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The '''Engineering Working Group''' existed until Mid-2015, when it became dormant due to lack of interest. Its mission was to assist and guide the community-driven development of OSM-related source code and tools, including
One of the foundation [[Working Groups]], the '''Engineering Working Group''' assists and guides the community-driven development of OSM-related source code and tools. It is recognised that there is a steep learning curve and wide set of knowledge required to develop OSM software. The primary aim of this working group is to reduce those barriers by facilitating learning and helping new developers to join and participate in the OpenStreetMap development community.
This includes:
* Running events that help developers connect with people with ideas (e.g: designers, usability experts).
* Creating and maintaining resources to lower the barrier to entry into the OSM development community.
* Providing assistance for [[Engineering_Working_Group/Developer_Events|Developer Events]].
This does not include:
* Managing development resources such as servers (see [[Operations Working Group]]).
* Setting strategic direction (see [[Strategic Working Group]]).
* "Delivering" code to any time scale.
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== Typical activities ==
EWG typically acts as a technical forum, and meetings generally cover areas including:
* Review of patches / PRs and discussion of how to improve them.
* Improvements to documentation and other technical information.
* Knowledge sharing and technical problem-solving.
* Gathering feedback and building consensus on technical approaches.
* Finding ways to improve our knowledge of and build motivation of new contributors.
* Helping people run developer events by giving advice and financial assistance. See [[Engineering_Working_Group/Developer_Events|Developer Events]] for more information.
== Thinking of joining? ==
Great! EWG is a completely open meeting on IRC, see [[#Meetings]] below for details. As much of the discussion is highly technical, it is highly beneficial to have a good background in programming and some experience of the OSM data model and technology stack. However, we welcome anyone who wants to help out - come along and see if it's a good fit for you.
== Who we are ==
The EWG meetings are open to anyone who wants to attend, so there is no fixed membership. Based on those who attended the most meetings, the membership list would be:
* Matt Amos
* Paul Norman
* Kai Krueger
* Shaun McDonald
* Andy Allan
* Tom Hughes
* Ian Dees
* Richard Fairhurst
== 2013 Plan ==
[[File:EWGPlan2013.pdf]]
== Contact ==
You can get in touch with members of the EWG by attending a [[#Meetings|meeting]], or by sending an email to "engineering at osmfoundation dot org".
== Meetings ==
Meetings take place most Mondays at 17:30 UTC on the OFTC IRC channel #osm-ewg ([http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/IRC Help on using IRC])
== Minutes ==
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