# Local Chapters and Communities Congress 2024

## Attendance
_Add your name and your country/region!_

1. Eugene Alvin Villar - Philippines
2. Arnalie Vicario - Philippines
3. LaoshuBaby - China
4. Vitor George - Brazil
5. Ilya Zverev - Estonia
6. Adam Hoyle - United Kingdom
7. Willy Franck - Cameroon, Africa (GeOsm Family)
9. Anisa Kuci - OSM Italy
10. Daniela Waltersdorfer, Washington D.C., USA
11. Maggie Cawley, United States
12. Allan Mbabani - Uganda
13. Geoffrey Kateregga - Uganda
14. Kingsley Chika CHUKWU - Nigeria
15. Charles Chilufya - Zambia
16. Zainab Ramadhanis - Indonesia
17. Dan Jacobson - Taiwan
18. Anjar Akrimullah - Indonesia
19. Raphael de Assis - Brazil / UMBRAOSM
20. Akor Daniel - Nigeria
21. DAVID MFON UNIQUEMAPPERS - NIGERIA
22. Triyanuartha - Indonesia
23. Emmanuel Youma ZOUBINNABA - Togo
24. Anuradha Rajanayake - Sri Lanka
25. Nguyễn Hoàng An - Vietnam
26. Matheus Gomes - Brazil
27. Besfort Guri - Kosovo
28. Yannick Brosseau - Canada, Québec
29. MODO LEVO ENGELBERT STEVE OSM ENSTP Cameroon
30. Daniil Makedonskii - Russia
31. Dr. Victor N.Sunday -Nigeria -Unique Mappers
32. Justice Fejiro Erhiawaye -Nigeria -Unique Mappers
33. Craig Allan - Global - Secretary: OSM Foundation
34. Chris - OSM Liberia, West Africa
35. Iliya Philemon - Nigeria
36. America Jane Elohor- Nigeria - Unique Mappers
37. Jikka Defiño - Philippines
38. Brazil Singh - Bangladesh
39. Gustavo Soares - Brazil
40. Mehr Qayyum - USA (Washington, DC)
41. Okoro Joshua - Nigeria - Unique Mappers

## Collaborative notes
Program Link: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/Local_Chapters_Congress/2024

### LCCWG Report + Community Updates

* [LCCWG](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_0WQ-kYjQlAWjqvnPseY6YUJEexx9uKMBkCwKmu3R9s/edit?usp=sharing)
* OSM Italy (Wikimedia Italia)
* [OSM Philippines](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zcoHC8IK-8McMFAKUCWgQ721XGRUhCp-Be0oB6SltKU/edit?usp=sharing)
* [OSM US Slides](https://www.canva.com/design/DAF-XCniseg/IaMaxZOp9qulLFYcRD5LzQ/view?utm_content=DAF-XCniseg&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor)
* [OSM Russia](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1z5dT-qzFtSGBb13JVRiv3SKpHkhy0Xi12CpThDEGM4Q/edit?usp=sharing)
* [HOT community slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fdzMTESpY3u4eeIB7rjzdVxNV7jFHJsDl0pcGMslUFk/edit#slide=id.g7afa1ea11c_0_57)
* [OSM Uganda](https://www.canva.com/design/DAF-XCo2WKk/XpaYp0McVLoWzwEFIrZ-Mw/edit?utm_content=DAF-XCo2WKk&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton)

### Affiliation models update and discussion

[Jamboard for discussion and slides](https://jamboard.google.com/d/1tpi6cYFT36b0WHuC9TBUjbNJHqY4dAmNfzpNZgcoPXk/viewer?f=0)

[OSMF Working Group](https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Working_Groups)

### Website redesign update and discussion
Add your ideas here!

https://github.com/Playzinho/gaia?tab=readme-ov-file

### Updates from recent regional State of the Map and local events

A reminder to event organizers:

If you are planning an event, why not make it a State of the Map <COUNTRY / AREA> event? ❤️‍🔥

You can easily apply for a #StateoftheMap quick license! ;)

Check out the 2step application process: 📝📧[https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/SOTM_Quick_Licence](https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/SOTM_Quick_Licence)

#### Event Reports
##### State of the Map Africa
- SotM Africa 2023 Website https://2023.stateofthemap.africa/
- SotM Africa 2023 Sessions recordings https://tinyurl.com/SotMAfrica2023Videos
- Governance in open communities session https://www.youtube.com/live/_P7l39bro8s?si=k56gu_m3q7VbU4Zz

##### State of the Map Nigeria
https://2023.stateofthemapnigeria.org/

##### State of the Map US 2023 - [recap & links](https://openstreetmap.us/news/2023/08/sotmus23-bythenumbers/)
[Mapping USA 2024 - videos up](https://openstreetmap.us/events/mapping-usa/2024/) & Announcing the [Dogwood Website template!](https://osmus.github.io/dogwood/)

##### State of the Map Asia 2023 - [report](https://www.canva.com/design/DAF-XK7Q_yc/SS62SmRkMs58HUo_iCwJFw/edit?utm_content=DAF-XK7Q_yc&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton/)

#### Upcoming Events

##### [International Women's Day events](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day_2024)

##### [Open Data Day events](https://opendataday.org/)
State of the Map - Nairobi!
[State of the Map US](https://openstreetmap.us/events/state-of-the-map-us/)

### Fundraising & Chapter Sustainability
We will break into 2 rooms for discussion and come back together at the end to summarize.

#### Room 1: State of the Map conferences & Fundraising
- Joint fundraising
- Challenges
- New ideas

#### Room 2: Chapter & community sustainability
- events, project
- Indonesia: how to sustain community
- YouthMappers alumni problem
- Uganda: local community give services (paid?)
- creating a sense of belonging
- niche subcommunities

how to run events, make OSM community sustainable without funds

Zainab: How do we create a sense of belonging in the community?
Eugene: YouthMappers chapters really help. We can hold events under YM chapters in universities.
Charles: What about those who graduate YM--they become dormant because they're no longer part of the YM chapter? How do we sustain their participation?
Allan: From a YM alumni POV, if there is a local chapter or community, the alumni can put together an organization to keep offering GIS trainings, promote OSM. The organization can serve as a backbone for
Jikka: Agree with Allan, it's good to defer to the local OSM community.