Thank you Jaakko, and all!
I agree this is an amazing class, and I am thrilled to be a part of it. Im also pleasantly surprised there are many new members that I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting, so I look forward to hearing your stories and hopefully meeting you somewhere down the road. The quick version of my story is that Im a relatively new-hat, having only barely gotten involved in OpenStreetMap in 2010. However, my background is in emergency services (and GIS) so when SOTM 2011 came to me (Denver, Colorado, USA) I got the chance to learn about and meet many of the members of HOT. From there I started volunteering as a remote mapper, coordinated some local disaster mapping, and watching the organization grow. I got another chance to meet Kate last summer where she convinced me to finally jump all in, so thank you; and also a big thank you to Severin Menard who last summer selected me to join him on an amazing trip this fall to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to teach and coordinate Open(Street)Mapping. Like I said, the short version; will try to do a more thorough blog or something soon Im honored and humbled to be a part of this organization and cant wait to see what we will accomplish, =Russ [email protected] Russell Deffner russdeffner on OSM <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/russdeffner> [email protected] From: Jaakko Helleranta.com [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 1:26 PM To: [email protected] Cc: HOT@OSM (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team) Subject: [HOT] New HOT voting members approved! Dear all new HOT voting members, FYI all "old" voting members & the HOT community at large, I'm happy to announce that the nominations of and elections for new HOT voting members have resulted in 18 new voting members for HOT! Welcome all! The new voting members list is below. We'll be arranging (first ever) orientations to the new voting members in the next two weeks to make sure that everyone knows what (all things) HOT is, how the organization operates and what is the role of voting members. E.g. we'll be electing a Chair (person) for the organization and a new board in the coming weeks. But we'll contact you separately on all this. .. Should there be "old" voting members who'd like to pitch in to preparing / doing the orientations, please get in contact. So, again, welcome all! And thanks to Boris and Kate for making the nomination/election process happen. If you want you're most welcome to reply with a blurb about you and how you got/are involved with HOT, your HOT story, if you may. I wrote mine at the bottom for a sort of an example. In fact, thinking about it, I think it wouldn't be a bad thing is also some (other) old members also feel inclined to write their HOT story. Good to know who's who in this zoo and where are people coming from :) . Perhaps we could even post these stories someone online - under an About us section at our website? Just a thought.. But now: The new voting members of HOT! New voting member Amadou Ndong Andrew Buck Augustin Doury Awa Laye Dia Bass Thiam Claire Halleux Dale Kunce Emir Hartato François-Xavier Lamure Tardieu Jorieke Vynche Maning Sambale Rafael Ávila Coya Russell Deffner Sam Larsen Samuel Paul Alce Stéphane Henriod Will Skora Yohan Boniface That is quite an impressive list, eih!? My "HOT story": Originally from Finland, moved to the US (DC) over 10 years ago. I got involved with HOT during the Haiti earth quake of 2010 and when I lived in Haiti for 3 years. I've done most of my mapping <http://hdyc.neis-one.org/?jaakkoh> in Haiti and Dominican Republic and I've worked in the field with HOT (in Haiti) and pitched into developing some new projects for HOT. Currently living in Nicaragua trying to learn Spanish and getting engaged with the local mapping community (http://mapanica.net). HOT is hot because I think that (it's obvious by now that) Open(Street)Mapping can have a huge positive impact in humanitarian work and making (economic) development work better. http://osm.org/user/jaakkoh & http://about.me/jaakkoh What's your HOT story? With welcoming regards, -Jaakko -- <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] * Skype: jhelleranta * Mobile: +505-8845-3391 (Nicaragua) * Voice(mail) / SMS / What's app: +1-202-730-9778 * <http://about.me/jaakkoh> http://about.me/jaakkoh
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