[Talk-GB] First UK/GB OpenStreetMap group meeting - 17th December at 8pm

[Harry Wood]

Thanks for making something happen Rob!

So this conference call is TOMORROW at 8pm.

I added those details to the wiki page:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/UK

But d'you have the dial-in details?

Harry


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From: Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com>
To: Talk-GB <talk-gb at openstreetmap.org> 
Sent: Sunday, 6 December 2015, 19:25
Subject: [Talk-GB] First UK/GB OpenStreetMap group meeting - 17th December    at 8pm



Hi all,


Early this year I published a survey asking about “a UK/GB OpenStreetMap
group”. 101 people filled it in and many contacted me to say they liked the idea. Encouraged by the this and my local 
Mappa Mercia group, we feel the time is right to start the group. To get us going Wikimedia UK have kindly offered us their teleconference facility for 
our first meeting – 8pm on 17th December. I've used teleconferencing facilities in the past for State of the Map 2013 and find that they work well (no text/chat facility ensures that there is only one conversation going on - the one being heard by everyone).

Survey results:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A8rKyKUW0X01n-JEMLwEUT4ktX-7WrxNP03YTkZs6lU/edit#

To get
us going we will need a few people to commit time over the next 6 
months. The roles we need are set out below and
we will need to initially fill them and then, once we have a 
constitution in place, we will need volunteers to stand for election. These roles will be needed irrespective of whether decision making lies with the membership or an elected board.

    * Chair – to provide leadership and ensures the group functions properly

    * Treasurer – to organise the finances of the group. Initially this will mean setting up our bank account.

    * Secretary/Membership secretary – to keep the register of members up to date (indeed to set 
on up in the first place), to ensure that voting procedures are carried 
out in accordance to our agreed policy. There is potential for this to 
be two separate roles.We will also need an initial working group to provide ideas and discussion. This group can also support the 
aforementioned roles in small discrete tasks.

Please let me know 
if you can help with setting up the group and/or whether you would be 
willing to stand for election once the constitution is established. I will share the telephone 
number and login PIN closer to the date.

Best,

Rob

p.s. Busy on 17th December? No worries. Send me you comments and I will make sure they are shared.
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