[HOT] Introducing the HOT Team for our mapping project in Northern Haiti

[nicolas chavent]

*Hey all,

This email to let you know that this week Brian Wolford, Jaakko Helleranta
and Yohan Boniface got started with a team of Haitian mappers on the
preliminary work of HOT next mapping project in Northern Haiti with the
Haiti Recovery Initiative (USAID). Over the next 4 months, they will be
joined by Frederic Moine, Pierre Beland, Severin Menard and Will Skora. I
will myself work with them in Haiti setting up the program in 2 weeks time.

Through this project, together with a team of local Haitian mappers, HOT
will be creating a group of 60 mappers recruited amongst the youths of Cap
Haitian and together with them will improve upon the baseline data of
localities in the Cap Haitian Development Corridor (CHDC). The whole team
will be partnering with the University of Limonade which will be providing
office space and capacities throughout and after the project. HOT will work
with a team of local mappers in designing and running training and data
collection plans as well as producing specific training and guidance
documentation around OSM-based surveying and mapping techniques, data
model, data collection, JOSM presets and libraries of symbols for use
within web map services and JOSM, as well as coordinating the development
of tools (improvements to the HOT export tool and web visualization
services).

I’d like to thank here the many talented individuals who expressed their
interest for working with HOT on this project in Haiti and encourage them
to continue being active within the Team and keeping up to date with other
projects we may have in the future.

Good day to all,*
*Nicolas  *

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Nicolas Chavent
Acting Project Director
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
http://hot.openstreetmap.org/
Mobile (FRA): +33 (0)6 52 40 78 20
Email: nicolas.chav...@hotosm.org
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[HOT] John Crowley resigning from the board

[Joseph Reeves]

Dear all,

It’s with considerable sadness that we have to announce the resignation of
John Crowley from his position on the Board. John was initially voted onto
the Board in 2011 and retained his position in the 2012 elections; he now
leaves us to undertake a position with the World Bank. John’s contributions
to HOT have been enormous and have really helped to shape the organisation
and its relationship with both governments and partner organisations.
John’s work with the US State Department has enabled HOT to obtain access
to imagery under the NEXTVIEW license--a process that now defines the way
we work for remote mapping activation.

John is leaving because World Bank conflict of interest rules would prevent
HOT from receiving any Bank Group funding while John is on the Board of
HOT, both during John’s time at the Bank and for 12 months after he leaves
the Bank. Given than HOT already receives Bank funds and is eligible for
additional projects, John does not wish to create problems for our growing
organization. He will continue to be an active member, but feels it is his
responsibility to step down from the Board.

John deserves an enormous thank you for his work with HOT and I’m sure we
all wish him the best for his new endeavours and hope he remains close to
the organisation.

We as the Board have been discussing the options for appointing somebody to
our newly vacant position; details of the upcoming process will be
announced soon via the usual mailing list.

Once again, thanks to John and let’s all remember his contributions as we
move forward,

Joseph
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