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:
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?
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.
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
From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of rexx Sent: 26 February 2015 15:56 To: UK Wikimedia mailing list 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.
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
FROM: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] ON BEHALF OF rexx SENT: 26 February 2015 15:56 TO: UK Wikimedia mailing list 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:
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]
Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org [6] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l [7] WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk [8]
Links:
[1] mailto:andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk [2] https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2015/02/25/openstreetmap-events-in-2015/ [3] http://stateofthemap.us/ [4] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Scotland_2015 [5] http://pigsonthewing.org.uk [6] mailto:wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org [7] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l [8] https://wikimedia.org.uk
Any news, yet?
On 26 February 2015 at 16:36, Simon Knight sjgknight@gmail.com 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
From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of rexx Sent: 26 February 2015 15:56 To: UK Wikimedia mailing list 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
Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Hi Andy
Yes, I'm sorry if this was not followed up with you by staff after the board meeting.
As part of our efforts to move away from such things being decided internally within the office, we have decided to ask any member seeking support to apply online for a grant (https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Grants). The grants process, and the corresponding pages, are likely to be expanded and improved but for the moment a simple application for a standard grant should work.
As you know, available funds are currently tight, but greater outreach and partnership with movements having similar goals - such as OSM - is definitely the type of activity we would like to support.
Michael
____________ Michael Maggs Chair, Wikimedia UK
Andy Mabbett mailto:andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk 23 March 2015 22:39 Any news, yet?
Simon Knight mailto:sjgknight@gmail.com 26 February 2015 16:36
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
*From:*wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *rexx *Sent:* 26 February 2015 15:56 *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list *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 mailto: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:
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
Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org mailto:wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk rexx mailto:rexx@blueyonder.co.uk 26 February 2015 15:55 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
Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk Andy Mabbett mailto:andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk 26 February 2015 15:33 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:
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?
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