[HOT] HOT tutorship program for supporting OSM communities in the developing countries

[Joseph Reeves]

Hi Séverin,

This sounds like a great idea - perhaps it'd make a good topic for a
HOT IRC chat? There's not been one for a while, shall we try again
next Wednesday?

Cheers, Joseph





On 22 August 2012 22:16, Séverin MENARD <severin.menard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Nicolas and I would like to find ways to facilitate connections between
> global mappers and new communities in the developing countries. We thought
> about starting a HOT tutorship program in which active members from the
> community would make contact with the emergent communities we helped or will
> help to start:
>
>
> the communities in Haiti and Kenya and the rising one in Senegal
>
> the future ones in the African countries (Cad, Burundi and Central Republic
> of Africa, as well as Kenya) concerned by the EUROSHA program that will
> start in October, to support both the program volunteers and the OSM
> community they will aim for creating
>
>
> Experienced mappers could provide a great support regarding OSM techniques,
> remote mapping, imagery setting, quality assurance, communication (OSM
> wikipages, social media, etc.). Of course on a voluntary basis, according to
> their chosen field and kinship towards such or such country.
>
>
> Basically, this would be a different approach of what is done so far through
> OSM lists where the help/advices are often limited to a specific request.
> Here both sides would be presented, the local communities through their
> story, members, skills, and project(s) and the tutors through their
> background and their OSM experience.
>
>
> So far it is a general idea for which we would like that the HOT community
> provide creative inputs to sketch it in more details. I will create an OSM
> Wikipage as a starting point so that everyone can contribute.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Severin MENARD
> Current HOT Acting Project Director
>
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