Re: [Talk-us] U.S. SOTM Call for Venue Bids

2009-12-03 Thread Richard Shank
I see from the notes that Charlotte suggested going into an area with an established community. I would like to throw out the idea of the opposite approach. It might help to jump start activity in an area that is currently inactive by having the SOTM there. I don't know which cities would

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. SOTM Call for Venue Bids

2009-12-03 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Richard Shank deve...@zestic.com wrote: I see from the notes that Charlotte suggested going into an area with an established community.  I would like to throw out the idea of the opposite approach.  It might help to jump start activity in an area that is

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. SOTM Call for Venue Bids

2009-12-03 Thread Hillsman, Edward
I'm coming to this thread late and apologize for not knowing, but has a date for SOTM-US been set yet? I think one criterion for an area might be the ability to hold the SOTM-US meeting immediately before or after a meeting of another organization that might have interest. For example, the

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. SOTM Call for Venue Bids

2009-12-03 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Kate Chapman k...@maploser.com wrote: Hi All, The U.S. SOTM Working Group would like to announce a call for venue bids.  We will be discussing bids and deciding on the Jan 4th US SOTM call. Please link you bid to this page in the OSM wiki: 

Re: [Talk-us] U.S. SOTM Call for Venue Bids

2009-12-03 Thread Richard Shank
Serge Wroclawski wrote: On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Richard Shank deve...@zestic.com wrote: I see from the notes that Charlotte suggested going into an area with an established community. I would like to throw out the idea of the opposite approach. It might help to jump start activity

[Talk-us] U.S. SOTM Call for Venue Bids

2009-12-02 Thread Kate Chapman
Hi All, The U.S. SOTM Working Group would like to announce a call for venue bids. We will be discussing bids and deciding on the Jan 4th US SOTM call. Please link you bid to this page in the OSM wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_States/US_SOTM/BIDS The criteria for