Dear all,
Over the last 2 years, led by several Boards of Directors, HOT has
developed a concept for our new micro-grants program that is the key focus
of this year's campaign http://donate.hotosm.org. We're thrilled with the
outpouring of support for local OSM communities in only the first four
Hey all, please dampen down the conspiracy theories, personal bitterness and
politics. There are ways to ask questions with out being damning, and to share
perspectives without lowering ourselves to populist rhetoric and smearing.
Let’s try better. The etiquette page on the wiki is a good read
One of the problems with giving aid is only about a tenth of the money
given is used in the way one would hope.
Probably the most pressing problem in Africa at the moment is corruption
and in many ways aid doesn't help this particular problem.
Mapping in OSM is way to assist without fear that
Let us figure out what is happening here:
HOT US Inc starts a micro-grant program supposedly to support 10 local OSM
communities worldwide by raising money. Some of them being already
HOT-Sponsored through grants, others being totally autonomous from HOT US
Inc. Looks great. Micro-grants are not
Dear HOT community,
Today, on behalf of the HOT Fundraising Working Group, I'm excited to
announce our 2016 campaign #mapthedifference.
This year's campaign is about coming together to raise funds for a
micro-grants initiative. Micro-grants will support small but highly
impactful projects
