[Talk-ca] Community consultation re Windsor Hackforge OSMF Local Chapter Application

[Steve Singer]

On Mon, 23 May 2022, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote:

> Hi everyone!
> 
> I'm Eugene, one of the members of the Board of the OSM Foundation. I would just like to ask mappers and the local community from Ontario,
> especially those based in the City of Windsor and Essex County. The OSMF received an application from Windsor Hackforge
> (https://hackf.org/) to become an OSMF Local Chapter. Please see the application documents here:
> https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications/Windsor-Essex_Ontario_Canada
> 
> My question is, would the local community feel comfortable with Windsor Hackforge becoming a Local Chapter for the Windsor-Essex area? As
> stated in the OSMF website, "Local Chapters are country-level or region-level not-for-profit legal entities representing the area's OSM
> mappers and OSM data when dealing with local government, business, and media." Does Windsor Hackforge fit the bill?

I don't see much OSM specific activity under https://hackf.org. They have 
sub-groups for a variety of technologies but not OSM.  I also don't remember 
them running any/many OSM themed events (mapping parties etc).

The opendatawindsor group 
(http://hackf.org/initiatives/opendatawindsoressex/) doesn't even mention 
openstreetmap and it looks like it was using municipal data not OSM data.

Steve


> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Eugene Alvin Villar
> OSM Foundation Board
> 
>