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.