[OSM-talk] SotM11 will be held in Denver.

Nic Roets nroets at gmail.com
Mon Oct 25 06:52:23 BST 2010


On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:

>  On 24/10/2010 09:40, Nic Roets wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Julio Costa Zambelli <
> julio.costa at openstreetmap.cl> wrote:
>
>>
>> contributors, core developers, authors, etc. are still in Germany, the
>> UK and other countries of Western Europe,
>>
>
> As an outsider to the bidding and selection process, I think that hosting
> it in the US will be good for OSM. If a company wants to announce a new
> technology, they almost always do it in the US for various reasons e.g. the
> story gets picked up by international TV channels, the vast numbers of
> foreign born US residents spread the idea throughout the world etc
>
>
> Is that why Dell launched it's Streak mobile 'phone in the UK first?
>
>
Launched in the UK ? I guess that is why I have never heard of it.

I guess you are not too fond of the US being the trend setter for the world,
in which case I would like to point out two things: The UK had it's turn
during the colonial era. The US is loosing it's throne to the Internet i.e.
location is becoming less and less important.


>  . Also consider the fact that the Cloudmade and MapQuest ambassador
> programs
>
>
> What's an 'ambassador' program?
>

http://cloudmade.com/careers/community-ambassador


>
> Cheers
> Dave F.
>
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