[OSM-talk] Operation Cowboy - 23. -25.11.

Paul Johnson baloo at ursamundi.org
Sat Nov 3 20:06:35 GMT 2012


I'm trying to organize one in the Tulsa area, using this Google
event<https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c3ohfbgso96b1ahm1li1hba5auc>to
organize and promote it.

On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 5:41 AM, Matthias Meißer <digi_c at arcor.de> wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> I'd like to announce the fellow of the "night of the living maps" party:
> "Operation cowboy" :
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**wiki/Operation_cowboy<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Operation_cowboy>
> Guess what, this time it's about mapping the US :)
>
> The date is the weekend from 23.11 till Sunday, so everybody should have a
> chance to get a day, where he can join a local party.
> To make it more easy to get a room, I give you this announcement already
> today, even if there are still some todos (detailed mission statement,
> party map, logo, ...).
> So please still wait with an official announcement to the public, I bet we
> can fix this things next week.
>
> So if you like to *start a local party* , create a wiki page (or reuse the
> local user group page or your city page) and paste/adapt this:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**wiki/Template:Operation_cowboy<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:Operation_cowboy>
> Cool mappers can add this button to the user page, too ;)
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**wiki/Template:User_OPC<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:User_OPC>
>
> But hey, I would *need still some help* , to get all the things ready:
>
> 1. *Sponsoring*
> I already tried to contact OSMF but without an answer. Can anybody please
> ask them again, if they would donate a few bugs per local party, to attract
> organisers? Or what about the GIS-Companies around OSM, would they cater a
> party in their HQs?
>
> 2. *Social media*
> Is there anybody who likes to start further social channels as facebook
> etc? It's pretty simple, just to spread the things we post at Twitter and
> of course answer questions and present the project (create events ...).
>
> 3. *Wiki translation*
> Would be great if the wiki could be translated in other languages as well.
> (maybe you can recycle old NOTLM translations). Oh and fixing my low level
> english would be really nice ;)
>
> Later:
> Creating a "thank you all" poster with all teams or actually a video clip
> with animated edits and country music would be a great finale.
>
> If you have any questions/ideas, just post it. I think all general critics
> on armchair mapping or our choice of the target area would be better in a
> seperated topic, as the past showed, that they generate a lot of traffic.
>
> So I wish you good luck for finding an appreachated location and I'm happy
> looking towards our 2nd global mapping action :)
>
> cya,
> Matthias
> (user:!i!)
>
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