# LCCWG 2025-09-04 meeting *Meeting started at 14:08 UTC.* ----- ## 0. Attendance ### Present * Anisa - IT * Eugene - PH * Maggie - US * Héctor - ES (left 12") * Laura - Board liaison / KE ### Not present ## 1. Administrative * Minutes of previous meeting: https://hackmd.io/@lccwg/BkAFy4M_gx * Approval pended to next month ## 2. Main agenda ### 2.2. Local Chapter applications * [List of applicants](https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications) #### 2.2.1. OSM The Gambia * [Application docs](https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications/Gambia_by_OSM_Gambia) * Assigned to Anisa * Questions on missing financial information #### 2.2.2. Perkumpulan OpenStreetMap Indonesia * [Application docs](https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications/Indonesia) * Assigned to Maggie (supported by Alyssa) * Maggie: No update yet from chapter regarding open membership #### 2.2.3. Asociación de Cartografía Colaborativa de Colombia * [Application docs](https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications/Colombia) * Assigned to Héctor supported by Michael * Review by Héctor: https://files.osmfoundation.org/s/i6n7rYn2spEQe6w * Héctor to talk with org during SotM LatAm #### 2.2.4. Ethiopia * [Application docs](https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications/Ethiopia) * Assigned to Eugene * Ongoing document review #### 2.2.5. Taiwan * Dennis of OSMTW said that they will apply through Wikimedia Taiwan * Eugene to follow-up #### 2.2.5. Others * No other updates ### 2.3. Affiliation model subcommittee * Documentation: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Improving_the_affiliation_scheme_of_the_OSMF * https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/134087 ### 2.4. 31 Day OSM Challenge * Previous notes: * Previous GitHub repo by OSM Polska / Cristoffs: https://github.com/openstreetmap-polska/maptober * October 2025: Maptober * Similar things: * Shared by Laura: OSM Streak https://streak.osmz.ru/ by Ilya Zverev * From Michael: PoliMappers https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/PoliMappers/Adventures * Todos: * Eugene to create a shared doc for drafting the task list * Finalize the list by Sep 14 * Maggie to create Canva * Prepare wiki pages * Promote in social media and draft blog post ## 3. Recent and upcoming events * [SotM Latam 2025](https://www.osmlatam.org/) – 4–6 September in Medellin, Colombia * Héctor to attend * [SotM Brazil 2025](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_of_the_Map_Brasil_2025) - Salvador, Bahia – 16–19 September * [State of the Map 2025](https://2025.stateofthemap.org/) - 3–5 October in Manila, Philippines * * [SotM Nigeria 2025](https://2025.stateofthemapnigeria.org/) — Enugu, Nigeria – 28–30 October * [SotM Europe 2025](https://2025.stateofthemap.eu/) - 14–15 November in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom * [OSM GeoWeek](https://osmgeoweek.org/) - November 17-21 - encourage communities to add their events (OSM US to update site) * WG to help with promoting * [SotM Africa 2025](https://2025.stateofthemap.africa/) - 28-30 November in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania * [SotM Japan 2025](https://stateofthemap.jp/2025/) – 6 December in Osaka * FOSS4G-IT / OSMit - Last week of November or first week of December - maybe a small or local event * MappingUSA - 30–31 January 2026 ## 4. Any other business * FYI: OSM US is fundraising to support charter projects ## 5. Next meeting * Currently scheduled for October 2, 14:00 UTC * Potentially postpone to the 9th because of SotM ----- *Meeting ended 15:40 UTC.*