On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:47 PM, john whelan <[email protected]> wrote:
Context please? I have no idea what you are talking about. One of the problems with giving aid is only about a tenth of the money > given is used in the way one would hope. > > Probably the most pressing problem in Africa at the moment is corruption > and in many ways aid doesn't help this particular problem. > > Mapping in OSM is way to assist without fear that the funds will be > diverted. > > Money given by government agencies stands a little more chance that the > aid will get through although there is always the temptation to say it must > be shipped on ships from the donor country or must be spent on goods from > the donor country. > > Given that HOT Inc exists in the US and given the USA culture, who else > could elect Donald, I think we can expect them to present themselves in > this manner. > > Whilst I would hope that requirements and benefits can be presented I'm > not sure that this is in the US tradition. Given the attention span of the > target audience again is it worth the effort to HOT Inc? Should the > message have been restricted to those with a US address? > > If I'm cynical then the task manager has been very effective. The > training group has identified problem areas and come up with solutions. > However HOT is not just HOT Inc there are many people involved in creating > maps and the tools used. Germany is home to many of them. The OSM wiki > contains much wisdom, the page I'm thinking of was put together by a > Canadian, well a Québécois which is practically the same. > > I'd like to see two slots on the most urgent slots in tasks reserved for > projects that are run by OSM groups in affected areas to give some sort of > recognition to the work they are doing. If nothing else they're learning > project management skills that they can apply elsewhere. > > In sum HOT Inc probably deserves some support but on transparency I think > it could do better. > > > Note to Severin I trimmed the posted message down to fit under the 40k > character limit for osmf and talk osm then reposted. The original was > posted on the HOT mailing list. > > Cheerio John > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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