<div dir="ltr">Also! There's still time to join the upcoming #mapathon by organizing an event in your community <a href="https://twitter.com/OpenStreetMapUS/status/584378522245922816">https://twitter.com/OpenStreetMapUS/status/584378522245922816</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Serge Wroclawski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emacsen@gmail.com" target="_blank">emacsen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Eleanor Tutt <<a href="mailto:eleanor.tutt@gmail.com">eleanor.tutt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi, Serge.<br>
><br>
> As a member of the chapter board, I feel a bit erased? misrepresented? by<br>
> your email. It hurt, especially because I think you and I share some common<br>
> ground about why we map and that it is important to feel a connection to a<br>
> place.<br>
<br>
</span>You're right that I painted everyone with the same brush, and that<br>
wasn't my intent; I'm sorry. It's hard to be critical of an<br>
organization and not the individuals, but you're right, I probably<br>
could have done a better job.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> At any rate, while you are more qualified to speak to the history of OSM as<br>
> a whole than I am, I do want to say a few things that will maybe help you<br>
> get the know my personal history with OSM:<br>
<br>
</span>There are people on this list who were involved in OSM longer than me.<br>
I don't believe I have special qualifications beyond being there.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> When I was new to OSM and first learned about editathons, I didn't know<br>
> anyone involved with OSM or have any preconceived ideas about the project.<br>
> All I knew was that editathons sounded amazing, so I made the effort to<br>
> connect with other local mappers and start building more of a community in<br>
> my region. My first editathon - led by another community member - involved<br>
> walking around outdoors on a college campus. My second editathon - led by<br>
> myself - involved walking around outdoors in a neighborhood commercial<br>
> district. In my experience, editathons have always been a way for community<br>
> members to get together and map in whatever manner made the most sense -<br>
> sometimes outdoors, sometimes indoors. There can be value in both.<br>
> I remember Paul's post, I was elected to the chapter board, and - it's true!<br>
> - I don't have very many OSM edits compared to many members of the<br>
> community. That doesn't mean I don't go out and map my community - I<br>
> described in a different email how I do so. But I contribute in other ways<br>
> as well. Last month, I led a group of students in a survey of a nearby<br>
> neighborhood. I spent hours walking through the neighborhood with them,<br>
> helping mark points, and then helping them enter their data when they<br>
> returned. I did not personally make a single edit with my OSM user name.<br>
> However, I contributed to those edits invisibly, behind the scenes, and I<br>
> believe several of those students will become regular contributors.<br>
<br>
</span>Maybe time erases this stuff, and that's a good thing.<br>
<br>
Again, my apologies. Especially as someone who doesn't have a car, I<br>
know the challenge that mapping can be for folks like us, and major<br>
kudos to you for your mapping and community work.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
- Serge<br>
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