LCCWG 2023-08-28 meeting

Meeting started at 14:11 UTC.

0. Attendance

Present

• Anisa - IT
• Eugene - PH
• Maggie - US
• Muluba - DRC (joined 14:28 left 14:45)

Not present

• Arnalie - HOT (with apologies)

1. Administrative

• Minutes of previous meeting: https://hackmd.io/bYR6ZRJfTYyuij2bDCWNnQ
  • Approved

2. Main agenda

2.1. LC How-to

General Proposal: https://hackmd.io/@XT6NX5TWRciQGzTGjBEnRQ/By59EyMVn

• 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:

• Inform board for finalized page updates

• Arnalie to draft collected LC reports blog + incorporate comms on updated LC page

• New minutes:

  • 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.

2.2. Improving the OSMF affiliation model [GL#12]

• 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

2.3. Microgrants

• Skip because of fundraising

2.4. Osm.org landing page

• Brainstorming / post-it session for Congress:
  • What do you want to see on the home page?
  • What's the purpose of the home page?
  • What works / what doesn't work?
  • Discuss the OSM Welcome Mat subsite: https://welcome.openstreetmap.org

2.5. LCC Congress 2022

• Previous to-dos:
  • send thank you e-mail once the links are up (Maggie) & include ask to get more involved with LCCWG
    • Follow-up after SOTMUS
    • wait to include next LCC date and in person dates with agenda?

2.6. LCC Congress 2023

• 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
  • 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 SOTMs
• Schedule online session (can include report-backs from in person sessions) - end of January? cancel LCCWG monthly meeting
• Action item: Do a poll for Jan 27 or Feb 3 or Feb 10 in telegram group
  • Mapping USA will be Jan 19
  • Italy Birthday - Jan 26/27

3. Any other business

• OSMF Board elections - deadlines to be a member to vote and run? 180 days before to run and 90 days before to vote

4. Next meeting

• Meeting set for September 25 at 14:00 UTC

Meeting ended 15:05 UTC.