Hi Mike, Sorry I should have been more specific.
I was referring to international development versus humanitarian work. Both do help people out, but is it within our goals? I should hope we won't build another Ushahidi either. -Kate On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Mike Dupont <[email protected]> wrote: > well, as I understood HOT was to help people out. Sometimes you need to > develop software on the way, but not as the primary goal. > I develop tools to do things when I am working on hard problems, but these > tools are to serve the purpose and they are not the goal, but just that, a > tool. > So, I understood HOT as having the end goal of improving the maps to improve > peoples lives. > > If you ask me if building another Ushandhi is inside the scope, I would say > no, it should be its own project, but to scratch together tools to help > massage data, I would say yes that is part of the process. > mike > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Kate Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 > > > > -- > James Michael DuPont > Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://flossk.org > _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
