Presenting the work of OSMF Working Groups - State of the Map 2013
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OSMF Working Groups
Communication CWG best known for…. blog.openstreetmap.org @openstreetmap
Voice of the foundation Fun, Positive, "Journalistic" Fun vs Serious.
Communication
• Factual correctness. • Promoting the right things. • License & usage policies compliance. • Announcements timing
• Meetings to discuss comms • Decision making • Forming comms policy
CWG Helpers?
Communication
Everything is “Communication”
Mailing list moderation
Wiki Cleanup
Documentation
Q&A support
T-shirts, Leaflets, Posters
Front page design
Press releases
Tutorial/promotional videos
Campaigns (switch2osm)
Common visual language
Data
Mostly acts when shit has already happened:
• copyright violations • vandalism • conflicts between mappers • violations of “mechanical edit” and
data import rules
Data
Tools and methods:
• question users, mediate in conflicts • investigate, revert edits • block users • may also recommend long-term bans
Data
Pre-emptive tasks: • (help) create policies/guidelines • monitor edits • (help) harden API against future
troublesome edits
License
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator)
● Solve real-life problems in a calm, logical manner.
● License + Contributor Terms = Constitution ● Input your interpretation, ● (slowly!) work to reach practical consensus.
License
I joined and stayed because I want ...
1. to have my contributions used when I dead;
2. to protect the project from legal risks;
3. to make it easy for folks to use our data.
License
We are looking for ...
• Core members o Reasonable level of English o Join a telephone conference every two weeks o Take one/two action items o Collaboratively work on issues over a period of time.
• Friends o Work on what just on what frustrates you, o or Just join us from time to time. o Folks outside western Europe/USA/Canada
especially welcome.
Local Chapters
• Started in 2011 and fizzled out • Need for formalizing the relationship
between the local chapters (and probably other local groups) is however not really disputed
Local Chapters
• Restarting this year • Work items (short term)
o Finding a chair for the group (not from the OSMF nomenclatura)
o Defining the requirements for a local chapter o Finalize draft agreement between local chapters and
OSMF
Operations
• Tom Hughes • Grant Slater • Matt Amos • Jon Burgess • Sarah Hoffmann • Andy Allan • Emilie Laffray
Operations
Here be Dragons
bunyip draco errol eustace faffy fume gorynych grisu idris *ironbelly jakelong katla konqi lurien *nadder-01 *nadder-02 nepomuk norbert orm ouroboros poldi ramoth ridgeback ridley sarel shenron smaug spike-01 spike-02 spike-03 tabaluga thorn-01 thorn-02 thorn-03 trogdor urmel yevaud zark
Total: 38
SotM
Organising the annual State of the Map conference • 2007 - Manchester • 2008 - Limerick • 2009 - Amsterdam • 2010 - Girona • 2011 - Denver • 2012 - Tokyo • 2013 - Birmingham • 2014 - ????
SotM
Preparation
• Venue / Catering (local team)
• Program
• Sponsors
• Communication
During conference
• Hands-on running of the conference
SotM
• It’s hard work • Getting more stressful when conference getting near
• It’s very rewarding to see people enjoying a great conference