Local Chapters and Communities Working Group/Meeting minutes/2024-06-26

Meeting started at 12:14 UTC.*

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Attendance

Present

• Eugene - PH
• Geoffrey - UG
• Michael - UN

Administrative

• Minutes of previous meeting:
  • https://hackmd.io/@lccwg/BJqXld8bC
  • Skipped approval for next month
  • Eugene: Transfer of past minutes to OSMF wiki is ongoing
• Private GitLab repository request for LC applications
  • Repository already created by Grant and tickets have been transferred

Main agenda

Board updates (c/o Arnalie/Dani)

• No updates

LCC Virtual Congress

• No updates
• Post-congress tasks (from previous minutes):
  • Post recording online
    • Eugene to confirm progress with Maggie
  • Send thank you email?
    • Eugene to confirm progress with Maggie
  • Draft a OSM Blog post
    • Eugene to start draft in HackMD
  • Request presentation slides from presenters (check notes)
  • Adam: Still have to create some notes regarding the OSM website Community page update

LC How-to + application updates/status

OSM The Gambia application

• No updates (Anisa is POC)

UniqueMappers Network (Nigeria) application

• Michael sent a follow-up last May but haven't heard back

umbraOSM (Brazil) - expressed interest

• Włodzimierz is busy with SotM EU; Eugene will try to pick up the conversation

Others

• Eugene to send an email recommendation to the Board re Windsor-Essex

Microgrants

• No updates

OSM Community survey documentation

• Eugene to transfer report to OSMF website

Any other business

Local Chapter Application Handbook

• Geoffrey: Handbook doesn't say anything about using closed/proprietary channels for communications
• Eugene: Let's use the Gambia, Nigeria, and Brasil applications to give us feedback on whether the process is working and iterate/update

UN Maps conference

• UN had a conference in Spain
  • OSMF attended; see blog post by Sarah: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/06/18/openstreetmap-at-the-unmaps-conference-2024/
  • Issue: Sometimes people/groups (including in the UN) use OSM without attribution
  • UN Maps is under the Secretariat and separate from agencies like UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO, FAO, etc.
  • Question: Can Local chapters and communities approach UN Maps for collaboration?
    • Michael: Yes. UN Maps provides free training on topographical mapping, etc.
  • Relevant UN Maps websites:
    • https://mappers.un.org
    • https://mappers.un.org/learning
    • https://maps.un.org

Next meeting

• Will talk on the Telegram group to confirm the best date/time for the next meeting in July

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Meeting ended 12:50 UTC.