Hi Dave and others I am interested to attend as well On 14 August 2017 at 02:52, Dave Corley <davecor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > First, I want to apologise, this is a long email, but if you are at all > interested in moving OSM in Ireland to the next level, please read on and > give your feedback when you're done. > > Efforts to get the OSM Ireland group set up as a legal entity and > established as a recognised chapter have never really got out of the > starting blocks for us, mainly because it's an exceptionally long, boring > process to get it all done. > > Back when Rory gave the Townlands presentation at a Sotm or two ago, I > contacted everyone who took part and asked a number of questions to allow > for some stats to be included in the presentation. I asked a few questions > specifically around the topic of setting something up properly. If I recall > correctly, all but one were interested in joining an official OSM Ireland, > but less than half wanted to be involved in setting it up. But that ratio > is to be expected. If I'm honest, it was a lot higher than I originally > expected. > > What I would love to see is a functioning OSM Ireland body which, at an > absolute minimum, could do the following > > - Scheduling regular meet up's - These would have some organisation > around them e.g. guest speakers, break out groups, objectives etc. This > could be monthly, bi-monthly or quarterly, doesn't matter, just even > setting up a schedule and sticking to it would be a great achievement > - Work on increasing the qty of daily contributors - Some simple things > like automating messages to first time mappers, or a tool to ensure > every > new contributor's edits are reviewed for accuracy/vandalism etc. > Basically, > just setting up some structure around it to ensure we engage with new > folks > in the most efficient and effective ways possible. I see no reason why a > number of 50 a day shouldn't be achievable within an 18 month period if > this is done right. > - Setting up an Import strategy - There is an ever growing pool of open > data being released. To make full use of it is going to require a > signficant body of up-front work (selecting, categorising, prioritising, > tools and import process). > - Lining up other, structured, mapping tasks - For example doing a 1 > month blitz on lane mapping, or a 3 month clean-up of errors using Osmi > or > keepright etc etc etc. We did this with the enormous townland mapping > project. Smaller scale versions, with a little work, could have a real, > lasting impact on the map > - Commiting to organising a State of the Map yearly. This doesn't need > to have a load of bells and whistles, hell, year one would likely be one > day, but it has to be possible to get a 2 day conference going within 2 > years, whatever format it may take (barcamp, unconference etc). There's > enough going on now between mappers, govt, commercial and academic folks > that is easily within reach. > - Lastly, getting out of Dublin. I know Dublin has the biggest > population of mappers, but what about having the meetup in a location > outside of Dub once or twice a year. Or there could be a night away > where > we do a load of ground work on the basemap first, then hit the ground > in a > town and get every street name, address, business and attraction all in > one > day, then meet back somewhere, have a bite to eat and a few drinks. > > In my head, I'm seeing each of those things needing 2-3 people to work on > them, i.e. working groups, to ensure nobody gets left holding the bag and > to avoid burnout. > > Now, I'd like to say, all of the above is purely what *I* think OSM Ireland > should be about. Others may feel differently, and that's totally fine. It's > kind of the point of this email :) > > With all of that in mind, to get us formally set up, what I am proposing is > the following > > 1. A meeting in early Sept (the 2nd or the 9th) where we will come > together to hammer out a lot of the basics of setting up OSM Ireland. Note, > this will involve people coming together, agreeing on the structure and, > most importantly, some people agreeing to take some work e.g. research > whats involved in setting up a bank account, what are the legal > requirements, how will we manage membership, etc etc > > 2. A second meeting in early Oct where the majority of the structure is > locked down. Work to start on Articles of Association etc if required at > this point. Again, some people would need to agree to take on some tasks to > keep the process moving. > > 3. A third meeting in Nov and a fourth in Dec, to lock down any last > elements. At this point we would need to agree a provisional board > probably, to allow for paperwork to proceed for banks, govt. etc. Note, > this board would step down at the first general meeting of OSM Ireland and > elections would be held at that first meeting. > > 4. Jan, get all the paperwork sent to whoever > > 5. TBD, once paperwork is approved by relevant bodies, agenda for first > general meeting to be determined and election process to begin > > There you go. With a bit of luck, before the next round of green milkshakes > hits McDonalds, we would be a formal entity and we could start talking > about moving to the next stage, which would be completing the OSMF chapter > application, not to mention any other objectives we might have. > > So, who's in? > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
