We have an Open Data Day event on Feb 23. If there is enough interest, I can run a HOT workshop to help in some of the task. Would be nice if one of the task leads would be available via Skype, G+ hangout or irc so that mappers can ask questions related to the specific task.
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Brad Neuhauser <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know how many HOT contributors have also been involved in SBTF > activations (I have been sporadically involved in both), but SBTF have done > some of the things Pierre mentions in the the 4th and 5th paragraphs > already. It might be helpful for the WG to contact someone at SBTF to > discuss their experience. > > Cheers, Brad > > On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Pierre Béland <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Below are some thoughts that could be discussed in the next Activation WG >> meeting. >> >> While we accept more humanitarian activations, we have to adapt to the >> increasing workload and keep the capacity to respond rapidly. >> >> Part of the solution would be to invite other groups to collaborate. My >> feeling is that there is not enough HOT contributors to support a rapid >> intervention for the current three Activations, not to count the others to >> come. At the same time, I think that we have to look at how we coordinate to >> be able to respond rapidly and efficiently to support less experienced >> mappers, to follow mapping progress. The coordinators cannot do all of that >> by themselves. >> >> I think that in the context of these Activations, experienced members >> should accept to take certain responsibilities, remove these from the >> coordinators shoulders. For example, there are various tasks to be done such >> as road network validation and classification, Populated places imports, >> Geolocation of various services. These tasks have to be done by experimented >> contributors. And I dont think that it is enough to list such tasks on the >> Wiki coordination page and wait for people to eventually do the job. >> >> As the remote mapping is concerned, other then training, we need to follow >> mapping progress, to assure the quality of data and support contributors. I >> like the concept of IRC chat, but I would like to have a system that has >> functionnality similar to what Skype offers (ie. history of discussion, >> sound notification). And we might need eventually a discussion list specific >> to the activations. >> >> Any ideas about this? >> >> Pierre >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
