Hey All, So when we incorporated HOT as an official entity the mission statement was "Using OpenStreetMap for Disaster Response and Economic Development."
We've also recently talked about the difference between activations and projects as well. Meaning that activations are in response to an event and projects are longer term work in preparedness or rebuilding for examples. (Indonesia and Haiti being examples of this) Sometimes other projects are suggested more in the realm of development projects. I don't think there is an argument that having better maps in developing areas can help people, but is this within the scope of HOT? Is it within the realm of what HOT wants to do or is that "mission creep"? Some of us on the board have discussed this, but really it is something that should come from the HOT membership and community. Anyway, we are interested in obtaining some feedback and having a discussion through the mailing list. I will also put it on the agenda for the next HOT chat. Best, -Kate _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
