[Osmf-talk] OSM Foundation sign-up at SotM 2013

[Oleksiy Muzalyev]

Or an outdoor expedition to collect addresses with OsmPad 
<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OsmPad> lasts several hours and 
results in one edit, while drawing over satellite images in the "JOSM" 
editor during same period of time may create several edits.

I attended the "SOTM US 2013", including Workshops on Friday, June 7th. 
The "SOTM US" has become an international event. There were participants 
from Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Nicaragua, etc. What I would like to 
have after such workshops is some kind of a formal paper stating that I 
received a training in the field of "OpenStreetMap" editing at the 
workshop in San Francisco, USA.

The "OpenSrteetMap" is used by serious organizations. For example, The 
State Cadastre of Ukraine's map: 
http://map.dazru.gov.ua/kadastrova-karta is based on the OSM map.

I would also be ready to pay the OSMF membership fee for, say, 5 years 
forward, if I could receive a nice looking plastic membership card. The 
production of such a card and mailing it internationally would cost 
about 20 - 30 USD per card. It is just not practically to issue 
membership card for one year. At least for 5. For one year it could be 
and electronic membership card in a PDF file.

I am currently based in Geneva, Switzerland. It is a good place to mail 
the membership cards world wide. I am ready to undertake the production 
and mailing the membership plastic cards. I will not be in Birmingham as 
I will work as a volunteer, as a runner, at the Open Knowledge 
Conference in Geneva http://okcon.org/ 16-18 September. But my offer to 
print at the specialized printing company and mail 5 years membership 
cards from Geneva, Switzerland, stands.

While it is a good idea to make discount for contributers who need it at 
the moment, there area also contributors, who would like to invest time 
and effort. Money was invented 5000 years ago in Mesopotamia, and since 
then no one could think of a better tool for organizing a society. Some 
tried, but failed.

It is self-evident that money is needed for servers, electricity, 
traffic, etc. Why not try to find a way to earn money? I suggest 
"OpenStreetMap" training courses (workshops) with a certification. And 5 
years OSMF membership plastic cards.

I also support idea of a discount membership for, say, students, 
pensioners, etc.

brgds
Oleskiy
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Alex-7

On 30.06.2013 18:24, Michael Larkin wrote:
> Another problem with the suggestion is that some contributors could do 
> a very minor correction to the primary contribution and get a listing 
> as contributor
> regards
> Michael
>

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