OSMF updates/2021-08: Difference between revisions

<big>'''OSMF updates - August 2020 to August 2021*''' </big><br>

 

 

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'''Selection'''<br>

* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020#Funded_proposals|12 proposals]] had been selected ([https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/07/01/osmf-microgrants-program-congratulations-to-selected-projects/ presentation of some of the proposals on the OSM blog]).

 

Almost all projects have sent their final reports and you can read them on the OSM wiki. The respective project proposal is linked towards the top of each page.

* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/A_Free_Video_Tutorial_for_Beginners_about_Mapping_Pacific_Islands_using_OSM_and_QGIS| A Free Video Tutorial for Beginners about Mapping Pacific Islands using OSM and QGIS]] ''(proposal)''

* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/HIV_facilities_mapping_in_the_Philippines_on_OpenStreetMap/Report| Report: HIV facilities mapping in the Philippines on OpenStreetMap]]

* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Map_Maintenance_with_StreetComplete/Report| Report: Map Maintenance with StreetComplete]]

* [[osm:Microgrants/Microgrants_2020/Proposal/Mapping_Uganda%27s_New_Cities/Report| Report: Mapping Uganda's New Cities]]

''' Final report by the [[Microgrants/Committee| Microgrants committee]]'''<br>

 

 

'''Background'''<br>

Providing microgrants was a topic discussed extensively during the [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2018/05/29/f2f-board_meeting-2018/ 2018 face-to-Face board meeting], where a plan was developed. You can read the [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/02/17/call-for-microgrants-committee/ initial call here].

 

'''Timeline'''<br>

2021

* Jul [[Board/Minutes/2021-07-16#Microgrants_-_what.27s_next.3F|Microgrants - what's next?]]

2020

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| '''Hiring an iD developer'''<br>

 

After two and a half years developing [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Id iD], Quincy Morgan wished to pass the torch on iD development, for personal reasons. The joint statement of the board with Quincy regarding iD development was [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/04/26/joint-statement-from-quincy-morgan-and-the-osmf-board/ here] (en). ([https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/04/28/declaracion-conjunta-quincy-morgan-junta-fundacion-openstreetmap-desarrollo-id/?lang=es es], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/04/27/declaration-conjointe-de-quincy-morgan-et-du-conseil-dadministration-de-la-fondation-openstreetmap-concernant-le-developpement-did/?lang=fr fr], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/04/27/declaracion-conxunta-de-quincy-morgan-e-o-consello-da-fundacion-openstreetmap-sobre-o-desenvolvemento-de-id/?lang=gl gl], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/04/27/gezamenlijke-verklaring-van-quincy-morgan-en-het-bestuur-van-de-openstreetmap-foundation-over-id-ontwikkeling/?lang=nl nl], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/05/05/wspolny-komunikat-quincy-morgan-oraz-zarzadu-fundacji-openstreetmap-w-sprawie-rozwoju-edytora-id/?lang=pl pl], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/04/27/%d1%81%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%bc%d0%b5%d1%81%d1%82%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b5-%d0%b7%d0%b0%d1%8f%d0%b2%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d0%ba%d1%83%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%81%d0%b8-%d0%bc%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b3%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b0/?lang=ru ru], [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/05/07/%e9%97%9c%e6%96%bcid%e5%b0%88%e6%a1%88%e9%96%8b%e7%99%bc%ef%bc%8c%e6%98%86%e8%a5%bf%e2%80%a7%e6%91%a9%e6%a0%b9%e8%88%87%e9%96%8b%e6%94%be%e8%a1%97%e5%9c%96%e5%9f%ba%e9%87%91%e6%9c%83%e7%90%86%e4%ba%8b/?lang=zh-hant zh-hant]).

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'''Mastodon server'''<br>

The [https://en.osm.town/ en.osm.town] mastodon server was set up, is run and moderated by Amanda McCann ''([[Communication_Working_Group|CWG]] volunteer and board member)''. In August 2021 the board [[Board/Minutes/2021-08#2021.2FRes29_OSMF_takes_over_funding_for_the_en.osm.town_Mastodon_instance.2Fserver|voted and approved]] to pay for future costs of running the en.osm.town mastodon server/instance from now on.

'''New members''': Welcome to Rebecca Firth, Benjamin Dills, Mikel Maron, Pete Masters.<br>

! [[Microgrants/Committee|Microgrants committee]]

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The [[Microgrants/Committee| Microgrants committee]] members were selected by the OSMF board to oversee the trial round of the Microgrants program ''(Duration: October 2020 - October 2021)''. You can read more about the trial run of the program in the section ''"Nearly completed - Funded work on 12 projects via the trial round of Microgrants".''

 

''' Final report by the [[Microgrants/Committee| Microgrants committee]]'''<br>

 

 

'''Timeline'''<br>

''2021''

2020''

* ''Feb [https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2020/02/17/call-for-microgrants-committee/ Call for microgrants committee members].''