The OpenStreetMap Foundation and You: The Why, The How and What You Can Do to Get Involved

1. The OpenStreetMap
Foundation and You: The
Why, The How and What You
Can Do to Get Involved
Kate Chapman
@wonderchook
kate@osmfoundation.org

2. First some
ground rules

3. When you see this
chicken, that means
I’m speaking my
opinion (what I think
the OSMF should be)

4. The OSM Logo indicates
I’m speaking generally
accepted facts about
what the OSMF is today.

5. My OSM Story

6. So let’s start with
some facts (and
maybe a couple
opinions)

7. First the “Why”

8. Primarily:
Legal and Financial

9. And the “How”

10. The OSMF is made up
entirely of volunteers

11. Board of Directors
Kate Chapman
Paul Norman
Frederik Ramm
Kathleen Danielson
Oliver Kuhn
Henk Hoff
Dermot McNally

12. Membership
•Normal Members - 272
•Associate Members - 345
•Corporate Members - 10

13. Yearly Costs
•Normal Members - £15
•Associate Members - £15
•Corporate Members - £1,000

14. The membership does
not reflect the
diversity of the
project.

15. Corporate
membership should
be revamped to
include more benefits
(and charge more)

16. Working Groups
• Communications Working Group
• Data Working Group
• Engineer Working Group
• Licensing Working Group
• Local Chapters Working Group
• Operations Working Group
• SotM Organizing Committee

17. Budget
~ 70,000 – 100,000 GBP

18. How is this spent?
•60% hardward
•20% promotion
•20% legal matters

19. The OSMF will need
to increase our
fundraising to support
the growth of the
project.

20. Spending based on a
decision made in 2006,
might not make the most
sense anymore

21. Raising Larger Amounts of
Funds is Going to Require
Some Staff

22. Large donors require
“Management”
specifically proposals and
reporting

23. Some worry about
“corporate” control in
OSM, but by keeping the
OSMF weak there is far
more potential for that
control

24. Not all doom and
gloom, OSM continues
to grow and is moving
from a niche project
to making huge
impact

25. So….want to get involved?

26. bit.ly/osmf-join

27. Volunteer to Help

28. Run for the Board

29. Make Your Needs
Known

30. Happy Mapping!

31. Bouk!