Welcome to new members! I firmly believe that every interaction (every contribution, every edit) is a gift. With each action, you build the community and make HOT even better. Thank you.
Thanks again to Jaakko, Kate and Boris for managing the nominations. Heather Heather Leson [email protected] Twitter: HeatherLeson Blog: textontechs.com On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Russell Deffner <[email protected]>wrote: > Thank you Jaakko, and all! > > > > I agree this is an amazing 'class', and I am thrilled to be a part of it. > I'm 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 I'm 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... > > > > I'm honored and humbled to be a part of this organization and can't 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 > > -- > > [email protected] * Skype: jhelleranta * Mobile: +505-8845-3391 > (Nicaragua) > * Voice(mail) / SMS / What's app: +1-202-730-9778 * > http://about.me/jaakkoh > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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