Hi all, I've encouraged you to start a local Mappy Hour, or other local in-person OSM event before. Yes. I'm doing that again. Attending Mappy Hour is fun. I imagine that the London pub meets and German Stammtisch are every bit as fun, and look forward to attending them as I travel.
So do that. Start a Mappy Hour or equivalent in your town, too. We've had two OSM events in Toronto so far in 2013. Our regularly scheduled event was noticed by a producer of a radio program, and we were asked to come and talk about Mappy Hour on the radio. That was fun to do and a little nerve-wracking. I would love to have the opportunity to do it again in the future. The interview was very early in the morning on the day of the event. We had a record number of newcomers attend that night, and a record number of attendees*. The newcomers are not people I would have reached in other ways. It was great fun to meet them, hear their interests and stories, and share our OSM-ness with them. While it was a long day, I'm feeling recharged and ready to do even more advocacy locally. I guessed correctly that the on-air time would seem to fly by. It sure did. So I prepared a Q&D web site to promote Toronto Mappy Hour, specifically the event last night. I let talk-ca@ know about it and Tristen jumped right in so that I could add some css to my raw html. Thanks Tristen. I'll probably do more with the site over time. Have a look and offer suggestions if you like. The audience is Not Us Here, but somebody who has just heard about OpenStreetMap. The goal is very narrow - encourage new mappers to add local knowledge. http://BeAMapper.com/ Multimedia - The radio interview is here (flash req'd) http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/episodes/2013/01/14/mappy-hour/ Best regards and happy mapping, Richard * both records tied with previous records, and both records exclude special events with free food. :-) ** also https://github.com/rweait/beamapper
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