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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>></span>Maybe we need to ask people, what got them interested in OSM and what keeps them active. Maybe one of the activities we should undertake is to collect that data to help develop plans go active mappers. <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’ll jump in on this quickly, I first saw OSM as a background in <a href="http://www.depiction.com/affiliate/886/">Depiction</a> – went and looked at my local area and was completely overwhelmed by how bad it was (TIGER desert to the max). If I had not have found <a href="http://www.meetup.com/OSM-Colorado/">OSM-Colorado</a> (I think just by searching around the wiki, or web search) I may not have even tried to start mapping, I thought ‘they’ might be the answer and help me map. That didn’t happen, but more importantly I learned how to map, and that there were people I could talk to if I had questions. I stay active because there is a done of mapping left to do and I also enjoy ‘stewarding’ my area looking for edits by others (especially new mappers) and reach out to invite them to the local group and answer questions.</span><o:p></o:p></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'>=Russ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:russdeffner@gmail.com">russdeffner@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>russdeffner on OSM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>