Done. Thanks for the opportunity to comment. Tim McNamara @timClicks <http://twitter.com/timClicks> | timmcnamara.co.nz
<http://timmcnamara.co.nz/> On 28 August 2014 09:35, Schuyler Erle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Team! > > One of the first deliverables from last month's Board of Directors meeting > in Washington was a draft "organizational strategy" for the Humanitarian > OpenStreetMap Team for the coming twelve months. > > http://goo.gl/Rfkrsc > > This document is intended to provide a kind of basic framework for > understanding the work of our team over the next year, and capture the > vision, mission, values, beneficiaries, and goals of the organization. We > hope to use the strategy document both as a touchstone for ourselves, as > well as a kind of "executive summary" of the organization for explaining > our role and purposes to funders, partners, and the wider world. > > Consequently, it's of the utmost importance that the strategy document > reflect *your* concept of what HOT is and what it's trying to do. We've > tried to capture the essence of the organization in a two page draft, but > we can't regard it as complete until we have your reflection and input. > Please -- it's only two pages, and it'll take only a few minutes of your > time to review and comment with questions or recommendations. > > Please review and comment here: http://goo.gl/Rfkrsc > > Please also feel free to discuss the broader topic of organization > strategy right here on the mailing list! > > I'm also including the text in the body of this message so that you have > no excuse not to read it. ;-) > > Stay HOT, everybody! > > SDE > > --- > > Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Organizational Strategy > September 2014 - August 2015 > > > Background > ----------------- > The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) began as an idea almost when > OpenStreetMap started. Having freely available geographic data has many > benefits, one of the greatest is in response to a disaster. Originally an > informal community in 2010 HOT incorporated as a non-profit corporation in > Washington D.C. in the United States, then seeking public charity > (501(c)(3)) status which was awarded February 13, 2013. > > The people that make up HOT consist of staff, contractors, volunteers and > partners. Currently HOT is made up of 11 staff and 2 part-time regular > contractors, as well as many project based consultants and thousands of > volunteers. These people work together as a team to respond to disasters, > develop and support software to enhance OSM, provide training in disaster > preparedness with OSM, and otherwise support HOT’s overall mission. > > Over the past year HOT has had many successes, some of the major ones are: > • the community has successfully responded disasters and crisis > all over the world including Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, the > political crisis in the Central African Republic and the Ebola outbreak in > West Africa > • Major updates to software including the release of the Tasking > Manager 2 has occurred and LearnOSM now is available in 9 languages. > • The HOT program has provided training programs and technical > support in 10 countries over the past year. > > HOT has learned much over the years and has continued to grow and gain > capacity to better execute on its mission. The coming year will not be > without challenges though. > • As HOT successfully responds to a multitude of crisis the demand > for volunteers to map increases. How to recruit and train new volunteers > and then retain them? > • For field data collection the tools and techniques aren’t > perfect yet how to improve them? > • HOT has been sustained almost entirely by project funding, the > organization would benefit from more stable overall funding. > • A diverse community in culture and language how can OSM be made > more accessible and how can the HOT community be more inclusive? > > Vision > --------- > Communities living in vulnerable environments and areas are empowered to > create and utilize geographic data to play an active role in their own > economic development and resiliency. > > Mission > ---------- > The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) applies the principles of open > source and open data sharing for humanitarian response and economic > development. > Values > HOT’s core values are key to how we execute our mission. In order to > assist the people and communities we work with in an open and respectful > way our values guide us. > • Local communities come first > • Open data and open source > • Collaboration > • Open participation > • People come before data > • Projects are planned with sustainability in mind > • Technical capacity building > • Support solidarity between OSM communities > > Beneficiaries > ------------------ > HOT’s primary beneficiaries are those living in vulnerable places lacking > detailed and current geographic data. HOT broadly defines “vulnerable > places” as locales which are prone to natural disasters, or other crises, > that tend to adversely affect the safety or security of those who reside > there. > > HOT’s supporting constituents are our volunteers, staff and partners. > These individuals and organizations are key to HOT accomplishing our > mission. > > Goals > -------- > > HOT has three areas of focus, which are community, program and > organization. These items are interlinked and support the following broad > goals. > • Support local resilience > • Disseminate technical skills > • Respond effectively to crises > • Help spread open data > • Become a more effective organization > > Success in these goals will be measured according to the quantitative > indicators enumerated in a separate document: http://goo.gl/NyOhX1 > >
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