[talk-au] Fw: Re: [OSM-talk] Status of the Local Chapter working group

[John Smith]

--- On Wed, 12/8/09, Nick Black <nickblack1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Nick Black <nickblack1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Status of the Local Chapter working group
> To: "Jochen Topf" <jochen at remote.org>
> Cc: "OSM talk" <talk at openstreetmap.org>, "Nick Black" <nick at blacksworld.net>, "Michael Kugelmann" <MichaelK_OSM at gmx.de>
> Date: Wednesday, 12 August, 2009, 10:56 AM
> Ok, taken out the OSM-F list.  Thanks for
> updating the wiki - I'm going to take a look over it
> tomorrow and make sure all the info the community needs is
> on there.  From there I will propose a set of steps towards
> getting Local Chapters set up, along with any remaining
> questions.  The community will be able to comment on the
> process and see what is going on and what needs to be done
> to set up local chapters.
> 
> --Nick
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:58 AM,
> Jochen Topf <jochen at remote.org>
> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> 
> 
> Lets use the mailing lists and the wiki. Thats much more
> inclusive for a
> 
> diverse group like this. Especially for this issue where
> there are people
> 
> from many countries in different time zones involved and
> where many will
> 
> not speak English well enough to feel comfortable voicing
> their opinions
> 
> in a phone call. And as a bonus everything is already
> documented for
> 
> eveybody else and we don't need to wait for meeting
> minutes etc.
> 
> 
> 
> Jochen
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 08:30:06AM +0200, Nick Black
> wrote:
> 
> > Cc: Michael Kugelmann <MichaelK_OSM at gmx.de>,
> osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org,
> 
> >       OSM talk <talk at openstreetmap.org>
> 
> > From: Nick Black <nick at blacksworld.net>
> 
> > To: Jochen Topf <jochen at remote.org>
> 
> > Subject: Re: [Osmf-talk] [OSM-talk] Status of the
> Local Chapter working group
> 
> > Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:30:06 +0200
> 
> >
> 
> > Hi Jochen,
> 
> >
> 
> > Thanks for updating the page.  We should try and pick
> things up again
> 
> > regarding Local Chapters, especially after the
> progress we made at SOTM.
> 
> >
> 
> > How about we set up a call for late next week or early
> the week after
> 
> > with all of the interested parties?  I'm out of
> the office today, but if
> 
> > this sounds good I'll get it set up tomorrow.
> 
> >
> 
> > (BTW - Agree wrt using OSM-Talk, but I don't have
> access to my osm-talk
> 
> > email account when I'm offline).
> 
> >
> 
> > --
> 
> > Nick
> 
> >
> 
> >
> 
> > On 9 Aug 2009, at 19:45, Jochen Topf wrote:
> 
> >
> 
> >> Hi!
> 
> >>
> 
> >> On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 05:29:23PM +0200, Michael
> Kugelmann wrote:
> 
> >>> looking at the foundation web site and the
> wiki, there is very few
> 
> >>> information on the local chapter working group
> - only a draft of the
> 
> >>> federation agreement is linked withought an
> information on the
> 
> >>> version
> 
> >>> or date it was created! Additionally there are
> no meeting minutes
> 
> >>> available at all. (or at least I didn't
> find iformation and minutes).
> 
> >>> On the Saturday eving at the SOTM09 there was
> a meeting relatetd to
> 
> >>> to
> 
> >>> local chapters.
> 
> >>>
> 
> >>> So please could:
> 
> >>> A) somebody from the working group give the
> current status (and maybe
> 
> >>> add a version information to the draft!)
> 
> >>> B) somebody joining the SOTM meeting provide
> information what was
> 
> >>> discussed and potential results
> 
> >>> C) somebody from the working group providing
> information on next
> 
> >>> steps...
> 
> >>
> 
> >> I am not a member of the working group, but to get
> the ball rolling
> 
> >> again
> 
> >> I have brought the wiki page at
> 
> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters
> up to
> 
> >> date
> 
> >> and added all the stuff that I remember from our
> meeting at SOTM.
> 
> >>
> 
> >> I have tried to bring in all the issues that were
> raised in a form
> 
> >> that
> 
> >> they can be discussed easily. I think the creation
> of a legal document
> 
> >> as the formal agreement between OSMF and a local
> chapter is only the
> 
> >> second
> 
> >> step. The first is that we as a community have to
> agree roughly on how
> 
> >> the relationship between OSMF and the local
> chapters should be shaped
> 
> >> and
> 
> >> how they fit into the larger context of the OSM
> community and the
> 
> >> other
> 
> >> work of OSMF.
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Because this is probably an issue of interest to
> more than current OSM
> 
> >> members, I would encourage you to discuss things
> on the talk list and
> 
> >> on
> 
> >> the wiki.
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Jochen
> 
> >> --
> 
> >> Jochen Topf  jochen at remote.org
>  http://www.remote.org/jochen/
> 
> >> +49-721-388298
> 
> >>
> 
> >>
> 
> >> _______________________________________________
> 
> >> osmf-talk mailing list
> 
> >> osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org
> 
> >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk
> 
> >
> 
> > --
> 
> > Nick Black
> 
> > twitter.com/nick_b
> 
> > nick at blacksworld.net
> 
> >
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> >
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> >
> 
> >
> 
> >
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Jochen Topf  jochen at remote.org
>  http://www.remote.org/jochen/
>  +49-721-388298
> 
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