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LCCWG 2024-03-27 meeting

Meeting started at 12:10 UTC.


0. Attendance

Present

  • Adam - UK
  • Arnalie - HOT
  • Eugene - PH
  • Geoffrey - UG
  • Michael - UN

Not present

  • Besfort - XK (with apologies)
  • Anisa - IT (with apologies)

1. Administrative

  • Minutes of previous meeting:
  • Michael Montani (UN) interested to join LCCWG
    • Created the first YouthMappers chapter: Polimappers at Politecnico di Milano
    • Works with the geospatial group in the UN
    • Works with a lot of communities in Africa and Asia
    • approved with 4 ayes
    • Eugene to perform admin tasks to formalize Michael's joining
  • Włodzimierz Bartczak (Polish LC) interested to join LCCWG
    • Follow up by email
  • Arnalie requested private gitlab repository for LC applications (LCCWG and Board to have access) to Dorothea; Dorothea forwarded to Grant; request is still ongoing
    • Adam volunteered to talk with Grant
  • Tidy up GitLab c/o Adam and Eugene
    • Eugene to schedule a 1-on-1 with Adam in early April

2. Main agenda

2.1. Board updates (c/o Arnalie/Dani)

  • Board liason: Dani ?
    • will finalize in this month's meeting
    • board focal point
  • Arnalie to provide update re LCC Virtual Congress
  • OSMF Membership Drive Campaign
    • Stats from Michael (sent 21 March)
      • New members Mar 5.-11. 7 (1 paying)
      • Mar 12.-18. 85 (9 paying)
    • webinar coming soon
      • Ask help from LCCWG
  • OSMF support to regional/national SotM - supporting local communities https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/lccwg/-/issues/18
    • also opened with CWG (closed for SotM WG)
    • table for next meeting, April

2.2. LCC Virtual Congress

  • March 2nd
  • Post-congress tasks
    • Post recording online
    • Send thank you email?
    • Draft a OSM Blog post
    • Request presentation slides from presenters (check notes)

2.3. LC How-to + application updates/status

2.3.1. Open Applications + potential applications

2.3.1.1 OSM The Gambia application
  • Currently assigned Anisa with Arnalie supporting
  • Arnalie asked clarifications with no response yet
  • Arnalie sent follow up email 27 March
2.3.1.2 UniqueMappers Network (Nigeria) application
  • Dr. Victor followed up with LCCWG last Jan 4 by email
  • Michael supported by Arnalie as POC
2.3.1.3 umbraOSM (Brazil) - expressed interest
  • Arnalie to copy LCCWG (Dani might be good focal point for this)
2.3.1.4 others

2.4. Microgrants

3. Any other business

  • No other business

4. Next meeting

  • Currently scheduled for 24 April 2024, Wednesday
    • Adam: alternate early for US and late for PH?
    • Arnalie: 12:30 UTC is okay if this is OK with Maggie

Meeting ended 13:16 UTC.