[Talk-us] Kathleen starting with community outreach for OSM-US

[Martijn van Exel]

Kathleen,

Are you aware of http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User_group ?

I think the most interesting part is the User Groups wiki template,
which if used on a wiki page (example:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City,_Utah ) makes your
local UG appear on this here map:
http://usergroups.openstreetmap.de/?zoom=5&lat=39.23225&lon=-94.76806&layers=B0TTT

Also, a lot of US local groups are on meetup:
http://www.meetup.com/find/?keywords=openstreetmap&radius=Infinity but
I'm sure you're aware of that because GeoDC is on there as well ;)

Good luck and let us know what you need!

Martijn

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Kathleen Danielson
<kathleen.danielson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Everyone--
>
> I'm really excited to work more with the local OSM groups in the coming
> weeks and months. My first plan is to do research on what communities are
> already out there and figure out how OSM-US can be supporting each of you.
> I'm also really interested in how the different local groups might connect
> with each other as well back to the US Chapter itself. I'm really excited to
> highlight the great work that all of you are doing, and share best
> practices/lessons learned with other communities around the country.
>
> Like Alex said, those of you who are running a local community should expect
> to hear from me soon, but don't hesitate to reach out to me sooner if you
> want to and get the conversation started!
>
> KD
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Alex Barth <alex at mapbox.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> If you're running a local OSM community you'll probably hear soon from
>> Kathleen (copied).
>>
>> Kathleen's going to start with community outreach for the OpenStreetMap US
>> chapter. Her first goals will be to find out who's active where [1] and find
>> good ways of featuring that on our calendar [2] and blog [3]. Showing what's
>> going on in OSM in the US will be a great start for building more momentum
>> here and inspire others to get out mapping. I'm sure there will be more good
>> stuff we can do to grow and connect our communities better that we will find
>> out in the course of her work.
>>
>> Kathleen's doing awesome work here in DC co-organizing the @Geo_DC meetups
>> so I'm stoked that she is volunteering her skills for OSM-US work. Get in
>> touch with her if you're interested in OSM community work and in general,
>> never be shy to ask around if you'd like to start working on something in
>> OSM but aren't quite sure where to start :) Aside from your local meetup
>> [1], the virtual mappy hours [2] are a good place to meet more people or
>> just drop me an email.
>>
>> [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_States
>> [2] http://www.openstreetmap.us/calendar/
>> [3] http://openstreetmap.us/
>>
>> Kathleen on OSM: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/KathleenLD
>> Kathleen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KathleenLD
>>
>> Alex Barth
>> (OpenStreetMap US Secretary)
>> http://twitter.com/lxbarth
>> tel (+1) 202 250 3633
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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