<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Martijn,<br><br></div>Thanks for sending that-- I didn't know about that feature of the User Group template! I'm in the process of making a list of different places where I can find lists of local user groups. At the moment it's just a tangle of spreadsheets, but once I clean things up a bit I'll share it back with the group. <br>
<br></div>So far, here are a few lists/directories that I'm planning on investigating:<br><br><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Openstreetmap/">http://www.meetup.com/Openstreetmap/</a><br><a href="http://www.meetup.com/find/?keywords=openstreetmap&radius=Infinity">http://www.meetup.com/find/?keywords=openstreetmap&radius=Infinity</a> (not the same as the one above, evidently)<br>
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_States">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_States</a><br><br></div><div>If anyone knows of other places I should be looking, please let me know!<br>
</div><div><br></div>One thing I should probably make clear is that the last thing I want to do is interfere with any local groups that have a good thing going. If you've only been communicating by smoke signal and morse code and that's been working great for your group, who am I to say that's "wrong"? I'm way more interested in learning how the different groups operate, and sharing best practices when it's called for. I'm also not looking to create more work for any of your community leaders who I'm sure are plenty busy already! <br>
<div><div><br></div><div>Finally, a few of you have reached out to me already, which is great-- feel free to do that! If you want to touch base or think that I'm taking too long to email you, go ahead and email me yourself :D <br>
<br></div><div>Cheers,<br></div><div>Kathleen<br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Martijn van Exel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:m@rtijn.org" target="_blank">m@rtijn.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Kathleen,<br>
<br>
Are you aware of <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User_group" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User_group</a> ?<br>
<br>
I think the most interesting part is the User Groups wiki template,<br>
which if used on a wiki page (example:<br>
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City,_Utah" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City,_Utah</a> ) makes your<br>
local UG appear on this here map:<br>
<a href="http://usergroups.openstreetmap.de/?zoom=5&lat=39.23225&lon=-94.76806&layers=B0TTT" target="_blank">http://usergroups.openstreetmap.de/?zoom=5&lat=39.23225&lon=-94.76806&layers=B0TTT</a><br>
<br>
Also, a lot of US local groups are on meetup:<br>
<a href="http://www.meetup.com/find/?keywords=openstreetmap&radius=Infinity" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/find/?keywords=openstreetmap&radius=Infinity</a> but<br>
I'm sure you're aware of that because GeoDC is on there as well ;)<br>
<br>
Good luck and let us know what you need!<br>
<br>
Martijn<br>
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On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Kathleen Danielson<br>
<<a href="mailto:kathleen.danielson@gmail.com">kathleen.danielson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hey Everyone--<br>
><br>
> I'm really excited to work more with the local OSM groups in the coming<br>
> weeks and months. My first plan is to do research on what communities are<br>
> already out there and figure out how OSM-US can be supporting each of you.<br>
> I'm also really interested in how the different local groups might connect<br>
> with each other as well back to the US Chapter itself. I'm really excited to<br>
> highlight the great work that all of you are doing, and share best<br>
> practices/lessons learned with other communities around the country.<br>
><br>
> Like Alex said, those of you who are running a local community should expect<br>
> to hear from me soon, but don't hesitate to reach out to me sooner if you<br>
> want to and get the conversation started!<br>
><br>
> KD<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Alex Barth <<a href="mailto:alex@mapbox.com">alex@mapbox.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> If you're running a local OSM community you'll probably hear soon from<br>
>> Kathleen (copied).<br>
>><br>
>> Kathleen's going to start with community outreach for the OpenStreetMap US<br>
>> chapter. Her first goals will be to find out who's active where [1] and find<br>
>> good ways of featuring that on our calendar [2] and blog [3]. Showing what's<br>
>> going on in OSM in the US will be a great start for building more momentum<br>
>> here and inspire others to get out mapping. I'm sure there will be more good<br>
>> stuff we can do to grow and connect our communities better that we will find<br>
>> out in the course of her work.<br>
>><br>
>> Kathleen's doing awesome work here in DC co-organizing the @Geo_DC meetups<br>
>> so I'm stoked that she is volunteering her skills for OSM-US work. Get in<br>
>> touch with her if you're interested in OSM community work and in general,<br>
>> never be shy to ask around if you'd like to start working on something in<br>
>> OSM but aren't quite sure where to start :) Aside from your local meetup<br>
>> [1], the virtual mappy hours [2] are a good place to meet more people or<br>
>> just drop me an email.<br>
>><br>
>> [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>
>><br>
>> 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>
>><br>
>> Alex Barth<br>
>> (OpenStreetMap US Secretary)<br>
>> <a href="http://twitter.com/lxbarth" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/lxbarth</a><br>
>> tel <a href="tel:%28%2B1%29%20202%20250%203633" value="+12022503633">(+1) 202 250 3633</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
><br>
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