Merci Fofana. Jorieke, Thank you for you dedication to local communities. And welcome as a fellow nominee.
Heather On Mar 9, 2015 8:01 PM, "FOFANA BAZO BAGNOUMANA" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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