[OSM-talk] Paweł's q: what can be done?

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 03.02.2013 12:36, Paweł Paprota wrote:
> What I want right now is some sign that OSM is not fading away as a
> project.

Shouldn't this be the other way round - shouldn't somebody who claims 
that OSM was about to "fade away" have proof for that?

Number of users raising:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/thumb/7/78/Osmdbstats1_log.png/800px-Osmdbstats1_log.png

Number of active users raising:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/thumb/c/c7/Osmdbstats4A.png/800px-Osmdbstats4A.png

Amount of data raising:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/thumb/e/e3/Osmdbstats2.png/800px-Osmdbstats2.png

Constantly talked about in the press:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/In_the_media

I'm sorry but I don't see any reason for gloom. Maybe you have read the 
wrong blogs to fear that OSM will soon be forgotten ;)

> And no, "we just need time to think it over" written by OSMF
> board member is not what I'm looking for.
>
> For me the next 6-8 months will be make or break for OSM(F).

As I said, such impatience is unusual and unwarranted. The next 6-8 
months are certainly not going to make or break OSM or OSMF; I really 
don't know where that idea comes from.

Strategic thinking is long-term thinking, and in our case requires to 
get a lot of pepole on board in a suitable process, including those who 
think that we shouldn't have a strategy (we can't just kick them out and 
say "ok then we'll have a strategy without you" - we have to convince 
them that having a strategy is good). This not only is a lot of work but 
also requires the political skills that Mike Migurski mentioned. I'm 
confident that all these things are going to happen in due course, but 
it is very unlikely that "in due course" means "in 6-8 months".

Bye
Frederik

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