[talk-au] OSM - NSW NPWS liaison

[stevea]

My two cents.

Our forum and Discord require "accounts" to be registered at the OSM level (via OAuth2 by registering for a volunteer Contributor account to OSM) and at "the Discord level," something else again.  A mailing list "merely" requires an email address as an "account" to be registered with the talk-au mailing list, which could be argued (I begin, but offer nothing more than this assertion) that this is an "easier" (for "easiest" I add a ?) or at least "lower bar" and maybe "preferentially more anonymous" or "less privacy invasive" method, for those reasons.

Registering on talk-au doesn't require agreeing to what we agree to to become Contributors, "merely" to join a "talking community" about "things Australia regarding OSM."  By providing an email address and registering with a mailman account, that's both "low-bar" and "fairly sharply focused" at the same time.

A great benefit are many relevant eyeballs who read the "contact us questions" which seem to have arisen.

While I'm not, I could imaging myself as an IT person at a National P&WS and reading the analysis above, nodding my head, agreeing that it isn't a very high bar to jump over to have a chat.  And then, having a chat.

> On Nov 1, 2023, at 8:52 PM, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> DWG have received a 
> "Request for a Liaison Officer:
> To enhance the accuracy of OpenStreetMap data pertaining to the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service"
> 
> This has come up in regard to tracks that they say they have previously requested be deleted (I'm contacting them to confirm just which?)
> 
> What would be the easiest way for them to contact us with questions like this - here / Forum / Discord?
> 
> Question posed in all three places
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Graeme
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