[Talk-us] US GPS Set for Mapping Parties

[Ian Dees]

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Etienne <treasurer at openstreetmap.org>wrote:

> It would be helpful if you would coordinate funding drives with OSMF.
>
> If not planned carefully your efforts might coincide with a centrally
> planned funding activity.  This has potential to confuse and dilute
> everyone's efforts.
>
> Tell us what you want to achieve and we can help you.
>
> OSMF is not incorporated in the US and so does not have 501(c)3 status.  If
> there is interest then, please talk to us, we are currently planning to
> establish a structure for local chapters and federated member
> organisations.  This initiative is in the hands of Nick Black (
> nickblack1 at gmail.com) if you want to get in touch with him.
>

Hi Etienne,

I'm glad you caught this before I finished the form. To sum it up, we're
trying to talk to Garmin to get sponsorship from them for GPS receivers for
US-based mapping parties (and potentially other ones around the world, too).
The form is located here:
http://www8.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/sponsorship/sponsorship-form.jsp

I was planning on filling it out for us, but I would be more than happy to
see it be a request that ends up with a wider scope than just the US. Based
on some other posts on osm-talk, it sounds like someone has already
attempted to talk to Garmin and they have expressed limited interest in a
UK-only sponsorship, but maybe if they knew about OpenStreetMap's more
global reach, they would be more interested.
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