[Diversity-talk] Poll for next Quarterly Project (2018Q3)

Rory McCann rory at technomancy.org
Tue Jun 26 20:32:18 UTC 2018


Hi,

So I'm suggesting a mapping project. That in a quarter (3 month period),
participants do a lot of contributions around that topic in OSM, that
could be writing/recording things, or editor tweaking. But plain old
mapping and surveying is probably the most effective thing, and has a
low barrier to entry.

For example, "wheelchair mapping", then participants would try to
improve the state of wheelchair mapped things in OSM (90% of pubs in OSM
don't record if they are wheelchair accessible). Read up on how to tag
that, and walk around your local area looking and mapping things. If it
was "childcare", try to ensure all childcare facilities in your area are
on OSM, add extra details (contact details, website). And so on.

Going out into the world and doing some old fashioned mapping for
traditionally under-represented things can improve OSM and make things
better.

The link below has a poll for votes on the quarter for next project.

I'll try to do more "guiding" next quarter. ;)

Rory

On 17/06/18 12:42, Heather Leson wrote:
> HI!
> 
> Rory, thanks for this discussion. There are 3 voters so far. It might
> help to have some guidance on the types of projects and how people might
> contribute. There are some new folks on this list.
> 
> 
> For example.
> 
> Topic: Women's health facilities
> Wiki page:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tagging_in_Support_of_Women_and_Girls and
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Diversity
> 
> Goals: can you look in your neighbourhood and be sure that these are
> tagged?
> 
> 
> 
> Heather
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Heather Leson
> heatherleson at gmail.com <mailto:heatherleson at gmail.com>
> Twitter/skype: HeatherLeson
> Blog: textontechs.com <http://textontechs.com>
> 
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 4:58 PM, Rory McCann <rory at technomancy.org
> <mailto:rory at technomancy.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi all,
> 
>     I've set up a poll for the next quarterly project (which would start
>     in ~2 weeks on 1st July). Mostly on the same options as before.
>     Please feel free to add any suggestions.
> 
>         https://framadate.org/Hbgq3eyCk7qRIZU8
>     <https://framadate.org/Hbgq3eyCk7qRIZU8>
> 
>     "Yes" for "This sounds OK (and I can explain this topic", "No" for
>     no, "ifneedbe" (yellow tick) for "I'd need someone to explain this".
> 
>     I'm going to write up my experiences on 2018Q2 quarterly project. I
>     hope others will as well. Toot our horn, explain things, reflect,
>     learn and get better.
> 
>     Rory
> 
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