# Local Chapters and Communities Congress 2025

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/Local_Chapters_Congress/2025

## Attendance

name - country/region!

~42 people

1. Eugene Alvin Villar - Philippines
2. Besfort Guri - Kosovo
3. Nilabrata Sanyal - Jalpaiguri, India
4. Geoffrey Kateregga - (HOT, OSM Uganda, OSM Africa) - Uganda
5. Arnalie Vicario (UN Mappers) - Philippines
6. Włodzimierz "Cristoffs" Bartczak - Poland
7. Dennis Raylin Chen - Taiwan
8. L Kennedy Vaiphei - India
9. Laura Mugeha - Kenya
10. Felipe Valdez - Philadelphia, USA
11. Paul Brunner - Switzerland/Italy
12. Satoshi Iida - Japan
13. Brazil Singh - Bangladesh
14. Yannick Brosseau - Canada, Québec, Montreal
15. Jason Boyd - NYC, USA
16. Anisa Kuci - Italy
17. Maggie Cawley, USA
18. Stefan "Negreheb" - Austria
19. Prativa Thapa - Nepal
20. v Viktor Vereb - Hungary
21. Walter Mayeku - Kenya
22. Mick Larson - Barcelona, Spain
23. Héctor Ochoa Ortiz - OSMF Board - Spain/Italy
24. Kasozi Denis - Uganda
25. kerphas khomba- Blantyre, Malawi
26. Allan Mbabani - Wakiso, Uganda
27. Kashish (contrapunctus) - Delhi, India
28. Edith Kalagho - Blantyre, Malawi
29. Reg Nelson - Canada, Northwestern Ontario
30. Dan Jacobson — Taiwan
31. Kuldeep Singh - India
32. Chiara Angiolini (TomTom) - Italy
33. Claire Halleux - DRC
34. Raquel Dezidério Souto - Brazil

## Collaborative notes

### LCCWG Report + Community Updates

- LCCWG - Eugene
- United States - Maggie
- Uganda - Allan
- HOT - Geoffrey
- Poland - Włodzimierz
- UN Mappers - Arnalie (screenshare)
- Kenya - Walter (screenshare)
- Italy - Anisa

### Updates from the OSMF Board
- Vector tiles, hopefully later this year!

### Affiliation models update and discussion
- https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Improving_the_affiliation_scheme_of_the_OSMF

### Collaborations w/ Like Minded Orgs

### OSM & Government Engagement

### Closing + LCCWG invitation

Thanks for joining us! Consider representing your community on the LCCWG!