[OSM-talk] Mappy Hour: start one. Plus multimedia :-)

[Richard Weait]

Hi all,

I've encouraged you to start a local Mappy Hour, or other local in-person
OSM event before.  Yes.  I'm doing that again.  Attending Mappy Hour is
fun.  I imagine that the London pub meets and German Stammtisch are every
bit as fun, and look forward to attending them as I travel.

So do that.  Start a Mappy Hour or equivalent in your town, too.

We've had two OSM events in Toronto so far in 2013.  Our regularly
scheduled event was noticed by a producer of a radio program, and we were
asked to come and talk about Mappy Hour on the radio.  That was fun to do
and a little nerve-wracking.  I would love to have the opportunity to do it
again in the future.

The interview was very early in the morning on the day of the event.  We
had a record number of newcomers attend that night, and a record number of
attendees*.   The newcomers are not people I would have reached in other
ways.  It was great fun to meet them, hear their interests and stories, and
share our OSM-ness with them.  While it was a long day, I'm feeling
recharged and ready to do even more advocacy locally.

I guessed correctly that the on-air time would seem to fly by.  It sure
did.  So I prepared a Q&D web site to promote Toronto Mappy Hour,
specifically the event last night.  I let talk-ca@ know about it and
Tristen jumped right in so that I could add some css to my raw html. Thanks
Tristen.

I'll probably do more with the site over time.  Have a look and offer
suggestions if you like.  The audience is Not Us Here, but somebody who has
just heard about OpenStreetMap.  The goal is very narrow - encourage new
mappers to add local knowledge.

http://BeAMapper.com/

Multimedia - The radio interview is here (flash req'd)
http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/episodes/2013/01/14/mappy-hour/

Best regards and happy mapping,
Richard

* both records tied with previous records, and both records exclude special
events with free food. :-)
** also https://github.com/rweait/beamapper
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