[Osmf-talk] seeking funding ideas

[sotm at livingwithdragons.com]

Oh, I read the subject and thought you wanted fund raising ideas.
My answer: a cake bake sale! We all like eating cake and the last OSM 
birthday proves some of us can make interesting cakes (even if some were 
just unauthorized printing of trademarked logo).

Your ideas on spending money seem good.

I've always wanted something to come of this wiki page 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Weekend_mapping_projects
I finish this year of university in May, and would happily spend up to a 
few weeks mapping places before getting a much needed job. This could be 
from Canada before I leave, or from the UK when I get home. The need for 
financial aid is in travel to the unmapped location (i.e. train fare as 
I don't drive but cycle lots) and cheap accommodation for mapping nights.

Perhaps this might fit/evolve into your ideas, it is pretty much the 
Mapping Party idea but with the sponsor choosing the location.

Maybe you think I should separately go for doing this?
I've actually thought a bit about doing this for Cornwall and Devon 
(which really need some OSM love). I could cycle to each town, drop of a 
bag at my accommodation, map for a day, then move on in the morning. 
Stopping for an extra day or two at key places to run a mini event to 
get locals out mapping and joining the community.
For this it would be helpful to have my accommodation and perhaps one 
meal for the nights that I run events, then I might consider the days 
in-between a holiday.
When I was thinking about sponsorship sources I thought maybe some 
tourist attractions might sponsor me for one or two days. One day could 
be spent micro-mapping their site and in return I could also write about 
the attraction on my blog. This might have more chance of happening if 
there was a main sponsor to start things off. I don't care if me and my 
bicycle are covered in respectable advertising, as long as it gets me 
down there to map for OSM.

Anyway, I think I digressed. Good job I didn't go into the long detailed 
cake plans for OSM's 6th birthday.

Gregory Marler
http://www.livingwithdragons.com


Mikel Maron wrote:
> I'm having informal discussions with a funder this week on possible 
> short term projects for the OpenStreetMap Foundation.
> The type of project is pretty open, though it should generally have a 
> social focus, and help strengthen OSM organizationally.
>
> So I'm seeking suggestions from the OSMF membership on ideas for small 
> fund-able projects. I'll bring these into dicussion,
> and then we'll see what makes sense from their point of view too.
>
> My ideas so far
> * replication of the SOTM Scholarship program
> * GPSToGo
> * Humanitarian OSM Team organizational build up
> * slum mapping ala Map Kibera
> * aerial imagery fund
>
> Your ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Mikel
>
> == Mikel Maron ==
> +254(0)724899738 @mikel s:mikelmaron
> http://mapkibera.org/
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Haiti
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