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As of August 2020 we were hitting [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Stats#In_summary 4.5 million map changes per day], and about 50,000 individual contributors per month. On November 29, OSM hit its [https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/95000000 95 millionth changeset]. This is impressive for a volunteer-based project.
Early in 2020 I started both a [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_SWOT SWOT analysis of OSM] and a series of calls to community members around the world, to whoever would take my calls and spend time answering my questions: What should the OSM Foundation Board of Directors focus on, and what do I need to know as a Board member to make OSM continue to be successful? The results of those two efforts are on the [https://
The Board this year focused on stabilising the hardware and software platform, first by fully funding the Operations Working Group's request, then, in consultation with that Working Group and the system administrators, deciding to hire a full-time systems reliability engineer. The Board also hired the iD editor's full-time maintainer when his employment with a third party was ended. The Board saw this as an opportunity to shift control of the iD editor project from a third party to the OSM community. A corollary for these decisions was the need to raise funds to cover these and other expenses, and that effort was another major focus of the Board in 2020. The results of that effort are in the Treasurer's Report, which I urge all Foundation members to read. It represents enormous work by the whole Board, but especially Guillaume Rischard and Mikel Maron, with a lot of help from Paul Norman.
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