Local Chapters and Communities Working Group/Meeting minutes/2025-03-06

Meeting started at 14:09 UTC.

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Attendance

Present

• Anisa - IT
• Eugene - PH
• Geoffrey - UG (left 30')
• Héctor - ES
• Maggie - US
• Cristoffs - PL
• Laura - KE / OSMF Board liaison

Guests

• Andres Gomez - CO

Administrative

• Minutes of previous meeting: Local Chapters and Communities Working Group/Meeting minutes/2025-02-06
  • approved

Main agenda

LCC Virtual Congress 2025

• Community reports
  • WG - Eugene
  • PL - Cristoffs
  • IT - Anisa
  • UG - Geoffrey/Allan
  • HOT - Geoffrey
  • UN - Michael/Arnalie
  • BE - Ask Joost
  • UK - Ask Adam
  • KE - Laura
  • US - Maggie
• 56 sign-ups so far; past attrition rate is ~50%
• For the last 2 sessions, decide to breakout depending on the attendees.
• Promotions:
  • OSM Calendar entry: https://osmcal.org/event/3455/
  • OSM Weekly note: https://weeklyosm.eu/archives/17765#wn762_32355
  • Maggie sent the last email on Feb 12
  • Maggie to send an email to past attendees w/ program
• Action items:
  • Anisa to announce on the OSM Discourse
  • LCCWG to create a blog post after

LC How-to + application updates/status

OSM The Gambia application

• Application docs; assigned to Anisa / Arnalie
• No update; still waiting for requested documents

UniqueMappers Network (Nigeria) application

• Application docs; assigned to Michael
• No update
• Laura to assist

Perkumpulan OpenStreetMap Indonesia

• Application docs; assigned to Maggie/Geoffrey (supported by Alyssa)
• Can possibly proceed with community consultation once proof of membership is okay

Others

• Kenya: Laura says community is in the process of registering but government bureaucracy is a problem
• Colombia: Andres says this year they would like to become the local OSM Chapter with an Association they created (Asociación de Cartografía Colaborativa de Colombia - AC3)
• Spain: Héctor says there was a notice of the change of board with the Spanish Ministry of the Interior a month ago but have not heard back

Affiliation model subcommittee

• Documentation: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Improving_the_affiliation_scheme_of_the_OSMF
• Subcommittee held a meeting last Mar 1
• There may be a community consultation in late March or mid April

OSMF ongoing 2025 budget cycle

• LCCWG decided to defer the microgrants and observe how the EWG will conduct theirs
  • EWG notes:
    • https://github.com/osmfoundation/ewg_bidding/issues/14
    • https://github.com/osmfoundation/ewg_bidding/issues/15
    • https://github.com/osmfoundation/ewg_bidding/issues/16
• OSM US is launching microgrants for the US community

Upcoming Events

• FOSS4G OSM-IT 2024
  • Maybe report during LCC Congress
• FOSSGIS: 26-29 Mar
• SotM US 2025: https://openstreetmap.us/news/2024/10/save-the-date-sotmus-2025/ - June 19-21 2025
• SotM International 2025: https://2025.stateofthemap.org/ - October 3-5 - Philippines
• SotM DRC 28 Feb to 2 Mar 2025
• SotM Japan - TBA 2025
• SotM Europe - TBA 2025 (Ireland)
• SotM Africa 2025: https://2025.stateofthemap.africa/ - 5 to 7 Dec 2025

Any other business

• No other business

Next meeting

• Maggie to add Héctor and Laura to the calendar invite
• Scheduled for Apr 3, 1300 UTC

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Meeting ended 15:09 UTC.