy Hours, to meet up with<br>
other mappers and talk about mapping over your beverage of choice.<br>
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It's fun. Really. You should set one up. Today.</blockquote></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div>