[HOT] HOT Summit panel / talk proposal

[Cristiano Giovando]

Thank you all for the excellent idea!

Pete - would you mind submitting your proposal through the summit
Website? The CfP is closing tonight and we must have all proposals
submitted in order to start arranging the schedule.

http://summit.hotosm.org/talk

Thanks and please spread this reminder through your channels!


On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:48 AM, James Conkling
<james.lane.conkling at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Pete,
>
> Yes, this exactly something I've been thinking about--specifically along the
> lines of remote mapathons where in-person training is not an option and
> previous exposure to OSM is limited.  The project's not launched yet
> (hopefully we'll be announcing it later this week--will announce here on the
> listserv when we do.  The project is mapping logging roads across the Congo
> Basin),  I'm counting on having some project observations/feedback by the
> end of April to share at the Summit.
>
> I've already submitted a talk for our project, but would of course be
> willing to share thoughts before or at the conference.
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Pete Masters <pedrito1414 at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'd like to propose a talk or panel for the HOT Summit on the subject of
>> large scale, virtual mapathons.
>>
>> The way the HOT community responds in waves following a crisis, or a
>> request from an NGO, is incredible. Truly impressive.
>>
>> The Missing Maps project obviously benefits from this capacity and
>> commitment and many of you have contributed to Missing Maps tasks.
>>
>> Missing Maps has had considerable success in bringing new people into HOT
>> via the tasking manager at mapathons. We think that, at the London Missing
>> Mapathons alone, we have had over 500 people attending and contributing and
>> the vast majority of these are new to HOT. At a physical event, we are able
>> to train and support these new mappers in order to try and maintain high
>> quality data.
>>
>> This is great, but we are faced with the problem of scaling this model of
>> participation. In London, we can't find venues big enough to cope with
>> demand (last month, 80 places were booked in less than three hours) and we
>> do not have the capacity within MSF, the British Red Cross and the local HOT
>> community to significantly increase the number of mapathons we host.
>>
>> There are more and more Missing Maps events happening independently of
>> (although supported by) the organisations involved, which is hugely welcome.
>>
>> But, the fact remains that there is appetite for involvement from many
>> more places than there are mapathons. One of the potential ways to feed this
>> appetite (and by extension, expand the capacity of HOT) is to organise
>> regular, large scale remote mapathons, with training, context, tasking and
>> support built in.
>>
>> I would love to explore this possibility with you guys and thought the
>> summit might be a good place to start the conversation. Is anyone up for
>> joining me in presenting this idea for discussion?
>>
>> I am not sure yet whether a panel, a talk or a workshop is the most
>> appropriate and I don't claim to be an expert (although I would love to
>> share our London experiences with you), so it would be great to collaborate
>> on this.
>>
>> If anyone is interested, please drop me a line.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>> --
>> Pete Masters
>> Missing Maps Project Coordinator
>> +44 7921 781 518
>>
>> missingmaps.org
>>
>> @pedrito1414
>> @theMissingMaps
>> facebook.com/MissingMapsProject
>>
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Cristiano Giovando
Technical Project Manager
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
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