[HOT] GeoWeek Remote Support

[Gregory]

Hello,
Continuing the subject of remote support...

I'm teaching/talking/leading at a Mapathon tomorrow evening that is
hosted/organised by Friends of MSF (almost 30 say they're coming).

Normally I would hand pick a task as much as a week before the event. A
"good" task could be one that is recent but still has some stuff to map (as
in unassigned squares, also visible but unmapped features when looking),
has a good description with directions on what to map, and either the group
has a connection with the country or there's a sentence to make the task
compelling(media helps us humans connect mentally with the need). As this
is is an MSF-focused group, I'd like to know if their own priorities but
even if another organisation chips in then it's nice to say "XXX has really
asked us to do this task".

With it being OSMGeoWeek, I'm concerned(overly so I know) that I'll pick a
task and by the time we start it will be finished.
I wondered if there's any tasks being proposed for beginners, and then any
co-ordination for "X is working in task 1, Y and Z will both work on task
2"?

What I could do, is find 5 tasks I think are "good" so I have others to
choose from at the start. Or we might even finish a task as a team!

I should perhaps add another purpose for selecting. I'm the main/only
experienced mapper. It's easier to have 30 people working on a similar
terrain when they ask me/each-other questions. Is this a motorway or a
track? I have some answer to give, along with the general advice "look at
surrounding squares".

Gregory.
Durham & Newcastle, UK.

On 15 November 2015 at 19:00, Russell Deffner <russell.deffner at hotosm.org>
wrote:

> Hi Pete,
>
>
>
> Thank you for signing up! This was another thing that took a bit longer
> and didn’t get as much ‘traction’/help as we’d hoped, so in general – my
> thought was that everyone would for sure sit on IRC (and additionally other
> places) as well to have a ‘central’ place for anyone to jump on and ask for
> assistance. But at this point, however you think we can best put this to
> use, please do suggest.  We informed some of the organizers, but I don’t
> know how best to reach everyone except maybe this list, so any organizers,
> please also let us know how best we can assist!
>
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> P.S. I took this shift, so I’m on IRC and Mumble now if anyone needs
> anything.
>
> =Russ
>
>
>
> *From:* Pete Masters [mailto:pedrito1414 at googlemail.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 15, 2015 11:51 AM
> *To:* Russell Deffner
> *Cc:* hot
> *Subject:* Re: [HOT] GeoWeek Remote Support
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>
> Have added my name for tomorrow. Is someone contacting mapathon organisers
> to let them know?
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>
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> Can we offer this support to remote mappers if they are doing some at
> home? If so, how best to reach them?
>
>
>
> Pete
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 10:17 PM, Russell Deffner <
> russell.deffner at hotosm.org> wrote:
>
> Greetings HOT community,
>
>
>
> As we gear-up for the big week ahead, we thought we could do something to
> help all the GeoWeek event organizers; and that is to have some people
> on-hand to answer questions and generally give feedback/support on our IRC
> channel (and/or Skype, Mumble, etc.)
>
>
>
> So if you can take a shift (or more), please add yourself to this
> spreadsheet:
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nyO-Iww2rsk62A2GV3ZBIKT4fxr67-TGopIdDyOG65I
> – it’s also fine to have more than one person per shift, so don’t be shy to
> add yourself in addition to anyone already listed.
>
>
>
> Thank you!
>
> =Russ
>
>
>
> Russell Deffner
>
> Russell.Deffner at hotosm.org
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Gregory
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