[HOT] Thank You

[Heather Leson]

Thanks Tyler.

This community truly inspires with offline and online connections.

Thanks everyone

Heather

Heather Leson
heatherleson at gmail.com
Twitter: HeatherLeson
Blog: textontechs.com

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Tyler Radford <tyler.radford at hotosm.org>
wrote:

> This week is National Volunteer Week in the US and Canada (I'm extending
> it to all of you, regardless of where you live). As we close out the week,
> I'd like to take a moment to say thank you to each of you for being part of
> the HOT global community. We are incredibly unique and fortunate to have
> such dedicated volunteers. In fact, volunteers account for more than 99% of
> our global team -- 20,000 of you have contributed to HOT activities since
> 2010. Mapping alone accounted for an estimated 165,000 hours of volunteer
> time [1] over the years!
>
> I often hear terms like "virtual volunteers" or "digital volunteers".
> While "digital" may describe the way we work, it most certainly does not
> describe you -- the very real volunteers in our global community. You are
> real people, making real things take place, and having real positive impact
> on people's lives. No matter how you contribute -- whether it's through
> mapping remotely or on the ground, participating in or leading one of our
> working groups, organizing mapathons, helping new contributors, publishing
> research, spreading the word about HOT, utilizing HOT-generated data, or
> donating funds or equipment -- we rely on you!
>
> Thank you for giving your time and energy to HOT.
> Tyler
>
> [1] https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/dekstop/diary/37841
>
> *Tyler Radford*
> Executive Director
> tyler.radford at hotosm.org
> @TylerSRadford
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