Thanks to all of those that support us with this activation, including the HOT
Board and executive, the Imagery providers, OSM-fr which is always ready to
support for Imagery servers and HDM style hosting, the OSM developpers either
for Daily exports, specificic projects or simply by assuring robust system and
tools.
One important aspect for Andrew and myself in such Activations is the
coordination with the UN Agencies and International organizations such as MSF
and Red Cross. This help us and the other Coordinators quite engaged in these
activities to progress from one activation to the other and work more closely
with the international organizations to respond quickly to the deployment of
international teams deployed in disaster zones, to open doors and obtain more
support from various sources including this fantastic grant. This is a work
that has to be done with great humanitarian respect and independance, building
confidence with the humanitarian organizations taking such risks working in
very challenging contexts. They are the heros. We are there to support them.
For this Ebola activation, we have the great opportunity to work closely with
CartONG and their GIS officers deployed in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
This model of actions has been outlined by MSF as a new way to support their
actions. We need to think at better ways to develop an OSM ecosystem with the
humanitarians.
As I generally say, the OSM community we are very successful working remotely
from around the world to digitize the maps in context of disasters. But this is
a black and white map. We need to color the map, to add thematic to it. We need
OpenData input from the countries concerned and from the humanitarians in the
field.
Let's assure we progress in this direction.
Pierre
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De : Heather Leson <[email protected]>
À : Claire Halleux <[email protected]>
Cc : "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Envoyé le : Vendredi 26 septembre 2014 8h52
Objet : Re: [HOT] Hewlett Foundation support to HOT
Thanks so much everyone.
Having activation documentation and support is core to sustainability. Pierre
and Andrew, you are tireless and very dedicated. It is my hope that these funds
will help you and contributors keep on doing great things.
One thing I'd like to say is that the work outlined by the Training, Activation
and Technical Working Groups as well as the others are very key to the success
of this.
Happy Friday,
Heather
Heather Leson
[email protected]
Twitter: HeatherLeson
Blog: textontechs.com
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Claire Halleux <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>
>Dear Mark and All,
>Nothing of this would have ever happenned without you: the thousands of
>contributors who are giving some (sometimes a lot) of their time to contribute
>to OpenStreetMap in places where maps are most needed. I'm adding a special
>thanks for our West Africa Ebola Activation coordinators for their amazing
>work, Pierre Béland and Andrew Buck. After 6 months, they are still there,
>giving more energy than ever to coordinate voluntarily and engage always more
>contributors and organizations to address the geographic data gaps expressed
>by humanitarian organisations in the field.
>All the best,
>
>
>Claire
>
>
>
>Claire Halleux
>Volunteer and Member of the Board
>+243 99 256 9980 (Kinshasa, DRC)
>
>Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
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>
>http://www.hotosm.org/
>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2014_DRC_Ebola_Response
>
>
>
>On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Markware Software Services
><[email protected]> wrote:
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>Hi Kate, that is brilliant .. congratulations to you and the team who put that
>together ..
>>
>>
>>Best Regards
>>
>>
>>
>>Mark Cupitt
>>
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>>On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Kate Chapman <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
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>>Dear HOTies
>>>
>>>
>>>We have some exciting news! HOT has been awarded a Hewlett Foundation grant
>>>to better support the Ebola response and the future growth of HOT. Hewlett
>>>will be funding a number of organizations as part of this full grant
>>>disbursement.
>>>
>>>
>>>The official announcement can be found here:
>>>http://www.hewlett.org/newsroom/press-release/william-and-flora-hewlett-foundation-announces-5-million-emergency-funding-ebola-response
>>>
>>>
>>>In our discussions with Hewlett, it was agreed that the funds would be used
>>>for the following key items:
>>>* Technical Tools
>>>* Documentation and Training Resources to Support Activations
>>>
>>>
>>>Your contributions continue to be used in the field and are invaluable to
>>>our partners. This grant has been made possible due to all your constant
>>>efforts. It is our goal to use these funds to improve your experience and
>>>support our contributors. I will be working closely with the activation
>>>leads, the Board, and our partners on the next steps. We will be working
>>>with the community throughout the use of this grant over the next year.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thank you to Hewlett, our partners, other funders/supporters, and each of
>>>you.
>>>
>>>
>>>Kate
>>>
>>>--
>>>
>>>Kate Chapman
>>>Executive Director
>>>
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