[OSM-talk-be] Your help needed: support request to Stichting NLnet

[Mark Van den Borre]

2008/1/23, Nicolas Pettiaux <nicolas at pettiaux.be>:
> 2008/1/23, Mark Van den Borre <mark at markvdb.be>:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I need your support to ask Stichting NLnet for 10 gps data loggers in
> > the name of openstreetmap Belgium. Valer Mischenko (Stichting NLnet)
> > is wondering if this support request is carried broadly enough within
> > openstreetmap Belgium. If you like the idea, please URGENTLY SHOW YOUR
> > EXPLICIT AGREEMENT in an answer to this list.
>
> I very explicitely support this request. For years, I have been active
> as a supporter of free software, open standards, open access to
> publications ... and I have volunteered much time and effort, and also
> iinvested quite a large amount of personnal money. I am now active
> trying to help OSM but not investing my own money, but contacting
> authorities for example to get public datas, for example for Brussels.
>
> I would love to do more to gather datas fo OSM but I can hardly afford
> to buy a GPS now that I could use.
>
> Would OSM-Be get some gps to share between actives OSMers, I would be
> more than happy to use one myself and also contribute in sharing it
> with other people to help us and contribute more.>
>
> Thanks to Mark to work as a central person.
I won't work as a "central person". I just want to try and get us
these gps data loggers so we can reach out and start mapping.

Mark
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