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Hi all, you can find the group photos here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:State_of_the_Map_2022_-_group_photo
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*Photo by Carlo Prevosti, Wikimedia Italia, CC BY-SA 4.0*
Please add the attribution of the photo if you share it (best case also add the link that redirects to Wikimedia Commons):
*Photo by Carlo Prevosti, Wikimedia Italia, CC BY-SA 4.0*
So I've just learned about https://mappers.un.org which is basically the same as learnosm.org, but more official, even with planned certification for OSM mappers. Nothing tells your project is mature like institutionalization.
(And nobody tells your project is not and can never be mature like Sarah and Richard in their talk :)
So apparently there has been an HOT unSummit Social which looked more like a rock concert, with Kate, Tyler, and Guillaume headlining? Come on Gregory, that's interesting stuff, share more!
I mostly write here to remember: so many great people, so many new ideas, it would be a pity to come next year with an empty head :)
Just before leaving I looked at the board Gregory did (right opposite Dorothea), where you should write your name and what you think (just like on @sotm_intro_bot). A girl from Zimbabwe was pinning her paper sheet to the board, which said she's first time at SotM. Turns out, it was her first time at any conference abroad! Of course she's overwhelmed, and it's hard to start conversations (which I also experienced ten years ago), and everything new, and her English is not perfect. Back home she leads YouthMappers and manages other things, which is amazing, and I told her that, but it doesn't feel that grand among OSM veterans. But it should. Everybody has a unique, one-in-a-billion experience, and conferences are for sharing these experiences, to make our worlds intersect.
Just before leaving I looked at the board Gregory did (right opposite Dorothea), where you should write your name and what you think (just like on @sotm_intro_bot). A girl from Zimbabwe was pinning her paper sheet to the board, which said she's first time at SotM. Turns out, it was her first time at any conference abroad! Of course she's overwhelmed, and it's hard to start conversations (which I also experienced ten years ago), and everything new, and her English is not perfect. Back home she leads YouthMappers and manages other things, which is amazing, and I told her that, but it doesn't feel that grand among OSM veterans. But it should. Everybody has a unique, one-in-a-billion experience, and conferences are for sharing these experiences, to make our worlds intersect.
Buonasera!
is the greeting that would give you weird looks now, because it's "good evening" in Italian, which I heard a lot yesterday.
I slept just four hours because it was hard to relax from all the excitement of meetings of the first day. Worth it, but I hope today would be... Ah who am I kidding.
Do not bring your umbrellas today, bring hats. It will be +31° with absolutely no clouds. That's what I consider a dreadful weather, and it would be a great conversation starter, try it.
Talks begin at 9:30, with an OSM Seed presentation and the "Engaging in OSM" workshop (and pre-recorded RapID one). Looks like the Auditorium B speaker will not make it, so the choice will be easier.
Later there will be the weird "Loop-Cinema" event in Room 103, which I really want to attend (to see the reaction to my pre-recorded lightning talk mainly :) but I'll have to prepare my act, so watch these for me.
Finally, one more important thing: if you haven't collected food vouchers yesterday for this evening's social event, do it now: otherwise you'll have to pay for food at Mercato Centrale Firenze out of your pocket.
Have a great day and may a shadow cover your head!
is the greeting that would give you weird looks now, because it's "good evening" in Italian, which I heard a lot yesterday.
I slept just four hours because it was hard to relax from all the excitement of meetings of the first day. Worth it, but I hope today would be... Ah who am I kidding.
Do not bring your umbrellas today, bring hats. It will be +31° with absolutely no clouds. That's what I consider a dreadful weather, and it would be a great conversation starter, try it.
Talks begin at 9:30, with an OSM Seed presentation and the "Engaging in OSM" workshop (and pre-recorded RapID one). Looks like the Auditorium B speaker will not make it, so the choice will be easier.
Later there will be the weird "Loop-Cinema" event in Room 103, which I really want to attend (to see the reaction to my pre-recorded lightning talk mainly :) but I'll have to prepare my act, so watch these for me.
Finally, one more important thing: if you haven't collected food vouchers yesterday for this evening's social event, do it now: otherwise you'll have to pay for food at Mercato Centrale Firenze out of your pocket.
Have a great day and may a shadow cover your head!
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SOTM Asia 2022 in the Philippines! See you on November 2022!
Sajjad's slides about osm-seed were mostly screenshots of Github and other code, and some generic OpenHistoryMap timelapses. These didn't make an impression of a great all-encompassing project that it is. An excited demonstration of every thing included in the package along with how those interoperate would make for a more convincing and stronger presentation, demonstrating how complex and useful the package is. People have been spinning parts of the OSM infrastructure in Docker containers, but having all of it in one box working togther and reliably - that is not a small feat, and it might save you a few months of frustration at your job.
Geoffrey and Sharon sharing about what are the challenges one faces while building, working and finding an OSM community. They shared about what would they want to achieve - sustainability and diversity. There's a need to encourage diverse participation of minorities, increase their representation in leadership positions. The approach they took is to build a community playbook and the talk shared the challenges they faced while building it.