[OSM-talk] diversity amongst DWG members

[Floris Looijesteijn]

According to the Plan 2012 PDF they intend to look for new members...

Personally I think they're doing a great job and I would not want to take
their place.

Greets,
Floris

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Lucas Nussbaum <lucas at lucas-nussbaum.net>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Following the discussion on the infamous french Cadastre '"imports"',
> I've tried to find the country of living of the DWG members (according
> to http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Data_Working_Group):
>   Matt Amos (OSMF Board) ; Matt ; UK
>   Tom Hughes ; TomH ; UK
>   Paul Norman ; pnorman ; near Vancouver, Canada
>   Frederik Ramm ; ? ; Germany
>   Henning Scholland ; ? ; Germany?
>   Grant Slater ; ? ; UK
>   Dave Stubbs ; randomjunk ; UK
>   Richard Weait ; rw__ ; Toronto, Canada
>
> So, it seems that only three countries are represented, that half of the
> members are UK residents, and that 6 out of the 8 members are native
> english speakers, the other two being native german speakers.
>
> Are there plans to increase diversity amongst members of the DWG?
> It would certainly be helpful if more local communities would have one
> of their members amongst the DWG members.
>
> Lucas
>
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