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March 11, 2022 regular meeting of the OpenStreetMap United States Board of Directors
Call to Order
Minh called the meeting to order at 2pm, Eastern Standard Time, via video conference.
Present:
- Maggie Cawley (Executive Director)
- Adam Franco
- Diane Fritz
- Minh Nguyễn
- Brian Sperlongano
- Daniela Waltersdorfer
Old Business
- The minutes from February’s board meeting were approved
- The board approved the 2022 budget
New Business
The board has chosen the following roles for 2022:
- Minh - President
- Dani - Vice President
- Brian - Secretary
- Adam - Treasurer
- Diane - Member at Large
OSM US will recognize outstanding community contributors each year at SoTM US in a “Hall of Fame” format. The board met in executive session to determine winners and award items Dani will lead the annual award effort for 2022.
Updates
- The ED provided a comprehensive update to the board via separate enclosure. Of note, the ED attended the NYC open data week, met with community members & the OSMF chair.
- Collaboration around PD Map continues to grow with interest from corporate and government.
- Strategy 2022 after SoTM US
- Launched “Rising Tide Effect” - mapping swimming pools across NY state. Reduce risk of drowning among kids (latest Mapping for Impact partner)
- Met with OHM to continue establishing collaboration, Held Rural America Mappy Hour
- Trails working group (Trails WG)
- The Trails WG concurs with the suggested tagging documented on wiki at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States/Trail_Access_Project.
- The group is working to create a pilot project in Washington State, to implement the tagging scheme in an area and see how it gets rendered. This effort is supported by our US government partners.
- The next Mappy Hour will be on the subject of USA structures & work with FEMA to map buildings using AI/ML. This mappy hour is planned for March 23rd.
- The board is working with University of Virginia students and is working to better embed with academia to raise awareness of OSM and broaden reach to the data sciences.
Adjournment
Minh adjourned the meeting at 3pm