[OSM-talk] Proposed Welcome Working Group meeting (was: Role of the Wiki)

[Martijn van Exel]

I thought I should bump this up to its own thread:

The Welcome WG needs a boost after Richard's (cc) initial great work
on the proposal and initial meeting. Let's have a follow-up meeting to
see who's interested in committing time to this WG, what we can do
right now and what the longer term agenda and priorities should be.

How about next week? Anyone who has ideas about and - more importantly
- is willing to spend time towards solving the Welcome
problem, please join.

http://doodle.com/z4rzz66k2nhh5h2d

We can do it on IRC, Google Hangout (my preference), phone or whatever
works for all involved.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org>
Date: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:16 PM
Subject: Fwd: [Talk-us] Role of the Wiki
To: OSM US board <us-osm-board at googlegroups.com>


FYI, I put out an invitation for a Welcome Working Group meeting:


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org>
Date: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Role of the Wiki
To: Kathleen Danielson <kathleen.danielson at gmail.com>
Cc: Scott Rollins <organist at gmail.com>, OpenStreetMap Talk Mailing
List <talk at openstreetmap.org>, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com>,
Jeff Meyer <jeff at gwhat.org>, OpenStreetMap US Talk
<talk-us at openstreetmap.org>, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com>


Kathleen,

Yes, the Welcome WG does need a boost after Richard's (cc) initial
great work on the proposal and initial meeting. I wanted to wait until
the semester is over so that my teaching obligations would not keep
interfering, but I guess we're almost there, so I am willing to
organize a next meeting to see who's interested in committing time to
this WG, what we can do right now and what the longer term agenda and
priorities should be.

So how about next week? Anyone who has ideas about and - more
importantly - is willing to spend time towards solving the Welcome
problem, please join.

http://doodle.com/z4rzz66k2nhh5h2d

We can do it on IRC, Google Hangout (my preference), phone or whatever
works for all involved.

Martijn

On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Kathleen Danielson
<kathleen.danielson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Some of these resources may require a
>> little effort on your part, and they may not all be as well advertised
>> or interconnected as they should be, but you have to realize that
>> OpenStreetMap is eternally a work in progress, run entirely by
>> volunteers who are working really hard to keep up with and channel
>> that progress.
>
>
> I think that the first half of that sentence is worth taking notice of, with
> all due respect to the second half (and the volunteers who make it so!). As
> a newcomer to OSM, I am aware that there are some really fantastic resources
> out there, but I'm not really sure where to start, and that in and of itself
> ends up being quite discouraging. Some more direction and encouragement for
> new users could both help new mappers who share these frustrations, as well
> as identify highest priority action items for documentation improvement.
>
> I gather there's a proposal for a new Welcome Working Group, and I think
> that this potential group has a lot to offer in this exact area. I 100%
> understand how experienced users and contributors can feel taxed by
> discussions like this, but I think there is a subset of members who are
> eager to help onboard new mappers. Maybe this is a good time to re-kickstart
> that proposal? Personally, I'm really excited to get involved in this aspect
> of the OSM community.
>
> (apologies if I'm missing any important context/discussions happening
> elsewhere)
>
> Best,
> Kathleen
>
> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org> wrote:
>>
>> Some of these resources may require a
>> little effort on your part, and they may not all be as well advertised
>> or interconnected as they should be,
>
>



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http://openstreetmap.us/


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http://oegeo.wordpress.com/
http://openstreetmap.us/