[Osmf-talk] Communications and osmf-talk (Was: Reaching out and diversity (Was: Re: AGM and board elections))

[Oleksiy Muzalyev]

Good evening Simon,

I remember that at a PHP conference a speaker said that the PHP 
community is often criticized for long functions names, for lack of the 
OOP (object-oriented programming) features, an so on. And he added: 
"/Still we must be doing something right/, since it is the most popular 
server-side programming language." [1]

Since the OSM popularity also grows [2], /the OSMF still must be doing 
something right/. It is clear to everybody.

Norman Davies wrote in /"Europe: A History//" /that the USA became a 
superpower in early 40s by the decision to bring women into the economy 
on an epic scale. A picture is worth a hundred words; below is the link 
to the photo, which I've made at the historic pier 45 in San Francisco: 
"Come See What I Built!" [3]

Maybe it is impossible in the case of the OSM. Maybe it will remain a 
male hobby project. On the other hand such things as conduct and 
discussion guidelines, or a childcare at a conference paid by 
participants, etc. are not too complicated . They could be introduced as 
a gradual evolution. Besides, others, for example the WMF, are doing 
exactly this.

I, personally, learned a lot from this discussion and still reeling from 
a disturbing video suggested by Derick [4].

Na dann, einen schönen Abend noch.

With best regards,
Oleksiy

[1] http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/programming_language/all
[2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Stats
[3] https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwIBJzM0u50qZ3FLeS1JV3VLXzQ/edit
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4UWxlVvT1A&feature=youtu.be
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