Hi, According to the Doodle, the time slot that, by far, suited most of people interested by the Activation Working Group is Friday 9 (tomorrow) at 2 PM GMT (means 10AM EDT and 4PM CEST), so the meeting on Mumble<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mumble>will happen at that time. Here is the Hackpad <https://hackpad.com/HOT-Activation-Working-Group-TlksNOhVdir>. Anyone interested, please join!
Sincerely, Severin On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 2:51 AM, Severin Menard <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > Among the reactivated Working Groups, here is the Activation Working > Group. Activations are more and more numerous and successful with a > increasing number of contributors. The results are really impressive, but > we can certainly do even better. > > As for the Communication Working group (for those interested, please fill > ASAP its Doodle <http://doodle.com/3545epmy63x72gvk>) we could start with > a kick-off meeting on Mumble <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mumble>, > and here is a Doodle to set it: > > http://doodle.com/hpwkwqiregdi7b6i <http://doodle.com/hpwkwqiregdi7b6i> > > This meeting and the ones that will follow aim at being a time to exchange > on this thrilling topic, review the experiences, documents, procedures and > set goals to be achieved for the next meeting. Because yes, a Working Group > is a group that works, that means between the meetings. And actually, it is > already happening: eg there are (more and more) people working on data > validation, both through setting procedures and monitoring the freshly > created data. > > I see 4 main topics around the Activation (but would be pleased to get > other suggestions): > > 1. All the *activities* and *documents* involved in an Activation. In the > past the Activation Working Groups mostly focused on how Activations are > triggered and start, what we could review based on the last experiences. > Crisis monitoring is certainly something we could add, in order not to > forget crisis of smaller range or simply not highly covered by the medias. > Also technical aspects like: define and prioritize AOIs (Areas of > Interests) and mapping goals, track and monitor the mapping progresses, and > set thin, flexible and efficient processes, tools, and wiki templates, etc. > But also share and document how to maintain and even grow the contribution > of the OSM contributors and communities, by communicating with them (like > this Working Group will do), proposing more different kinds of tasks to do > or setting joint events. > > 2. The *beneficiaries*, that means the humanitarian stakeholders. We need > both to make them aware of the data we produce and to make the data useful > and easy to use for them, taking more into account their needs, constraints > and tools. I got recent feedback from the GIS officers in the UN that I > will share. > > 3. The *data*. What needs to be mapped is quite known, but how to do it > to make it as clean and efficient as possible. That links to the mapping > instructions and the > validation<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Tasking_Manager/Validating_data>but > also to how the data can be reused by the humanitarian stakeholders. > There a lot of potential improvements to propose not only raw data but eg > thematic dataset, what the HOT Exports can already potentially provide (in > link with the Technical Working Group). > > 4. Last, but really not least is to *make more OSM contributors know* about > the procedures and tools used to map, monitor, communicate and activate an > OSM community, and expand the number of contributors in the Activations, > according to everyone's interest(s). This implies connecting with local OSM > communities when possible, talk with them and provide them documentation > and online training. Eg in Lubumbashi after Jorieke's stay, the contact > with the local OSM community has been maintained and voluntary online > training has been and will be provided through Mumble. So now, they are > continuing the mapping (see https://twitter.com/OSM_L) and will take an > active part on the Mapping in London on Saturday. And if ever a crisis > unfortunately hits Lubumbashi in the future, they will be able to trigger > the worldwide OSM community > > > Exciting, isn't it? And actually a lot of topics and sub-topics. And some > are certainly missing. This is why this Activation Working Group will not > need one leader but several facilitators, who, by their experience, skills > and will, will make things go ahead on the topic(s) they care. > > Let us make things move on and activate the AWG! > > Sincerely, > > Severin > >
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