[Talk-us] US meetups?

[SteveC]

there's also the OSM calendar on the wiki, which has an RSS feed.


On Apr 29, 2010, at 9:19 AM, Ian Dees wrote:

> 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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Yours &c.

Steve