Yup, and if anyone wants to help out a little more, they can jump in the #osm IRC and help out a newbie. And if your looking for Canadian content, help man the #osm-ca IRC (i'm not always on it, and i dont need to answer if someone else is able to).
There are 3 OSGeo groups in Canada, and they all need more OSM voices. (BC, Ottawa, Quebec) These are great communities who can help. And yup, host a local meet up. That is exactly how i started with OSM & it is the network effect that is the power behind OSM. Btw, those in Victoria. Next week wednesday 6pm May 5th @ Serious Coffee - Broad Street. Great wifi, great atmosphere and lots of mapping to be done. I'll have skype / IRC open so people can attend remotly. Sam On 4/27/10, Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:19 AM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> It could look after things such as the Openstreetmap.ca domain, forward a >> few dollars into europe keep the servers going, possibly raise a few >> dollars >> to purchase a couple of GPS devices for street mapping parties, even send >> a >> few to Africa etc to help Openstreetmap over there. The Charitable status >> would mean tax deductions on the donations. > > Perhaps. Or perhaps not. I'm indifferent to local chapters and > national OSM associations. It's not that I think there will never be > a time when a Canadian OSM-related official organization / non-profit > / charity will be required. I just don't see why it is required now. > > What sort of work would be involved to incorporate and establish > charitable status? Who would do that? For what salary? > > The .ca address may be gone never to return. We don't know. Best to > accept that it is gone. Moaning about it will only increase the price > should it be available for sale at some point in the future. > > The OSMF already maintains several osm related domains for .countries > (iirc). How is this better or worse at the .ca level? Also iirc, .ca > does have a Canadian content requirement, that may preclude having > OSMF maintain .ca > > If fund-raising is the goal, how much is expected to be raised? How > does the Canadian charity status (and tax receipt) affect this amount? > How does the cost of running a Canadian charity affect that, and > would greater net contribution come from just sending the money to > OSMF. > > If raising money for GPS receivers is the goal, are you aware of the > GPStoGo[1] program of the OSMF? We can contribute to that. There is > also a GPS for Loan program[2] on the wiki and some OSMers have extra > units that they loan informally. > > I would prefer to see more people assisting in the OSMF, and > addressing issues for all mappers around the globe. I believe that > the OSMF can be more effective if additional people commit to helping > the OSMF. I don't believe that anything at OSMF is currently limited > by too many people. And I don't believe that OSMF-like-organizations > require a level of indirection at national levels to regain > efficiency. > > People who want to "do something to support OSM" can do things with > and for the OSMF, or even as individuals. To help as an individual; > talk about OSM, host local face-to-face meetups and demonstrate > editors, map a small plaza and print a copy of the map for each store > with links to the map and your local meetup. Write an article about > something you enjoy regarding OSM. Answer questions for journalists. > Give a talk at a conference, or to a local business or community > group. > > > [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GPStogo > [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GPS_Units_for_Loan > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans OpenStreetMap IRC: http://irc.openstreetmap.org @Acrosscanadatrails _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
