Help Us Help OSM

#### **OpenStreetMap Annual Donation Campaign** **WHAT** Launch campaign on August 9th to celebrate the 19th BDay of OSM. Continue the celebration with a month of birthday posts across all social media platforms. **WHEN** August 9, 2023 - December 31, 2023 **Goals:** * Raise 100,000 euro from the global OSM community as part of a 700,000 euro campaign. * Reach a broad OSM community including OSM editors, companies who use OSM, OSM alumni FOSS4G, GIS, and the general Open Source community * Make the OSM community aware that there is a NEED for annual donations. * Make the OSM community excited about donations and feel proud to donate. * Inspire the OSM community about future changes and improvements of OSM. * Foster proactive participation in the campaign by educating and amplifying. * Strengthen the OSM community by showcasing as many projects, languages, countries and communities as possible. --- ## What to Do - Interact with OSM account social media posts by liking and commenting and sharing (all three) - Post 2x per month about giving to OSM from your own account with a personalized message (examples below) and the giving link: https://supporting.openstreetmap.org - TAG @Openstreetmap and use #WeAreOSM or #SupportOSM or #HelpUsBuildtheMap - Optional: Use a graphic from this folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19O-xfNdg5ZWwFPEPk_exrpMEJ_H5OpNn ## Examples of Posts **On OSM'S BIRTHDAY on August 9th** :tada: It's OpenStreetMap's birthday! :earth_africa: Your contributions will fuel free and open mapping for everyone. Donate today and support the global mapping community! https://supporting.openstreetmap.org Happy Birthday, OpenStreetMap! Today is a great day to make a gift to celebrate the world's largest, open source map and mapping community. #WeAreOSM #SupportOSM https://supporting.openstreetmap.org **At Any Time** **Use one of these templates:** Post 1 What’s your favorite OpenStreetMap tag? I map \[list tags\] https://donate.openstreetmap.org/ Donate to support the map! \#Openstreetmap @openstreetmap #GivetoOSM\ \<attach photo of a changeset or feature\>\</attach\> **Post 2** What I :hearts:️ about OpenStreetMap: My fellow mappers in the \[tag name of your local community\] Donate to support the map! \ \ https://donate.openstreetmap.org/ \#Openstreetmap @openstreetmap #GivetoOSM\ \<attach photo of mapping friends\>\</attach\> **Post 3** What I :hearts:️about OpenStreetMap: Going to State of the Map! \[tag your local or favorite SotM\] Donate to support the map https://donate.openstreetmap.org/ \#Openstreetmap @openstreetmap #GivetoOSM \ \<attach photo of SotM\>\</attach\> **Post 4 :** OpenStreetMap is the largest open source geospatial data set in the world. It’s free to edit and use, but it’s not free to maintain. Help us support the map!\ \ https://donate.openstreetmap.org/ \#Openstreetmap @openstreetmap #GivetoOSM #FOSS #GIS \<attach photo of an aerial photo or similar\>\</attach\> **Post 5** Shout out to the global #OpenStreetMap community! If you can make a donation of any size, please click the link. And whether you can give or not, RT with the name of your city, your first language, and your country’s flag. https://donate.openstreetmap.org/ \#Openstreetmap @openstreetmap #GivetoOSM #FOSS #GIS \<comment on your own post with your city, language and flag. **Post 6** Do you know that a company of any size can support the stability of OpenStreetMap by becoming a member of the OSM foundation? Corporate memberships start at 500 euro. Don’t just use the data! Join OSM to support the map! https://join.osmfoundation.org/corporate-membership/ \#Openstreetmap @openstreetmap #GivetoOSM #FOSS #GIS **Post 7** What’s your favorite tool in the OSM ecosystem? Shout out to \[name of tool\] Help us support the OSM ecosystem. https://donate.openstreetmap.org/ \#OpenStreetmap @openstreetmap #GivetoOSM #FOSS #GIS optional photo or link to the tool ---- **OR Mix and Match a post** using any one of the following and add a simple request to support OSM and the giving URL: https://supporting.openstreetmap.org - Your country’s flag - A mapping meme - A screenshot of something you’re editing - A selfie taken from an OSM event - A map “in the wild”