Hi maning This are amazing ideas and I'm in full support of them. I share the same thought on your third point about focusing more on preparedness over response.
I am part of the map kibera team and we'll put into consideration the suggestion that you raised on leading regional mentorship in africa. On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:11 AM, maning sambale <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear everyone, > > Let me kickstart this. First, no, I’m not running for the board, but > here’s what I want HOT to aspire for in the future. > > As many have said, we’ve come a long way since we started with the > Haiti earthquake response. We have better tools, more capable people, > better systems/organization and worldwide recognition. For many areas > in the developing world, we are the default map. This is especially > true for us in the Philippines where and more and more users are > utilizing our map across a diverse type of organization > (international, national agencies, local government). Having said > that, I also see a lot of improvements we can look into within HOT and > the larger OSM community. Below are “wishlist” for the HOT community > to consider. Note that this is my own perspective having been > involved in several humanitarian mapping work(both as a remote mapper > and deployments on the ground) in my own country. This is not in the > order of priority. > > * From data consumers to data contributors. > Many international organizations are using our data, but, I often > wonder do they contribute back? I know a couple of organizations are > doing this (IFRC/ICRC/ARC/BRC, MSF, MapAction to name a few). I think > we should consciously encourage these consumers to give back. We are > not just a source of free geospatial data, we are a community and they > are part of it. > > * Building local community capacity. > We are very good at responding to crisis. For a very short period, we > can provide highly accurate data (street and building level detail) to > any area in the world, but at the end of every response, have we > considered how will the local community (if there is one) curate and > continue maintaining the data? I think for every activation we > respond to, we should always consider building local capacity. Some > countries might not have any local community, but in areas where there > is, we should strive to engage with them no matter how small this > community maybe. Because ultimately, it will be local community who > will maintain what we kickstarted. > > * Focus more on preparedness over response. > MissingMaps, MapLesotho, HOT-Id (and other HOT technical assistance) > are doing this already. And I think this is what we should be do more. > For areas in the Philippines where we integrate > participatory/community-driven mapping for disaster risk reduction, > the simple exercise of mapping is a powerful tool to increase > awareness on the local hazards and to engage local stakeholders > (affected communities, DRR managers, local governments) in a > discussion for better preparedness and response. We’ve witnessed > instances where pre-mapping as part of the DRR activities allowed > better response during a typhoon last year. > > * Better tools under challenging environment. > As I said above, we have better tools now. But offline/very limited > connectivity remains a big concern for most of the areas we are > responding to. Better and simple tools under this condition should be > what we should aim for. > > * Regional exchange and “mentoring”. > I’ve learned a lot when collaborating with other mapping groups under > a similar context. Fo example, we had several exchanges with > OSM-Indonesia (through HOT’s project), being in a similar hazard > context and, in a way, a closely-related culture, I find it that many > of the techniques they have developed are applicable to our own > condition. Would it be possible for HOT to facilitate this? For > example, can MapKibera lead regional mentoring in Africa? Or OSM-Haiti > within its region? Oftentimes, mentoring is from the “North” to the > “South” or from “West” to “East”. This is also very valuable but lets > also consider that there maybe local community experiences which can > be shared within the region having the same socio-cultural context > that can be more effective and adapted to the local condition. > > Hoping the Board and the HOT community can work on some these wishes. > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 7:27 AM, Joseph Reeves <[email protected]> > wrote: > > tl;dr People are always asking for more of a say in HOT. Let's do that > now! > > > > Dear all, > > > > The proposed (accepted?) extension to the nomination process has taken > most > > of us by surprise. Let's use it as an opportunity. > > > > The original nomination deadline is due to close in less than an hour. > With > > this extended we have some possibilities. Most obviously, Severin, > Nicolas, > > Jaakko & Pierre, will you be able to write a proposal for your Board > > election before the new deadline? Reading why someone else thinks you're > > great is, well, great, but I'd rather hear your views. > > > > In fact, I think this is really important before the new deadline. By > > writing your views about HOT, the role of the Board and why you want to > be > > on it, you give others the opportunity to engage with you and your views. > > You give others the opportunity to put themselves or others forward. > We've > > got the word "Open" in our organisation name; please don't keep your > > thoughts from us. > > > > I do admit, however, that the deadline extension is a bit of a nuisance > if > > you were planning to sneak in at the last minute, not say anything to the > > membership and then let the nomination process close behind you. I'm sure > > nobody was planning that. > > > > Members, volunteers, interested parties: > > > > if you were thinking of running for the Board, there's still time. Read > what > > others have written and see if you agree. Tell us what you think of the > > organisation. How does the Board fit in there? Why do you want to be on > the > > Board and not a Working Group? What could you do as a board Member that > you > > couldn't do as a a community manager or mapping coordinator? > > > > If you weren't thinking of running for the Board, please tell us what you > > think anyway. At times in the past we've had great outcries that the > > Membership has not been listened to. At this great opportunity, however, > > it's depressing that not more people are speaking; the usual verbose > email > > senders, myself included, have been saying more than anyone else. > > > > You don't have to tell us much. Brief is good. Put in a tl;dr if you > like. > > > > This is the most important time for sharing your views. > > > > I'd be interested in, for example, what do you think HOT is? How do the > > volunteers, Members and Board fit that view? What needs to change? Where > > will we be in a year? 5 years? 10 years? How do we need to get there? > > > > Tell us what you think, please. > > > > Thanks, Joseph > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > HOT mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > > -- > cheers, > maning > ------------------------------------------------------ > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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