[Talk-us] US Chapter Mission Statement

[Sam Vekemans]

Just curious,
What is a protectorite? And why is it needed?

Thanks,
Sam

On 11/27/09, Chris Hunter <chunter952 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, since no one has made a stab at this yet, I went ahead and did some
> research on mission statements in general, and OSMF's mission statement.
>
> *Mission Statement:*
> [US OSMF] is dedicated to improving the availability, quantity and accuracy
> of open-sourced cartographic information in the United States, its
> territories, protectorates and possessions.
>
> *Vision Statement:*
> To achieve this goal, [US OSMF] seeks to:
>
>    - Promote public awareness of the Open Street Map.
>    - Locate and secure freely-available public access to useful mapping
>    data.
>    - Function as a US Not-for-profit Corporation to handle any copyright and
>    liability issues that may arise.
>    - Serve as a point of contact with individuals, corporations, and
>    government entities for securing data, equipment and funding for
> OSM-related
>    activities.
>    - Interact with the international Open Street Map Foundation to promote
>    the issues and concerns of OSM users in the United States.
>
>
> Anyone else have ideas?
> DiverCTH (a.k.a. Chris Hunter)
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> As many of you know, we're working on forming a US chapter of OSM.
>>
>> To that end, we've been having conference calls Monday evenings:
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States
>>
>> And one open issue has been the mission statement.
>>
>> We'd like to have an open ended discussion of what people feel the
>> mission statement should be.
>>
>> I'm sure people have thoughts on this issue, so let em rip.
>>
>> - Serge
>>
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