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 <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>
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/
There will, though be a "State of the Map" in New York on 6-8 June:
http://stateofthemap.us/
and "SotM-Scotland" in October:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Scotland_2015
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
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