[Talk-us] Proposed Welcome Working Group meeting (was: Role of the Wiki)

[Martijn van Exel]

For those who already looked at the doodle: I changed the times just
now as I realized the proposed times would be in the middle of the
night for Europe.

On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org> wrote:
> I thought I should bump this up to its own thread:
>
> The Welcome WG needs a boost after Richard's (cc) initial great work
> on the proposal and initial meeting. Let's have a follow-up meeting to
> see who's interested in committing time to this WG, what we can do
> right now and what the longer term agenda and priorities should be.
>
> How about next week? Anyone who has ideas about and - more importantly
> - is willing to spend time towards solving the Welcome
> problem, please join.
>
> http://doodle.com/z4rzz66k2nhh5h2d
>
> We can do it on IRC, Google Hangout (my preference), phone or whatever
> works for all involved.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org>
> Date: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:16 PM
> Subject: Fwd: [Talk-us] Role of the Wiki
> To: OSM US board <us-osm-board at googlegroups.com>
>
>
> FYI, I put out an invitation for a Welcome Working Group meeting:
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org>
> Date: Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 2:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Role of the Wiki
> To: Kathleen Danielson <kathleen.danielson at gmail.com>
> Cc: Scott Rollins <organist at gmail.com>, OpenStreetMap Talk Mailing
> List <talk at openstreetmap.org>, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com>,
> Jeff Meyer <jeff at gwhat.org>, OpenStreetMap US Talk
> <talk-us at openstreetmap.org>, Richard Weait <richard at weait.com>
>
>
> Kathleen,
>
> Yes, the Welcome WG does need a boost after Richard's (cc) initial
> great work on the proposal and initial meeting. I wanted to wait until
> the semester is over so that my teaching obligations would not keep
> interfering, but I guess we're almost there, so I am willing to
> organize a next meeting to see who's interested in committing time to
> this WG, what we can do right now and what the longer term agenda and
> priorities should be.
>
> So how about next week? Anyone who has ideas about and - more
> importantly - is willing to spend time towards solving the Welcome
> problem, please join.
>
> http://doodle.com/z4rzz66k2nhh5h2d
>
> We can do it on IRC, Google Hangout (my preference), phone or whatever
> works for all involved.
>
> Martijn
>
> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Kathleen Danielson
> <kathleen.danielson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Some of these resources may require a
>>> little effort on your part, and they may not all be as well advertised
>>> or interconnected as they should be, but you have to realize that
>>> OpenStreetMap is eternally a work in progress, run entirely by
>>> volunteers who are working really hard to keep up with and channel
>>> that progress.
>>
>>
>> I think that the first half of that sentence is worth taking notice of, with
>> all due respect to the second half (and the volunteers who make it so!). As
>> a newcomer to OSM, I am aware that there are some really fantastic resources
>> out there, but I'm not really sure where to start, and that in and of itself
>> ends up being quite discouraging. Some more direction and encouragement for
>> new users could both help new mappers who share these frustrations, as well
>> as identify highest priority action items for documentation improvement.
>>
>> I gather there's a proposal for a new Welcome Working Group, and I think
>> that this potential group has a lot to offer in this exact area. I 100%
>> understand how experienced users and contributors can feel taxed by
>> discussions like this, but I think there is a subset of members who are
>> eager to help onboard new mappers. Maybe this is a good time to re-kickstart
>> that proposal? Personally, I'm really excited to get involved in this aspect
>> of the OSM community.
>>
>> (apologies if I'm missing any important context/discussions happening
>> elsewhere)
>>
>> Best,
>> Kathleen
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Some of these resources may require a
>>> little effort on your part, and they may not all be as well advertised
>>> or interconnected as they should be,
>>
>>
>
>
>
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> Martijn van Exel
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>
>
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> Martijn van Exel
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> http://openstreetmap.us/
>
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> Martijn van Exel
> http://oegeo.wordpress.com/
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