Hey Everyone--<div><br></div><div>I'm really excited to work more with the local OSM groups in the coming weeks and months. My first plan is to do research on what communities are already out there and figure out how OSM-US can be supporting each of you. I'm also really interested in how the different local groups might connect with each other as well back to the US Chapter itself. I'm really excited to highlight the great work that all of you are doing, and share best practices/lessons learned with other communities around the country.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Like Alex said, those of you who are running a local community should expect to hear from me soon, but don't hesitate to reach out to me sooner if you want to and get the conversation started! </div>
<div><br></div><div>KD</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Alex Barth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alex@mapbox.com" target="_blank">alex@mapbox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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If you're running a local OSM community you'll probably hear soon from Kathleen (copied).<br>
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Kathleen's going to start with community outreach for the OpenStreetMap US chapter. Her first goals will be to find out who's active where [1] and find good ways of featuring that on our calendar [2] and blog [3]. Showing what's going on in OSM in the US will be a great start for building more momentum here and inspire others to get out mapping. I'm sure there will be more good stuff we can do to grow and connect our communities better that we will find out in the course of her work.<br>
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Kathleen's doing awesome work here in DC co-organizing the @Geo_DC meetups so I'm stoked that she is volunteering her skills for OSM-US work. Get in touch with her if you're interested in OSM community work and in general, never be shy to ask around if you'd like to start working on something in OSM but aren't quite sure where to start :) Aside from your local meetup [1], the virtual mappy hours [2] are a good place to meet more people or just drop me an email.<br>
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[1] <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_States" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_States</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.us/calendar/" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.us/calendar/</a><br>
[3] <a href="http://openstreetmap.us/" target="_blank">http://openstreetmap.us/</a><br>
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Kathleen on OSM: <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/KathleenLD" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/KathleenLD</a><br>
Kathleen on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/KathleenLD" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/KathleenLD</a><br>
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Alex Barth<br>
(OpenStreetMap US Secretary)<br>
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