[Talk-us] US meetups?

Ian Dees ian.dees at gmail.com
Thu Apr 29 16:19:16 BST 2010


Keep in mind that we have openstreetmap.us and a couple servers sitting
around waiting for a use. Perhaps we could set up a similar thing for the
US-based meetups and events? Or maybe we just need a shared Google
Calendar...

upcoming and meetup both already have communities around them, though...

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Jim McAndrew <jim at loc8.us> wrote:

> Who is paying for these meetup.com groups?
> I met with someone at Where 2.0 from meetup.com  mentioned that OSM uses
> the site for some meetups, but it's hard because they charge $12/mo.  There
> may be a way to get these groups "sponsored" by meetup.com, so that OSM
> mappers aren't footing the bill for the groups.  There's also Yahoo!'s
> upcoming.com which is just free in general.
>
> --
> Jim McAndrew
>
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Christopher Covington <cov at vt.edu>wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 13:59 -0400, Richard Weait wrote:
>> > Any US OSM meetups other than these three? Any other fixed addresses
>> > for local US OSM meetings?
>> >
>> > http://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-OpenStreetMap/
>> > http://www.meetup.com/OpenStreetMap-Columbus/
>> > http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-OpenStreetMappers/
>> >
>> > Also, if the organizers of the Bay Area meetup would add
>> > "OpenStreetMap" as one of their groups, some others on the Bay Area
>> > OSM waiting list will be able to find them.
>>
>> While it's generally handy to have listings on multiple websites, what's
>> the special importance of having OpenStreetMap groups listed on this
>> particular paid service?
>>
>> -Chris C.
>>
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