[HOT] New HOT voting members approved!

Sun Mar 2 05:19:26 UTC 2014

Hi All,

It's been really great to start knowing you more during this last month,
I'm eventually identifying a bit better who's behind all those names one
can see on HOT lists and projects!
Becoming a voting member has been good news! It felt as a recognition of
many efforts made to improve geodata availability for the many during
crisis, but also as an invitation to become more involved!

More on myself? Environmental engineer fond of mapping, I have several
years of experience with international organizations and in different
places as GIS expert. While I had known about OSM project quite earlier, I
subscribed in 2009 and started to extensively use its data in the early
days following Haiti earthquake, while I was supposed to map PaP from some
UN headquarters in Europe. I was totally amazed by the speed the map grew
at that time.

Originally from Belgium, I've been spending most of my time in the
Democratic Republic of Congo for the last 3 years, where I even gave birth
recently to a small Congolese boy. I'm now doing some scientific research
for a geography uni department and volunteering for the Common Geographic
Referential (national platform of geographic data for DRC).

My own HOT story began in Nov. 2012 when asked to coordinate field needs
for the Kivus DRC Activation. Since then, I made my best to keep close
contact and inform humanitarian staff in DRC about HOT/OSM opportunities to
support them improving their field operations through imagery requests,
remote mapping and so on. I am still the focal point of OSM in DRC and I'd
like to thank again all of you who took part in some of those tasks, it's
been really appreciated on the ground.

>From time to time, I also organize "newbies" mapping parties in Kinshasa,
with the hope that little a little the number of local contributors in DRC
will increase and take part in responding to their internal crises.
Moreover I'm convinced that open-data and OSM will make a difference in
economic development perspectives.

Congratulations to the other recent voting members and thank you to the old
ones for welcoming us.
I am looking forward contributing with you for a change this year!

Best regards,

Claire

2014-03-02 6:14 GMT+01:00 Claire Halleux <halleuxc at gmail.com>:

> Hi All,
>
> It's been really great to start knowing you more during this last month,
> I'm eventually identifying a bit better who's behind all those names one
> can see on HOT lists and projects!
> Becoming a voting member has been good news! It felt as a recognition of
> many efforts made to improve geodata availability for the many during
> crisis, but also as an invitation to become more involved!
>
> More on myself? Environmental engineer fond of mapping, I have several
> years of experience with international organizations and in different
> places as GIS expert. While I had known about OSM project quite earlier, I
> subscribed in 2009 and started to extensively use its data in the early
> days following Haiti earthquake, while I was supposed to map PaP from some
> UN headquarters in Europe. I was totally amazed by the speed the map grew
> at that time.
>
> Originally from Belgium, I've been spending most of my time in the
> Democratic Republic of Congo for the last 3 years, where I even gave birth
> recently to a small Congolese boy. I'm now doing some scientific research
> for a geography uni department and volunteering for the Common Geographic
> Referential (national platform of geographic data for DRC).
>
> My own HOT story began in Nov. 2012 when asked to coordinate field needs
> for the Kivus DRC Activation. Since then, I made my best to keep close
> contact and inform humanitarian staff in DRC about HOT/OSM opportunities to
> support them improving their field operations through imagery requests,
> remote mapping and so on. I am still the focal point of OSM in DRC and I'd
> like to thank again the whole of you who took part in some of those tasks,
> it's been really appreciated on the ground.
>
> From time to time, I also organize "newbies" mapping parties in Kinshasa,
> with the hope that little a little the number of local contributors in DRC
> will increase and take part in responding to their internal crises.
> Moreover I'm convinced that open-data and OSM will make a difference in
> economic development perspectives.
>
> Congratulations to the other recent voting members and thank you to the
> old ones for welcoming us.
> I am looking forward contributing with you for a change this year!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Claire
>
>
> 2014-02-03 Pierre Béland <pierzenh at yahoo.fr>:
>
>  Yes thanks to Jaakkoh, Boris and Kate to have done so efficiently this
>> process of nomination of the new members.
>>
>> Decision was taken that each member could propose only one person. We
>> then have collectively assured that those people deeply involved in HOT
>> actions have the opportunity to play a role in the orientations as well as
>> the many actions of the organization becoming part of the membership.
>>
>> Congratulation to the 18 new members and welcome in the HOT Membership.
>>
>> Pierre
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>>  *De :* nicolas chavent <nicolas.chavent at gmail.com>
>> *À :* Jaakko Helleranta.com <jaakko at helleranta.com>
>> *Cc :* "membership at hotosm.org" <membership at hotosm.org>; "HOT at OSM(Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team)" <
>> hot at openstreetmap.org>
>> *Envoyé le :* Lundi 3 février 2014 16h06
>> *Objet :* Re: [HOT] New HOT voting members approved!
>>
>>
>> Thanks jaakkoh for your leading role in this nomination as well as those
>> who supported you in the process.
>>
>> I'd like to join you in welcoming the new members from the HOT community
>> into the organization and look forward to the amazing things that together,
>> collectively, we will all be able to achieve in 2014
>>
>> Best,
>> Nico
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 9:25 PM, Jaakko Helleranta.com <
>> jaakko at helleranta.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all new HOT voting members, FYI all "old" voting members & the HOT
>> community at large,
>>
>> I'm happy to announce that the nominations of and elections for new HOT
>> voting members have resulted in 18 new voting members for HOT! Welcome all!
>> The new voting members list is below.
>>
>> We'll be arranging (first ever) orientations to the new voting members in
>> the next two weeks to make sure that everyone knows what (all things) HOT
>> is, how the organization operates and what is the role of voting members.
>> E.g. we'll be electing a Chair (person) for the organization and a new
>> board in the coming weeks. But we'll contact you separately on all this.
>> .. Should there be "old" voting members who'd like to pitch in to
>> preparing / doing the orientations, please get in contact.
>>
>> So, again, welcome all! And thanks to Boris and Kate for making the
>> nomination/election process happen.
>>
>> If you want you're most welcome to reply with a blurb about you and how
>> you got/are involved with HOT, your HOT story, if you may. I wrote mine at
>> the bottom for a sort of an example. In fact, thinking about it, I think
>> it wouldn't be a bad thing is also some (other) old members also feel
>> inclined to write their HOT story. Good to know who's who in this zoo and
>> where are people coming from :) . Perhaps we could even post these stories
>> someone online - under an About us section at our website? Just a thought..
>>
>> But now: The new voting members of HOT!
>>
>>  *New voting member* Amadou Ndong Andrew Buck Augustin Doury Awa Laye Dia Bass
>> Thiam Claire Halleux Dale Kunce Emir Hartato François-Xavier Lamure
>> Tardieu Jorieke Vynche Maning Sambale Rafael Ávila Coya Russell Deffner Sam
>> Larsen Samuel Paul Alce Stéphane Henriod Will Skora Yohan Boniface
>> That is quite an impressive list, eih!?
>>
>> My "HOT story":
>> Originally from Finland, moved to the US (DC) over 10 years ago. I got
>> involved with HOT during the Haiti earth quake of 2010 and when I lived in
>> Haiti for 3 years. I've done most of my mapping<http://hdyc.neis-one.org/?jaakkoh>in Haiti and Dominican Republic and I've worked in the field with HOT (in
>> Haiti) and pitched into developing some new projects for HOT.
>> Currently living in Nicaragua trying to learn Spanish and getting engaged
>> with the local mapping community (http://mapanica.net).
>> HOT is hot because I think that (it's obvious by now that)
>> Open(Street)Mapping can have a huge positive impact in humanitarian work
>> and making (economic) development work better.
>> http://osm.org/user/jaakkoh & http://about.me/jaakkoh
>>
>> What's your HOT story?
>>
>> With welcoming regards,
>> -Jaakko
>>
>> --
>> jaakko at helleranta.com * Skype: jhelleranta * Mobile: +505-8845-3391 (Nicaragua)
>> * Voice(mail) / SMS / What's app: +1-202-730-9778 *
>> http://about.me/jaakkoh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Nicolas Chavent
>> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
>> http://hot.openstreetmap.org/
>> Mobile (FRA): +33 (0)6 52 40 78 20
>> Email: nicolas.chavent at hotosm.org
>> Email: nicolas.chavent at gmail.com
>> Skype: c_nicolas
>> Twitter: nicolas_chavent
>>
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Claire Halleux
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*Geographic Information Systems Specialist*
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