[Talk-ca] Edmonton OSM gathering

[Dan Charrois]

While spreading the word as much as possible certainly can't hurt, I'd suggest that at the very least possible events are posted here as well.  I've been mapping and using/programming computers for years (long before OpenStreetMap), but have never used (or heard of) upcoming.com or meetup.com.  Getting more people involved in OSM is great, and it can't hurt to spread the word as widely as possible, but I'd suggest that posting a possible event here should definitely be done.

And BTW - I'm in the Edmonton area, and depending on the date/time/etc. may be interested in attending myself.

Dan

On 2012-Jul-05, at 6:03 PM, James Ewen wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com> wrote:
> 
>> May I suggest that you "just do it", and go ahead and set it up and
>> that you reach out through other channels for attendees?
>> 
>> If you set up the event on an event-service, like upcoming.com or
>> meetup.com, your event will be seen by _people who are looking for
>> events to attend_.  That's awesome, right?  You could help new users
>> learn about OSM and make their first edits.
>> 
>> The drawback to advertising your event _only_ on this list, is that
>> not all Canadian mappers are on this list.
> 
> How many OSM mappers in Edmonton are on upcoming.com, or meetup.com?
> 
> Upcoming.com is a website that is for sale, and on meetup.com, I can't
> even figure out where OSM might fit in their list. I can't even figure
> out how to go about finding anything related to OSM on the site. Aha,
> finally figured it out a bit. I see there's an OSM group in Toronto...
> now, how do you get people interested in OSM mapping that are members
> of the OSM community to now move their focus over to this totally
> unrelated site to be notified of things of interest to members of this
> site? Seems kind of silly when you say it that way, huh?
> 
>> I encourage mappers in other places to host local events as well.
>> It's fun and a great way to learn from other mappers.
> 
> Yup, it would be good to share ideas and learn from each other, but I
> would think that there's a better chance of communicating with people
> interested in OSM in Canada here than on some other random site.
> 
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> James
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