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#### **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.



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## 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!

<span dir="">\#</span>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/

<span dir="">\#</span>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/

<span dir="">\#</span>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/

<span dir="">\#</span>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/

<span dir="">\#</span>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/

<span dir="">\#</span>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/

<span dir="">\#</span>OpenStreetmap @openstreetmap #GivetoOSM #FOSS #GIS

optional photo or link to the tool

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**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”