Re OSM future strategy: I would be happy to talk to them and perhaps look for synergies. Jon
On 24 May 2013 09:51, Tom Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > Of possible interest to WMF staff and others in San Francisco, State of > the Map US is happening in a few weeks. > > http://stateofthemap.us/ > > Schedule: http://stateofthemap.us/schedule.html > > They are discussing a wide variety of things which have crossover to > Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects including use of OSM in secondary > and higher education, technical matters including building the new editor, > vector maps, imports and operations, data analysis, community and social > issues. Looks like fun. > > The main State of the Map conference this year is in Birmingham, England > in September. http://2013.stateofthemap.org/ > > In terms of governance stuff, the OSM Foundation is going through a > similar process of long-term strategy as Wikimedia did many years ago: > trying to decide whether to stay small or expand, how to work with > community members, businesses who use OSM data, developers and so on. In > these discussions, frequent reference is made to Wikimedia as a big sister. > ;-) > > -- > Tom Morris > <http://tommorris.org/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
