Hi everyone I work with Jorieke for three weeks in a country in West Africa on OSM. I can tell you that his method of working with local communities is impressive. It has easy contact with communities and is very attentive and passionate about his work. I think that HOT gain much to have person like in CA
forgive all sins (excusez toutes fautes) 2015-03-09 15:06 GMT+00:00 Blake Girardot <[email protected]>: > > > Hi everyone, > > This is great news! Thank you so much for running for Board member Jorieke! > > Jorieke is exactly the kind of person I think we will be lucky to have sit > on our Board. She is an enthusiastic supporter of local OSM communities and > backs up her talk with action and field work! > > Her on the ground experience empowering local groups and helping build > capacities around the world will be priceless to HOT as we work to increase > out support and encouragement of local HOT and OSM groups. > > One does not need to work with Jorieke for very long to appreciate her > dedication, enthusiasm and professionalism. > > Jorieke I look forward to seeing you on the HOT Board and working with you > to help make your vision for HOTs priorities a reality whether I am on the > Board or not. > > It is my pleasure to nominate Jorieke Vyncke for the Humanitarian > OpenStreetMap Team Board of Directors. > > Cheers, > Blake > > On 3/9/2015 11:12 AM, Jorieke Vyncke wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> >> After seeing all the discussions, mails and reflecting a long time, I >> finally decided. >> >> To run. >> >> Not to run away, but to run for the board. >> >> >> In my eyes the heart of HOT is the community, not the board. Because in >> the community, that’s where things are happening: all the remote >> volunteers mapping for an ebola task, people on a Missing Maps Mapathon, >> data collection with motorbikes by the Togolese OSM-community, >> translating LearnOSM into Indonesian, giving a presentation on a >> conference, coding to improve the Tasking Manager, … and this to work >> towards our common goal of humanitarian aid and local development >> everywhere in the world. >> >> >> This is what the board in my eyes needs to facilitate, to support and to >> make decisions towards. >> >> >> How would I try to work towards this as a board member? >> >> * We need to support local OSM-communities in every way we can. This, >> by among others setting up projects to support and create local OSM >> communities everywhere in the world. Big budget, but also very low >> budget. >> >> * We need to support individual and group projects popping up in our >> HOT-community. Some magnificent examples: MapLesotho, Missing Maps, >> Projet EOF, Mapazonia, … This we can do by sharing the tools we >> made, exchanging ideas and sharing advice, knowledge and experiences. >> >> * We need to give the membership and the broader HOT community a >> bigger voice by more transparency and the creation of discussion on >> the direction and vision of HOT. Democracy is more than a yearly >> election. >> >> * We need to outreach more towards atypical mapper profiles, like >> mine. In addition to the development of tools and software, we need >> to stimulate and support the organization of social mapping events. >> In this way we can create a bigger diversity in our community. >> >> My vision on what direction the board has to go, flows directly out of >> my experiences of volunteering remotely, but most important out of my >> experiences of going and mapping on the field. I did several field trips >> the last three years, to build and support local OSM communities in the >> Central African Republic, Cameroun, Senegal, DRC and Bangladesh [1]. >> This resulted also in a good knowledge of the field of humanitarian and >> development organizations: big international NGOs and local >> universities, organisations of the UN-system and small local >> associations …. Isn’t this an advantage to have in the board too? >> Further I will be based in Africa the next one or two years. I’m leaving >> in a big week for Mali to work as a GIS officer for the Belgian >> Development Agency. So I’ll have the opportunity not only being a HOT >> volunteer, but also using the data we create and giving feedback from a >> user side. >> >> >> Now you know a little bit more what you will get if I’m elected. :-) >> >> >> I know I’m a little late with presenting myself, but you still have some >> time to ask me everything you want (the last day of the election is the >> 27^th of march). Also after the election I’m open for discussions, >> questions and just chatting, because this is how we move forward! >> >> >> Jorieke >> >> >> >> [1] More on my OSM profile <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Jorieke%20V >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > -- Fofana B. Bazo, Géographe, contributeur OpenStreetMap, Membre fondateur de la Communauté OSM_BF
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