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

[Robert Soden]

There's more info on the OSM Nepal on the website:
http://www.osmnepal.org/ and FB Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/mapkathmandu/

It would be excellent to see more folks from HOT get involved in this
work and provide their support and expertise to the growing OSM Nepal
community.  The team in Kathmandu is doing great work and are very
open to collaboration.



On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Béland Pierre <pierzenh at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Thanks Nama
>
> These congratulations touched my hearth. I went three times in Nepal and
> trekked in the mountains. I also loved walking in streets of Kathmandu at
> 5:00 am,  go to the suburbs and come back while the city is awakening.
>
> I say thanks to all those who believe in our action and do themselves a
> tremendous work in their own country.
>
>
> Pierre
>
> ________________________________
> De : Nama Budhathoki <namabudhathoki at gmail.com>
> À : Dane Springmeyer <dane at dbsgeo.com>
> Cc : OSM Nepal / Map Kathmandu <mapkathmandu at groups.facebook.com>; hot
> <hot at openstreetmap.org>; OpenStreetMap Community in Nepal
> <talk-np at openstreetmap.org>
> Envoyé le : Vendredi 18 janvier 2013 22h12
> Objet : Re: [HOT] HOT 2013 Board Election Results--Congratulation from
> OSM/OpenDRI Nepal Community
>
> 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 often outdated here in Nepal, people get excited when we talk about OSM.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
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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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