Congrats to all, and esp. to Rafa :) our very proactive member of the galician OSM Comenius team.
Manfred 2014-02-03 Jaakko Helleranta.com <[email protected]>: > 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 > > -- ## Manfred Reiter - - ## A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion ## Q. Why is top posting bad? ## Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. ## See: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html ## INGOTs Assessor Trainer ## (International Grades in Open Technologies) ## www.theingots.org ## www.igab-saar.de - Brückendemo 2007 - 4500 Menschen ## 16.02.2008 - Aktionstag Saarlouis - 7.000 Menschen ## 23.02.2008 - an der Katastrophe vorbeigeschrammt - 60.000 Menschen ## 24.02.2008 - Demo Saarwellingen - 6.000 Menschen - Der Schlossplatz ist zu klein
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