We (the Maptime organizers) are also planning a Maptime summit/conference that will happen in conjunction with State of the Map US, so we hope that will also bring a lot of individuals (especially new mappers) who might not otherwise attend a State of the Map.
Alan > On Feb 4, 2015, at 3:49 PM, Ian Dees <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Paul Norman <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > On 2/4/2015 2:43 PM, Alex Barth wrote: > > Yup, that cutoff number is going to be somewhere beyond 1,000 - and we are > fully planning to sell out the conference :) > Any idea what portion will be mappers and what will be companies or other > organizations? The feedback I've gotten is that the US conferences have been > increasingly focused on industry and data consumers, not the community. > > Paul, we also received that feedback and are working hard to encourage > *everyone* interested in OSM and mapping to attend. > > One of the ways we were planning on attracting more of the community was to > have a very strong scholarship program to help cover travel costs. You can > apply for that program here: > > http://stateofthemap.us/scholarships/ <http://stateofthemap.us/scholarships/> > > I'd love to hear thoughts on how we could reach out to and attract more of > the community. Who should we talk to? What kind of communication are they > most likely to listen to? > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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