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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Sent:
26 February 2015 15:56
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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 <andy@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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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?