# LCCWG 2024-06-26 meeting

*Meeting started at 12:14 UTC.*

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## 0. Attendance

### Present
- Eugene - PH
- Geoffrey - UG
- Michael - UN

### Not present

## 1. Administrative
- Minutes of previous meeting:
- https://hackmd.io/@lccwg/BJqXld8bC
- Skipped approval for next month
- Eugene: Transfer of past minutes to OSMF wiki is ongoing
- Private GitLab repository request for LC applications
- Repository already created by Grant and tickets have been transferred

## 2. Main agenda

### 2.1. Board updates (c/o Arnalie/Dani)
- No updates

### 2.2. LCC Virtual Congress
- Post-congress tasks
- Post recording online
- Eugene to confirm progress with Maggie
- Send thank you email?
- Eugene to confirm progress with Maggie
- Draft a OSM Blog post
- Eugene to start draft in HackMD
- Request presentation slides from presenters (check notes)
- Adam: Still have to create some notes regarding the OSM website Community page update

### 2.3. LC How-to + application updates/status

#### 2.3.1. OSM The Gambia application

#### 2.3.2. UniqueMappers Network (Nigeria) application
- Michael sent a follow-up last May but haven't heard back

#### 2.3.3. umbraOSM (Brazil) - expressed interest

#### 2.3.4. others
- Eugene to send an email recommendation to the Board

### 2.4. Microgrants
- No updates

### 2.5. OSM Community survey documentation
- Eugene to transfer report to OSMF website

## 3. Any other business

### 3.1. Local Chapter Application Handbook
- Geoffrey: Handbook doesn't say anything about using closed channels for communications
- Eugene: Let's use the Gambia, Nigeria, and Brasil applications to give us feedback on whether the process is working and iterate/update

### 3.2. UN Maps conference
- UN had a conference in Spain: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/06/18/openstreetmap-at-the-unmaps-conference-2024/
- Sometimes people/groups (including in the UN) use OSM without attribution
- UN Maps is under the Secretariat and separate from agencies like UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO, FAO, etc.
- Question: can Local chapters and communities approach UN Maps for collaboration? Michael: Yes. UN Maps provides free training on topographical mapping, etc.
- mappers.un.org
- mappers.un.org/learning maps.un.org

## 4. Next meeting
- Will talk on the Telegram group to confirm the best date/time for the next meeting in July

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*Meeting ended 12:50 UTC.*