[Talk-br] Fwd: [OSM-talk] Nominations for State of the Map Travel Scholarships

[Arlindo Pereira]

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From: Mikel Maron <mikel_maron em yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, May 7, 2009 at 02:25
Subject: [OSM-talk] Nominations for State of the Map Travel Scholarships
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The OpenStreetMap Foundation is excited to announce a program to cover
full travel and accomodations costs for 15 mappers to attend State of
the Map. We're seeking nominations from the community for potential
mappers.

Generally, we are seeking people from places where costs would
prohibit attendance, developing countries, and places that are
"interesting" geopolitically. The ideal candidates for funding are
from countries with a small OSM community, perhaps just a few mappers
in total. They have made a significant start at mapping their city,
either through Yahoo imagery or with their own GPS, and are directly
familiar with the process of OSM. They may have started communicating
among themselves, and made plans and scoped out the process for their
local district. But, the community is nowhere near critical mass, and
they need the inspiration and support to take OSM to the next level.

We need to act fast. State of the Map is just over two months away,
tickets and visas need to be arranged. In order to allow enough time
for all the arrangements, the nomination period will be short, one
week only, ending next Wednesday, May 13. From the nominations
received, we'll review the list and choose 15 mappers to approach with
the offer. Depending on their availability to attend, we'll work our
way through the list. We only recently secured funding for this
program, so the process has to be quick.

Please send your nominations to sotm.scholarship em gmail.com. For each
nomination, include the mappers name, OSM user name, email address,
location, and a paragraph or two on why they'd be great to have at
SOTM.

And also, please forward this message to other relevant local OSM lists.

As for regions, here are a few regions that seem to fit the bill, but
nominations are not limited to these places at all.

* Eastern Europe: the Caucasus, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania.
* Arab States: Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt. Egypt is particularly
interesting, as the ban on GPS units there was recently lifted.
* South Asia: India, Pakistan. While both countries have seen
significant activities, relative to size and population they are in
the very early stages.
* Southeast Asia: Phillipines, Vietnam, Thailand.
* South America: Colombia, Bolivia, Peru. Promising leads in
government for the release of data for use in OSM.
* East Africa: Kenya is a hotspot for mapping right now (Ushahidi,
AgCommons, MapMaker..)

Many thanks to the Open Society Institute for helping make this happen.

-Mikel

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