[Osmf-talk] seeking feedback on needs summary

[Mikel Maron]

> Probably true - as someone who only joined in year 2.5 of OSM, I sometimes forget that initially OSM was very much a one man show with SteveC trying to solve the chicken-and-egg problem ;-)
> 
> You are of course right about the common ground etc.; my words have to be read in context. For those who do not know, I have produced and distributed (meanwhile) about 40.000 OSM flyers in 
> Germany - but this has never been a top-down marketing decision ("what can we do to make OSM more visible"), but instead was born from community demands (people wanted to have 
> something they could give to those who ask "what are you doing" when out mapping).

Totally, and thanks Frederik for that! I didn't know the scale of the flyers.

This really isn't intended as a top-down process, but as always, something driven by needs and consensus. It's fair to say that OpenStreetMap is a different kind of organization, and we are all working hard to figure out how best to move. That's essentially why I'm excited about the Omidyar connection.

Cheers
-Mikel
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