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

Sat Jan 19 19:06:46 GMT 2013

Robert, 

I remember discussions we had in october about the Monsoon Collective and I will be pleased to follow collaborations that are established between HOT and the OSM Nepal community.

Pierre 

>________________________________
> De : Robert Soden <robert.soden at gmail.com>
>À : Béland Pierre <pierzenh at yahoo.fr> 
>Cc : Nama Budhathoki <namabudhathoki at gmail.com>; 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 : Samedi 19 janvier 2013 11h44
>Objet : Re: [HOT] HOT 2013 Board Election Results--Congratulation from OSM/OpenDRI Nepal Community
> 
>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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