# LCCWG 2024-03-27 meeting

*Meeting started at 12:10 UTC.*

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## 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:
- https://hackmd.io/@lccwg/Hkoxdj2hp
- approved
- Eugene: Transfer of minutes to OSMF wiki is ongoing
- 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](https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/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
- https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications#Expressed_interest
- Maybe LCCWG needs to be proactive
- Arnalie okay to talk with Asian communities

### 2.4. Microgrants
- Board approved 2024 budget with 11210 euro for microgrants
- https://osmfoundation.org/w/images/0/06/OSMF_2024_Budget_v2024-02-23.pdf
- Adam: copy the lead from EWG
- Geoffrey: suggest 4 grants at 2.5k each
- Use 2020 report
- Eugene to coordinate again with Joost

## 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

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*Meeting ended 13:16 UTC.*