LCCWG 2023-09-25 meeting

Meeting started at 14:10 UTC.

0. Attendance

Arnalie wasn't present so this agenda item was mostly skipped.
OSM Belgium LC agreement will be "transferred" to a new entity
- WG probably does not need to do anything at this time; just noted
Maggie met with the OSMF Fundraising committee because Kendall County, Illinois became an OSMF Corporate Member and bypassed OSM US; there should probably be a mechanism for greater coordination between OSMF and LCs. Potential for coordinated membership sign up. OSMF will also add a section on their membership page about Local Chapter corporate memberships.
- Note: US, JP, UK, and BE have corporate membership
- This can also include individual membership (or a link to the local chapters page to sign up)
- To-do: Eugene draft an email request addressed to the Board for concrete suggestions
Board election in December: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2023/09/01/osm-foundation-board-elections-2023/
- WG members to repeatedly publicise this blog post to networks

Proposed changes to LC pages (in red): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PRNQABn0BbUp-2hLf27HY-MXh7gfDnx_H6DDOIynv1o/edit?usp=sharing
- review/comments by 30 July (board + LCCWG)
  - Question from Mikel: budget/resource implications for LCCWG?
Evaluation Guidelines https://hackmd.io/Yr6BnDV6SUiSo0A0qd33Fg
LC handbook https://hackmd.io/4NfuVm7tSKi3HIB3FKFrNQ
Previous actions/agreements:
- Inform board for finalized page updates
- Arnalie to draft collected LC reports blog + incorporate comms on updated LC page
- WG agrees in principle to review applications. Do we start with new applications or take on old applications?
- Maybe try start getting the OSM Gambia application unstuck by asking the Board for the status of this. (Windor-Essex application is too weird.) Eugene to email OSMF Secretary (Mikel) to ask about Gambia.
New minutes:
- Eugene sent an email to the OSMF Secretary
- No new applications so far

Working document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LKtw8T5sF5s21pk6DL1bJtflQKNFKBcAph0_cKzId_w
This de-priortized, will tackle in next LCC Congress - ask people to prepare like what would be the benefits for the user groups, thats the word i was looking for, just to make everyone understand the diference this would makes for the local smaller user groups
OSM US is also tackling "user groups" like SLC asking for grants
Common agenda for Congresses:
- What other models are available (eg Wikimedia User Groups, YouthMappers)
- Benefits of LC and other models to be affiliated

Decide: Virtual LCCC on February 10, 13:00 UTC to 16:00 UTC
To-dos:
- Maggie to draft a blog post to announce in-person + virtual LCCC with dates and agenda/discussion topics
- Draft email to previous attendees thanking them and inviting them
- Eugene to create wiki page
We can use OSM US's Zoom account to host the virtual LCCC (MC sent invite to LCCWG with zoom info)
Upcoming SotMs:
- Oceania October - no WG member yet
- Africa December - Geoffrey
- Asia November - Arnalie and Eugene
- Europe November - Anisa (if she attends) and Joost, Adam
- Agenda items for each in person event
Discussion items:
- OSMF Affiliation model - how to improve that?
  - ask people to prepare like what would be the benefits for the user groups, thats the word i was looking for, just to make everyone understand the diference this would makes for the local smaller user groups
- OSM homepage
  - do a post-it session
  - decide on questions/groups before-hand and share across congress
- Sponsorship framework for all the local/regional SOTMs
Upcoming other dates
- Sotm Europe
- Mapping USA Jan 19
- Italy Birthday - Jan 26/27
- Virtual LCC Congress Feb 10
- State of the Map US June 6-9, 2024

Meeting ended 15:01 UTC.