[Diversity-talk] ️‍⚧️ Happy Trans Day of Visibility ️‍⚧️

2024-03-31 Thread Amanda McCann
Today is [International Trans Day of Visibility ️‍⚧️](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Transgender_Day_of_Visibility), an “annual event occurring on 31 March dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide,

[OSM-talk] ️‍⚧️ Happy Trans Day of Visibility ️‍⚧️

2024-03-31 Thread Amanda McCann
Today is [International Trans Day of Visibility ️‍⚧️](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Transgender_Day_of_Visibility), an “annual event occurring on 31 March dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide,

[OSM-talk] The end of waterway map

2024-01-29 Thread Amanda McCann
I've added a new feature to [WaterwayMap.org: A map showing where waterways end](https://waterwaymap.org/ends/), i.e. a map of the ends-of-waterways . It shows nodes which are “the end” of a waterway, i.e. where the water can't go anywhere else. Uniquely, it calculates the total upstream

Re: [OSM-talk] Announcing State of the Map 2024: Join us in Nairobi and online on 6-8 September 2024!

2023-08-18 Thread Amanda McCann
On Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:38 +02:00, Frederik Ramm  wrote: > I don't think it is reasonable to expect the code of conduct to hold > against forceful outside influence - be that a group of armed thugs > crashing your conference, or a group of policemen come to make trouble, > or the businessperson

Re: [OSM-talk] Announcing State of the Map 2024: Join us in Nairobi and online on 6-8 September 2024!

2023-08-16 Thread Amanda McCann
I'm an out, queer trans woman. I presume this event won't be safe for people like me? It's illegal to be gay in Nairobi, and parliamentarians are proposing even stricter, oppressive laws¹. Trans people are often lumped into the same group. The last SotM CoC² said: “[we are] dedicated to

Re: [OSM-talk] Survey about OSM communication behaviors

2023-05-04 Thread Amanda McCann
On Sun, 30 Apr 2023 18:57 +02:00, Courtney wrote: > Why is the > main "Talk" channel the only one that is producing pushback? Why is it > the only one that is producing such a negative tone? Just a minor point for others: main LGBTQ OSMer found the gender question, and attitudes towards

[OSM-talk] FYI: Board now requires imports list (in)compatibility with OSM CT (& will work on a template)

2022-11-28 Thread Amanda McCann
Hello fellow OSMers. As you are no doubt aware, OSM requires that data imports be listed on the OSM Wiki ( https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue ), including if the source is “ODbL OK status”. At the Nov. 2022 OSMF Board meeting (25 Nov), the Board voted that imports should,

Re: [Diversity-talk] Should OSMF adopt a policy about State of the Map conference in places that are LGBTQ*/etc unsafe?

2021-10-12 Thread Amanda McCann
owes me a beer. But it's obvious when people _deliberately_ misgender & deadname others.  [¹] Gilead is the fictional fundamentalist christian theocratic dystopia in Atwood's “The Handmaid's Tale”. In the book, women are legally forbidden from learning to read (punishment is amputation of a fing

Re: [Diversity-talk] Fwd: Should OSMF adopt a policy about State of the Map conference in places that are LGBTQ*/etc unsafe?

2021-10-12 Thread Amanda McCann
On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:22 +02:00, Jorieke Vyncke wrote: > I do think that the conferences that will suffer most are the regional > conferences like State of the Map Africa, Asia, Middle East. > For example State of the Map Africa could not have happened in Kenya > and Uganda. As in Asia was

[Diversity-talk] Fwd: Should OSMF adopt a policy about State of the Map conference in places that are LGBTQ*/etc unsafe?

2021-10-07 Thread Amanda McCann
Hello OSMers who are interested in diversity. Yous may be interested in this OSMF policy decision from me -- Amanda - Original message - From: Amanda McCann To: OSM Talk Subject: Should OSMF adopt a policy about State of the Map conference in places that are LGBTQ*/etc unsafe? Date

[Diversity-talk] Fwd: [OSM-talk] LCCWG Seeking community input on DRAFT Etiquette Guidelines

2021-08-18 Thread Amanda McCann
FYI - Original message - From: Steve Friedl To: 'OSMF Talk' , t...@openstreetmap.org Subject: [OSM-talk] LCCWG Seeking community input on DRAFT Etiquette Guidelines Date: Monday, 16 August 2021 19:12 Hello all, The LCCWG Moderation subcommittee is seeking feedback on its DRAFT Process