<p dir="ltr">I would definitely love to contribute my help in any way possible. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards,<br>
Hans</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 8, 2014 2:12 PM, "Richard Weait" <<a href="mailto:richard@weait.com">richard@weait.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: Richard Weait <<a href="mailto:richard@weait.com">richard@weait.com</a>><br>
Date: Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 4:07 PM<br>
Subject: Reinvigorating working groups. Join in!<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a>><br>
<br>
<br>
There have been recent discussions about reinvigorating various<br>
OpenStreetMap Foundation Working Groups.<br>
<br>
Recent board minutes indicated the membership management would be<br>
moved from a board position membership secretary to a working group<br>
format.[1]<br>
<br>
Michael Collinson spoke [2] of his interest in seeing new people and<br>
more people participating in Working Groups, based on his experiences<br>
and earlier work by Matt Amos.<br>
<br>
I wrote recently[3] about who might join a working group, why, and<br>
what they might be able to offer a working group. Shortly after I<br>
published that, Jono Bacon tweeted an image that struck me as helpful,<br>
inspirational and super appropriate for OpenStreetMap. So, I wrote<br>
about that as well. [4]<br>
<br>
In addition to the new membership WG, there will be announcements for<br>
others. Michael Collinson spoke of the need for more participation in<br>
LWG and if I remember correctly MT[5]. There will be at least one<br>
more, shortly, but it isn't mine to announce. :-)<br>
<br>
Best regards and happy mapping,<br>
<br>
Richard[6]<br>
<br>
tl;dr<br>
<br>
You do not have to be an expert, or know all of the answers, to be<br>
valuable to a working group. You can join armed only with enthusiasm,<br>
though organizational skills and communication skills are a benefit.<br>
<br>
[1] <a href="http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2014-11-20#Membership_Secretary" target="_blank">http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board/Minutes/2014-11-20#Membership_Secretary</a><br>
[2] earlier on this osmf-talk@ list<br>
[3] <a href="http://weait.com/working-groups-1" target="_blank">http://weait.com/working-groups-1</a><br>
[4] <a href="http://weait.com/on-ramp" target="_blank">http://weait.com/on-ramp</a><br>
[5] corrections and clarifications welcome, of course.<br>
[6] who previously participated in several working groups at various times.<br>
<br>
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