[OSM-talk] Status of the Local Chapter working group

Thu Aug 13 15:47:44 BST 2009

Hi Guys,
Its time to jump-start the Local Chapters working group.  Jochen has kindly
revamped the wiki page (
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters) so if you have
interest in a local chapter, please read it and add your details to the
relevant section.

I'm proposing having an open call on Monday 17th August at 6pm BST at which
anyone interested can talk through their comments or concerns, as we did in
Amsterdam during SOTM.  I know that this is short notice and that 6pm BST
doesn't work for a lot of people (eg people in Australia or the Far East).
 If you would like to attend, but can't because of any reason, please add
you name to the relevant section below, along with some contact details and
we'll get a time set up for another call in which you can participate.

Meeting Objectives

* Give potential Local Chapter leaders and other community members the
change to discuss the proposed agreement
* Clarify some "next steps" for the license process

The page with details and sign up is here:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/Meetings/August-2009

Hope to talk to many interested Local Chapter people next week.

--
Nick

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Nick Black <nickblack1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ok, taken out the OSM-F list.  Thanks for updating the wiki - I'm going to
take a look over it tomorrow and make sure all the info the community needs
is on there.  From there I will propose a set of steps towards getting Local
Chapters set up, along with any remaining questions.  The community will be
able to comment on the process and see what is going on and what needs to be
done to set up local chapters.
> --
> Nick
>
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> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Jochen Topf <jochen at remote.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Lets use the mailing lists and the wiki. Thats much more inclusive for a
>> diverse group like this. Especially for this issue where there are people
>> from many countries in different time zones involved and where many will
>> not speak English well enough to feel comfortable voicing their opinions
>> in a phone call. And as a bonus everything is already documented for
>> eveybody else and we don't need to wait for meeting minutes etc.
>>
>> Jochen
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 08:30:06AM +0200, Nick Black wrote:
>> > Cc: Michael Kugelmann <MichaelK_OSM at gmx.de>,
osmf-talk at openstreetmap.org,
>> >       OSM talk <talk at openstreetmap.org>
>> > From: Nick Black <nick at blacksworld.net>
>> > To: Jochen Topf <jochen at remote.org>
>> > Subject: Re: [Osmf-talk] [OSM-talk] Status of the Local Chapter working
group
>> > Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:30:06 +0200
>> >
>> > Hi Jochen,
>> >
>> > Thanks for updating the page.  We should try and pick things up again
>> > regarding Local Chapters, especially after the progress we made at
SOTM.
>> >
>> > How about we set up a call for late next week or early the week after
>> > with all of the interested parties?  I'm out of the office today, but
if
>> > this sounds good I'll get it set up tomorrow.
>> >
>> > (BTW - Agree wrt using OSM-Talk, but I don't have access to my osm-talk
>> > email account when I'm offline).
>> >
>> > --
>> > Nick
>> >
>> >
>> > On 9 Aug 2009, at 19:45, Jochen Topf wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi!
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 05:29:23PM +0200, Michael Kugelmann wrote:
>> >>> looking at the foundation web site and the wiki, there is very few
>> >>> information on the local chapter working group - only a draft of the
>> >>> federation agreement is linked withought an information on the
>> >>> version
>> >>> or date it was created! Additionally there are no meeting minutes
>> >>> available at all. (or at least I didn't find iformation and minutes).
>> >>> On the Saturday eving at the SOTM09 there was a meeting relatetd to
>> >>> to
>> >>> local chapters.
>> >>>
>> >>> So please could:
>> >>> A) somebody from the working group give the current status (and maybe
>> >>> add a version information to the draft!)
>> >>> B) somebody joining the SOTM meeting provide information what was
>> >>> discussed and potential results
>> >>> C) somebody from the working group providing information on next
>> >>> steps...
>> >>
>> >> I am not a member of the working group, but to get the ball rolling
>> >> again
>> >> I have brought the wiki page at
>> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters up to
>> >> date
>> >> and added all the stuff that I remember from our meeting at SOTM.
>> >>
>> >> I have tried to bring in all the issues that were raised in a form
>> >> that
>> >> they can be discussed easily. I think the creation of a legal document
>> >> as the formal agreement between OSMF and a local chapter is only the
>> >> second
>> >> step. The first is that we as a community have to agree roughly on how
>> >> the relationship between OSMF and the local chapters should be shaped
>> >> and
>> >> how they fit into the larger context of the OSM community and the
>> >> other
>> >> work of OSMF.
>> >>
>> >> Because this is probably an issue of interest to more than current OSM
>> >> members, I would encourage you to discuss things on the talk list and
>> >> on
>> >> the wiki.
>> >>
>> >> Jochen
>> >> --
>> >> Jochen Topf  jochen at remote.org  http://www.remote.org/jochen/
>> >> +49-721-388298
>> >>
>> >>
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>> > Nick Black
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>> > nick at blacksworld.net
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>> >
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>> >
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>> --
>> Jochen Topf  jochen at remote.org  http://www.remote.org/jochen/ +49-721-388298
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