[talk-au] Funding for OpenStreetMap initiatives

[Edoardo Neerhut]

Hi all,

When this was raised last year we had some wonderful suggestions on how
OSM funds could be used, but we lacked people willing to implement them.

I wanted to bump this thread and see if anyone is willing to put their hand
up to arrange OSM badges, business cards, drones, cameras, events, or any
other ideas that would help people wanting to contribute to OSM in
Australia. OSGeo Oceania has funding available that is just sitting there,
so we'd love to put it to use.

Cheers,

Ed

On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 at 19:08, stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:

> The high-viz (ORANGE!) vest?  Been there, done that, those are visually
> loud and itchy, uncomfortable vinyl.  I would prefer something like a
> lanyard-badge/card with real OSM logos (could be Australian chapter, for me
> it'd be OSM-US) and I'd even put my photo on that (and I'm really sensitive
> to getting my photo put on a badge, like I won't do it for my Costco
> membership; I say it is against my religion because it is against my
> personal beliefs to do that).  But I wouldn't be sharing this "OSM Badge"
> with anybody besides a person I showed it to ("carry a clipboard and act
> important") and struck up a chat with about OSM and smiled as I answered
> all questions to the best of my ability.  "Business cards" are also a great
> idea, put the website on 'em and we might have just earned a new volunteer
> after they check us out.
>
> Yeah, fitting into those paradigms of "ambassador, have I answered all of
> your questions..." and badges and business cards, maybe even a sort of
> vCard between smartphones, yeah, any or all of those seem like they gain
> traction and respect for our project.  Community building happens on all
> sorts of levels, these are good ones.
>
> There are all sorts of sites that let you upload some graphics and a
> photo-per-badge and they'll pump 'em out for maybe AUD5 each in quantity 20
> or so.  Decent templates and design tools are built right into the website
> and are what I'd call (having used them) "not bad."  Good luck, sounds like
> a sweet spot.
>
> SteveA
> California, USA
>
> > On Jul 13, 2021, at 6:03 PM, Jonathon Rossi <jono at jonorossi.com> wrote:
> >
> > @Graeme, I don't have the time or really the skills to design one, but
> am happy to provide feedback. Another organisation I volunteer with here in
> QLD has a plastic credit card sized ID exactly as I described above,
> portrait orientation with a slot at the top. I recall it was shipped
> directly to me from a Gold Coast company that prints them, no idea the cost.
>
>
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