[HOT] HOT 2013 Board Election Results--Congratulation from OSM/OpenDRI Nepal Community

[Heather Leson]

Hi Nama, great project

The NepalMonitor team might be a great team to connect. They have been very
active in the Ushahidi community for over a year. While they don't use OSM
as a base layer yet, they do have civil society connections.

https://www.nepalmonitor.org/

Heather
On Jan 19, 2013 6:13 AM, "Nama Budhathoki" <namabudhathoki at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am writing this from Nepal. First of all, I would like to congratulate
> the newly elected HOT team members and the HOT community as a whole.
> Second, I am taking this opportunity to introduce some humanitarian OSM
> works we have started here in Nepal.
>
> As many of you are aware, Nepal is at high risk from earthquakes. Please
> have a look at this report:
> http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=16720#.UPn-fOh8OpI. Unfortunately, we
> do not have online maps for preparedness or rescue works in case we are hit
> by an earthquake.
>
> With The World Bank's support under its Open Data for Resilience
> Initiative (OpenDRI), we are aggressively expanding OSM Nepal community to
> collect major POIs and urban structural data including building footprints.
> We have started this from Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. We reach
> out to schools, colleges, and community groups to talk about and train them
> in OSM. Since other sources of GIS data are difficult to find, expensive to
> buy, and often outdated here in Nepal, people get excited when we talk
> about OSM.
>
> One major hindrance has been existing images, which makes it too difficult
> to digitize building footprints. We are working to get better resolution
> images and hoping to have those soon for Kathmandu Valley. Once we have
> that, we will seek your help with tasks that can be done remotely including
> digitizing building footprints. If you are interested to come to the ground
> or are coming to Nepal for any other purpose, lets know so that we can
> organize a mapping meetup and exchange our learning. For those who are
> thinking to go for vacation, Nepal has great hiking/trekking sites. Here,
> you can take mapping and hiking together!
>
> Congratulations once again. We look forward to work together and help each
> other.
>
> Nama
>
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> Nama R. Budhathoki
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Dane Springmeyer <dane at dbsgeo.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> The HOT board election voting period has ended and I'm pleased to present
>> the results:
>>
>> 35      Schuyler Erle
>> 30      Mikel Maron
>> 28      Harry Wood
>> 27      Nicolas Chavent
>> 25      John Crowley
>> 24      Pierre Béland
>> 21      Joseph Reeves
>> 18      Heather Leson
>> 18      Severin Menard
>> 9       Jean-Guilhem Cailton
>> 9       Todd Huffman
>>
>> I would like to welcome newly elected members Pierre Béland and Joseph
>> Reeves to the board.
>>
>> So the board now consists of:
>>
>> Schuyler Erle
>> Mikel Maron
>> Harry Wood
>> Nicolas Chavent
>> John Crowley
>> Pierre Béland
>> Joseph Reeves
>>
>> Thanks to everyone that voted and ran for election!
>>
>> I regret that I could not continue serving, but I'm heartened to see a
>> great crew of leaders here.
>>
>> Dane
>>
>>
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