[OSM-talk-be] mapathon this saturday: more help welcome

[Johan Van de Wauw]

Joost,

Any indication where help would be needed mostly? I'm trying to find a
solution so I can join (not an expert mapper, but I can definitely
help coordinating/general pc/mapping support).

Kind Regards,
Johan

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 10:16 PM, joost schouppe
<joost.schouppe at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This weekend, at least 160 people will take their first OSM mapping steps at
> the seven mapathons organized by univerisities all across the country. This
> is a great opportunity to get new mappers, and even to try and start
> building more OSM communities. Luckily, we found a dedicated OSM volunteer
> for each of these locations - a big shoutout to Claire, Jorieke, Marc,
> Julien M, Julien F, Jo, Tais and Moritz for their dedication. And of course
> to the local universities who are organizing things.
>
> Helping thirty new mappers get started with just one volunteer is hard. So
> if you have some spare time this Saturday, even just a few hours, please
> give a hand.
>
> More information:
> English: http://www.internationalmapyear.be/mapathon.php
> French: http://www.internationalmapyear.be/fr/mapathon.php
> Dutch: http://www.internationalmapyear.be/nl/mapathon.php
>
> Contact the local OSM volunteer:
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1STuP0e7QWLuZLNANEQOJpRLnoCltagtcJ9gFgJ-VaE4/edit?ts=56d55aff#gid=0
>
> Once we have a task number, we'll also contact the HOT mailing list to see
> if we can find some live validators. That helps to detect people making
> mistakes before they make a lot of them. Incredibly useful if you can lend a
> hand there, even if just remotely.
>
> All the best,
> --
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