[OHM] Historic Digest, Vol 27, Issue 1

[Tim Waters]

Hi folks,


On 22 November 2014 at 17:41, Rob H Warren <warren at muninn-project.org>
wrote:

>
> <snip>
>
> I'm wary of creating a formal organizational structure until complexity
> warrants it. We've done ok so far to ride other people's organizations to
> get things done so far.
>

At the moment I agree, although I feel that we would probably create such a
structure in the future though. Let's keep things simple and easy for the
time being :-)


>
> Could we setup a google hangout before the holidays hit to sync everyone
> up?
>

+1 for a Google Hangout.


>
> -rhw
>
> On Nov 20, 2014, at 7:00 AM, historic-request at openstreetmap.org wrote:
>
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 08:30:21 -0800
> > From: Jeff Meyer <jeff at gwhat.org>
> > To: Tim Waters <chippy2005 at gmail.com>
> > Cc: "historic at openstreetmap.org" <historic at openstreetmap.org>
> > Subject: Re: [OHM] Moving Historical Geodata to the Web & Questions
> >       about OHM Decision Making Process
> > Message-ID:
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> >
> > Chippy -
> >
> > Your timing and delivery are fantastic - thanks for this update!
> >
> > I don't think we have good answers to a lot of these questions (at least
> I
> > don't!), some of which are related to us (the OHM collective! : ) )
> having
> > enough time individually or enough leadership or maybe even the right
> > organizational structure. Who knows?
> >
> > I'd love to hear what the list has to say about:
> > - Setting up more regular meetings again
> > - Setting up a non-profit structure focused solely on OHM objectives (I
> > believe this will help with grants)
> > - Tying in more closely with the Wiki folks
> > - Defining more structured organizational roles - e.g. grant writing, IT
> > ops, data recruitment, outreach, etc.
> >
> > I ask these pesky organizational questions because I think a simple
> "send a
> > message to the mailing list" type of instruction for outreach won't get
> us
> > moving where we'd like to go, as quickly as we might like to go. Plus,
> it's
> > not a reliable messaging service in that inquiries might go somewhat
> > unanswered.
> >
> > As for me, I've been a bit away due to personal / vocational reasons, but
> > I'm ready and eager to get back on it.
> >
> > To that end, I have meetings set up with David Rumsey and the NEH Office
> of
> > Digital Humanities next week, with the interest of getting feedback on
> > their thoughts about how to get things moving forward with a project like
> > OHM.
> >
> > I'll report back what I learn, but in the meantime, I'm curious what
> others
> > think.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jeff
>
>
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