Assuming Edinburgh University's Informatics department have forgotten
my name (we're talking 28 years ago, so probably), I'm happy to pop
along for at least part of the conference and take a bunch of photos.
Folks from OSM have attended several of our Edinburgh Wikimeets, so we
should certainly reciprocate.
On 26.02.2015 16:36, Simon Knight wrote:
Thanks both. As you say, OSM work certainly does fit
within our aims
and strategy. As we have a board meeting next weekend anyway I’ve
added an item to the agenda on resources for SotM. Obviously this is
likely to be in the context of broader discussion about our resources
and how we select between fundable projects.
Cheers
Simon
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SUBJECT: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] No State of the Map this year;
opportunities in NY & Scotland
We've debated before whether WMUK should be supporting projects
beyond
the Wikimedia set of projects, and the answer has always been a
resounding "yes". The WMUK constitution sets its charitable objects
as
"for the benefit of the public, to promote and support the widest
possible public access to, use of and contribution to Open Content of
an encyclopaedic or educational nature or of similar utility to the
general public, in particular the Open Content supported and provided
by the Wikimedia Foundation."
There's no doubt that OSM fits that bill and I hope that WMUK will
find some resources to enable the attendance of some members at the
Scotland conference.
--
Rexx
On 26 February 2015 at 15:33, Andy Mabbett wrote:
The OpenStreetMap Foundation have taken the decision not to hold an
international "State of the Map" conference (their Wikimania) this
year:
https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2015/02/25/openstreetmap-events-in-2015/
[2]
There will, though be a "State of the Map" in New York on 6-8 June:
http://stateofthemap.us/ [3]
and "SotM-Scotland" in October:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Scotland_2015
[4]
I wonder whether WMUK have thought about offering support for the
later, and making expenses available to allow chapter members to
attend, in order to foster greater inter-project collaboration?
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk [5]
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