Hi Maning, Totally agree, I would hope we would be supporting local groups rather than competing with them! That is what we are moving towards in Haiti, the difference being that a local group didn't previously exist.
And if local groups do need help with advocacy such as yours, let us know. Best, Kate On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:07 AM, maning sambale <[email protected]> wrote: > I am very happy to know that HOT is looking at the more strategic and > long term objectives of the group. This is a great affirmation of > what an "adhoc" group can achieve and contribute to in the long term. > > Some of my personal thoughts below: > > The Haiti and Indonesian experience provides a wealth of insights on > how HOT should engage with humanitarian work and international > economic development. > I do believe that HOT should enable local capacity and should not in > any way "compete" with local initiatives. For example, there maybe > local efforts to using OSM data in humanitarian work and local > development. HOT should in a way support them rather than creating > new projects towards a similar goal. > > In my country, there are numerous efforts on participatory GIS > (although not necessarily OSM) within various organizations, perhaps > HOT can work with these existing orgs? > > One great strength of HOT is the visibility of its efforts in major > international aid groups (such as the UN), perhaps HOT can support > local initiatives to link with these international groups? > > HOT can also focus on a wide range of advocacy areas that can assist > local groups in enhancing the map. For example, imagery availability > during activation (I know some of the board are working on already). > > Just some ideas you might consider. > > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:01 AM, Lisa Sweeney <[email protected]> wrote: >> I agree with what Aaron stated and in my opinion education could be >> considered a part of economic development. >> >> -Lisa >> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Aaron Huslage <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> It stands to reason that Development work improves our ability to function >>> long-term by allowing us to create the infrastructure we need. We can >>> operate more efficiently and broaden our talent pool, adding to our >>> capacity. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > > > > -- > cheers, > maning > ------------------------------------------------------ > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
