# LCCWG 2021-10-25 meeting

*Meeting started at 14:08 UTC.*

## 0. Potential Attendance
* Patrick - CH
* Charles - ZM
* Rob - UK
* Naveen - IN
* Besfort - XK
* Naveen - IN
* Jonathan - BE

### Present
* Adam - UK (joined 14:30)
* Anisa - IT
* Joost - BE
* Jorge - PT
* Eugene - PH
* Maggie - US
* Geoffrey - UG
* Arnalie - HOT

### Not Present

## 1. Administrative

BBB is having server errors, so the meeting was conducted using Jitsi.

### 1.1. Meeting chair
Anisa will chair the meeting.

### 1.2. Approval of the Sept 2021 meeting minutes
[* https://hackmd.io/@lccwg/rJ-ZYEcbt](https://hackmd.io/h1EHmX2dRSWkwIftf3Liog?view) - approved

### 1.3. Arnalie Vicario to join LCCWG
* Arnalie is a member of HOT and also from the OSM Philippines community.
* Arnalie accepted as a new member, replacing Sophie

## 2. Main agenda

### 2.1. Support the development of Microcosms ([GL#7](https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/lccwg/-/issues/7))
- No real updates.

### 2.2. Provide a tool for communities to welcome new mappers ([GL#8](https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/lccwg/-/issues/8))
- new Welcome Tool has launched!
- https://welcome.osm.be/
- Belgium from the start, 3 new regions have already joined since the release : Luxembourg, New York state, Massachusetts
- Joost: tool is well-made

### 2.3. Develop/design local community website template/tool ([GL#13](https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/lccwg/-/issues/13))
- Maggie: Work is ongoing to develop an OSMUS map style. The idea is that work on the new website will proceed after the map style.
- Belgian site is being used by the Netherlands, it seems. Follow up with Jonathan?
- Italy will be developing a new website and will publish the source code

### 2.4. Update the OSM website to highlight Local Chapters ([GL#14](https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/lccwg/-/issues/14))
- Andy already provided feedback and asked other website maintainers. Slowly moving forward, not guaranteed to be finished before Christmas.
- Adam will email CWG at [e-mail]

### 2.5. Moderation subcommittee updates
- Still looking for moderators, especially more geographically diverse people. The hope is that the moderator team is in place before the OSMF election season is in full swing.
- Moderation subcommittee may have to step in temporarily if needed
- OSM Blog post: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/10/17/looking-for-moderators-for-osm-lists/
- Please ask people in your networks, especially if outside Western Europe
- Question: Should OSMF Board members be part of the moderation team? Consensus is that it's best if Board members refrain from moderating the lists.
- Used a Plain English service to help make the document more understandable for non-native speakers of English.

### 2.6. Best practices around doing paid work for local chapters
- Maggie sent feedback from OSM US' perspective.
- Joost and Eugene to have a meeting to finalize a proposal to present to the Board.
- Where do we (the OSMF) draw the line? Do we need to draw the line at all?
- This can be a possible table topics for the LCCC.

### 2.7. Local Chapters and Communities Congress 2021 ([GL#10](https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/lccwg/-/issues/10))
* Promotion suggestion (Joost): communicate about the individual topics
* Question: relation to HOT community building event?
* Maggie to set up a test instance of Airmeet so that people who need to present can get familiar with the platform
* Date: Nov. 1st same time as the monthly meetings.
* Planning doc to finalize: https://hackmd.io/6Pf5g0A1QXaYxsJthKQafg
* Arnalie: HOT will keep working on community building information, called the Community Building Playbook
* See also https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Working_groups/Community/Webinars#Local_OSM_community_building:_Tips.2C_tricks_and_challenges
* https://loomio.hotosm.org/d/kIZ1C4GP/building-an-openstreetmap-community-guide-playbook
* Eugene proposes to have a Table on this topic in the Open Conversation session. Arnalie will find someone to lead the topic.

## 3. Other business

### 3.1. Coordination with CWG
- Maggie has already coordinated for the promotion of the Congress and the call for moderators.

## 4. Next meeting
Next meeting is on November 29 starting at 14:00 UTC.

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*Meeting ended at 15:22 UTC.*