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
(
). 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
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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
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[mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *rexx
*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(a)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:
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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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
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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:
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?