Re: [talk-ph] Increasing demand for OSM talks and workshops

2014-01-30 Thread Jim Morgan
maning sambale wrote, On Wednesday, 29 January, 2014 06:40 PM: Might it be more prudent if we can consolidate several of the requests into 1, preferably in Manila? Outside of Manila, there is no group of mappers who are also interested in spreading the word or giving lectures, workshops, and

[talk-ph] names of persons as notes

2014-01-30 Thread Erwin Olario
Someone's been posting names of individuals (household owner?) in the Pampanga area. Any idea who that could be? *Erwin Olario* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - » email: erwin@ er...@ngnuity.net*n**GNU**it**y**.**net*http://ngnuity.net/ | gov...@gmail.com » mobile: (PHL): +63 908 817 2013

Re: [talk-ph] Increasing demand for OSM talks and workshops

2014-01-30 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi All, I just wanted to mention if you see ways that HOT can help please let us know. I think all of the ideas suggested so far have possibilities. How would you all from the OSM-ph community feel about HOT hosting some trainings? We typically haven't done much on the ground work in the

Re: [talk-ph] Increasing demand for OSM talks and workshops

2014-01-30 Thread Pierre Béland
We are looking to do such training with humanitarians in various areas. Andrew started a project with MSF in Democratic Republic of Congo where we will train field teams. Let's keep coordinated and assure we develop tools that can be reused elsewhere. I suggest that we organize a meeting

Re: [talk-ph] Increasing demand for OSM talks and workshops

2014-01-30 Thread Ervin Malicdem
I am primarily a field mapper who is more interested on mapping remote islands and mountains for local tourism, navigation, and outdoor recreation. I am based in Manila but I may be able to assist interested mapping advocates who would like to do it on a more challenging terrain. Ervin M.

Re: [talk-ph] [HOT] Increasing demand for OSM talks and workshops

2014-01-30 Thread Pierre Béland
Hi Robert, I agree that it is better to do in person training for non-typical OSM users. But we can think of some at distance training support for the trainers if necessary. Andrew Buck, Will Skora and I have experienced last year supporting various local chapters in African countries. Andrew

Re: [talk-ph] Increasing demand for OSM talks and workshops

2014-01-30 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Jim Morgan j...@datalude.com wrote: maning sambale wrote, On Wednesday, 29 January, 2014 06:40 PM: Might it be more prudent if we can consolidate several of the requests into 1, preferably in Manila? Outside of Manila, there is no group of mappers who are

Re: [talk-ph] Increasing demand for OSM talks and workshops

2014-01-30 Thread Mark Cupitt
Eugene is 100% correct. I have conducted many training seminars in the Philippines (previous life) and I have found that face to face is the most effective. Additionally, it is a lot more effective with small groups. If you had 20 participants, it would be better to split into two or three smaller

Re: [talk-ph] Increasing demand for OSM talks and workshops

2014-01-30 Thread Jim Morgan
On 01/31/2014 09:18 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: But for real-time workshops and lectures, the problem would be the unreliable Internet connection. I agree there would need to be a solid internet connection, but the bandwidth needed isn't that great, so interested parties would only need to

Re: [talk-ph] Increasing demand for OSM talks and workshops

2014-01-30 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi All, We have faced similar challenged in Indonesia. Typically with our trainings someone runs the powerpoint and talks at the front but then we have other trainers around the trainees looking for problems and providing help. There are also times we break into small groups. The small groups can