[OSM-talk] Misrepresentation of OSM by HOT?

[David Groom]

How about
1) Change "OpenStreetmap Collaborative Mapping" to "OpenStreetmap 
Distaster Mapping"
2) Link the word "OpenStreetmap"  to the OSM web site

Regards
David

------ Original Message ------
From: "Blake Girardot HOT/OSM" <blake.girardot at hotosm.org>
To: "Christoph Hormann" <osm at imagico.de>
Cc: "OSM Talk" <talk at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: 23/10/2017 10:37:38
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Misrepresentation of OSM by HOT?

>Hi Christoph,
>
>We can not win if we do or if we do not :)
>
>It clearly says the HOT Tasking Manager, which it is. We were asked to
>change it from OSM Tasking Manager because people felt that was
>misrepresenting, it was not the OSM Tasking manager, it was HOT's
>Tasking Manager, so I changed that in TM v2.
>
>And the major emphasis on "OpenStreetMap Collaborative Mapping" is
>exactly because people also said we did not put OpenStreetMap
>prominently enough. Now it is the biggest thing on the page and that
>is not right either :)
>
>It doesn't say "HOT Collaborative Mapping" because people are not HOT
>mapping, they are OSM mapping.
>
>But, I think we are happy to change that title on that page to
>something else if the community feels it is somehow misrepresenting
>something.
>
>Respectfully,
>blake
>
>
>On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 5:08 AM, Christoph Hormann <osm at imagico.de> 
>wrote:
>>
>>I recently turned up on the HOT tasking manager page
>>(http://tasks.hotosm.org/) and found the page is now presenting itself
>>tautologically as an "OpenStreetMap Collaborative Mapping" portal with
>>no indication except for the small logo on top that this is a separate
>>project with no official character. At the same time it seems (at a
>>first glance) there is not a single link on the site to OpenStreetMap.
>>To the visitor unfamiliar with OSM this is quite likely to generate 
>>the
>>impression that this is OSM and that contributing to "OpenStreetMap
>>Collaborative Mapping" always happens via HOT tasks.
>>
>>In my eyes this is a fairly clear misrepresentation of OpenStreetMap 
>>not
>>covered by the trademark policy we now have.
>>
>>--
>>Christoph Hormann
>>http://www.imagico.de/
>>
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