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href="/t/what-should-go-into-an-openstreetmap-community-building-playbook/2138">What should go into an OpenStreetMap community building playbook</a> </h1> <div class="topic-category" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BreadcrumbList"> <span itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"> <a href="/c/general/38" class="badge-wrapper bullet" itemprop="item"> <span class='badge-category-bg' style='background-color: #9fd485'></span> <span class='badge-category clear-badge'> <span class='category-name' itemprop='name'>General talk</span> </span> </a> <meta itemprop="position" content="1" /> </span> </div> <div class="topic-category"> <div class='discourse-tags list-tags'> <a href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/tag/community' class='discourse-tag' rel="tag">community</a>, <a href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/tag/data-quality' class='discourse-tag' rel="tag">data-quality</a>, <a href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/tag/diversity' 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<span itemprop='position'>1</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p><div class="lightbox-wrapper"><a class="lightbox" href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b4ee1ec907c4d8674e2b1d25870636db75e0922b.jpeg" data-download-href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/uploads/default/b4ee1ec907c4d8674e2b1d25870636db75e0922b" title="playbook"><img src="https://community.openstreetmap.org/uploads/default/optimized/2X/b/b4ee1ec907c4d8674e2b1d25870636db75e0922b_2_690x460.jpeg" alt="playbook" data-base62-sha1="pOA77XA37RSmbOI3GFMTxnqxez1" width="690" height="460" srcset="https://community.openstreetmap.org/uploads/default/optimized/2X/b/b4ee1ec907c4d8674e2b1d25870636db75e0922b_2_690x460.jpeg, https://community.openstreetmap.org/uploads/default/optimized/2X/b/b4ee1ec907c4d8674e2b1d25870636db75e0922b_2_1035x690.jpeg 1.5x, https://community.openstreetmap.org/uploads/default/optimized/2X/b/b4ee1ec907c4d8674e2b1d25870636db75e0922b_2_1380x920.jpeg 2x" data-small-upload="https://community.openstreetmap.org/uploads/default/optimized/2X/b/b4ee1ec907c4d8674e2b1d25870636db75e0922b_2_10x10.png"><div class="meta"> <svg class="fa d-icon d-icon-far-image svg-icon" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#far-image"></use></svg><span class="filename">playbook</span><span class="informations">1920×1280 360 KB</span><svg class="fa d-icon d-icon-discourse-expand svg-icon" aria-hidden="true"><use href="#discourse-expand"></use></svg> </div></a></div></p> <p>There is a need for an OpenStreetMap community building playbook, that would act as a guide for anyone trying to build a community either at the national or sub-national level. To answer questions around volunteers engagement, governance, data quality, organizing events, resource mobilization, diversity and inclusion, tools, partnerships, fundraising, etc</p> <p>We will be <a href="https://2022.stateofthemap.org/sessions/U77MUX/">discussing this at State of the Map 2022</a> and we would like to get your ideas here and also keep the conversation going. What would be the best approach to take to create an OpenStreetMap community building playbook, for the community, by the community? What topics would be the most important to include? How should it be structured, and where should it be hosted? What good examples of playbooks are out there from open communities that we can copy a leaf from? Please join the discussion by sharing your thoughts here…</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="7" /> <span class='post-likes'>7 Likes</span> </div> </div> <div id='post_2' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/Mateusz_Konieczny'><span itemprop='name'>Mateusz_Konieczny</span></a> (Mateusz Konieczny) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2022-08-15T08:36:46Z' class='post-time'> August 15, 2022, 8:36am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2022-08-15T21:34:12Z'> <span itemprop='position'>2</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <aside class="quote no-group" data-username="Kateregga1" data-post="1" data-topic="2138"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img loading="lazy" alt="" width="24" height="24" src="https://community-cdn.openstreetmap.org/user_avatar/community.openstreetmap.org/kateregga1/48/14_2.png" class="avatar"> Kateregga1:</div> <blockquote> <p>What would be the best approach to take to create an OpenStreetMap community building playbook</p> </blockquote> </aside> <p>Remember to make it openly licensed - using one of standard licenses. With editable format being public and available to anyone. Not necessarily making it editable to anyone, that would be different. Preferably using some standard place to cooperate. Make it easy to contribute.</p> <p>Try to build on existing work rather than start from scratch. Has anyone tried to make such guide already?</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="6" /> <span class='post-likes'>6 Likes</span> </div> </div> <div id='post_3' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/dkbenjamin'><span itemprop='name'>dkbenjamin</span></a> (DK) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2022-08-20T08:21:41Z' class='post-time'> August 20, 2022, 8:21am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2022-08-20T08:21:41Z'> <span itemprop='position'>3</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>Do you think that an OSM community would include not only mappers but also OSM technology enthusiasts and developers? Should the playbook include topics for that type of engagement as well?</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="5" /> <span class='post-likes'>5 Likes</span> </div> </div> <div id='post_4' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/suricata88'><span itemprop='name'>suricata88</span></a> (Suricata88) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2022-08-20T08:24:03Z' class='post-time'> August 20, 2022, 8:24am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2022-08-20T08:24:03Z'> <span itemprop='position'>4</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>I think that good thing to have in a community building playbook are games, workshops and other activities already prepared to take and use in events.</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="3" /> <span class='post-likes'>3 Likes</span> </div> </div> <div id='post_5' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/AwezGeo'><span itemprop='name'>AwezGeo</span></a> </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2022-08-20T08:53:57Z' class='post-time'> August 20, 2022, 8:53am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2022-08-20T08:53:57Z'> <span itemprop='position'>5</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>A community playbook should include some data ethics guideline for field activities,</p> <p>It should make room to prioritise active volunteer base in times of projects/paid activities,</p> <p>It should have some targets to be met once established (organising activities/impact) so people do not just set up communities in vain</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="3" /> <span class='post-likes'>3 Likes</span> </div> </div> <div id='post_6' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/nyampire'><span itemprop='name'>nyampire</span></a> (Nyampire) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2022-08-21T11:28:42Z' class='post-time'> August 21, 2022, 11:28am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2022-08-21T11:28:42Z'> <span itemprop='position'>6</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>Just as a starting point, I have tried to come up with a chapter structure for the Playbook I want.</p> <p>This is just “what I want”, so I’m sure it doesn’t cover all your needs <img src="https://community.openstreetmap.org/images/emoji/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=12" title=":slight_smile:" class="emoji" alt=":slight_smile:"></p> <p>What do you think?</p> <pre><code class="lang-auto">What is community? Kickstart the community Make a Core Identifying local community issues and outcome Small start Communication inside Stock and flow of information (OSM wiki page and chats) Build capacity Training Accompany the newbies Localization Tech and gadgets Ethics and securities (OSM ways (copyrights and having fun!) and field activities) Expand the community and the fringe Making `Allies` (Identifying stakeholders. e.g. locals, students, companies and so on) Approaching Open Source (nice) guys Encourage voluntary / fostering their motivation Visualize and promote the map outcome/results Events and workshops Expand the core Iteration or Management (sustainability?) Resolving conflicts Organize a corporative body (chapter or something) Fundraising Tools OSM tools, communication tools, management tools and so on. </code></pre> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="5" /> <span class='post-likes'>5 Likes</span> </div> </div> <div id='post_7' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/nyampire'><span itemprop='name'>nyampire</span></a> (Nyampire) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2022-08-21T12:04:19Z' class='post-time'> August 21, 2022, 12:04pm </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2022-08-21T12:04:19Z'> <span itemprop='position'>7</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>Thinking of this, it could be added some lines like…</p> <ul> <li>measuring activities (number of members, activity (output) and impact (outcome))</li> <li>approaching government guys (depends on countries, so might be replaced by “compliance”)</li> <li>why community? (after the “what is community”)</li> </ul> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="3" /> <span class='post-likes'>3 Likes</span> </div> </div> <div id='post_8' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/dónal'><span itemprop='name'>dónal</span></a> (Donal Hunt) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2022-08-21T15:10:14Z' class='post-time'> August 21, 2022, 3:10pm </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2022-08-21T15:10:14Z'> <span itemprop='position'>8</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <blockquote> <p>I think that good thing to have in a community building playbook are games, workshops and other activities already prepared to take and use in events.</p> </blockquote> <p>This is something MSF have done quite well for their Missing Maps mapathons. Definitely things that can be learnt from their approach. <img src="https://community-cdn.openstreetmap.org/images/emoji/twitter/+1.png?v=12" title=":+1:" class="emoji" alt=":+1:" loading="lazy" width="20" height="20"></p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="2" /> <span class='post-likes'>2 Likes</span> </div> </div> <div id='post_9' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/SynneMarion'><span itemprop='name'>SynneMarion</span></a> (Synne Marion Olsen ) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2022-09-07T08:22:42Z' class='post-time'> September 7, 2022, 8:22am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2022-09-07T08:22:42Z'> <span itemprop='position'>9</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>Fantastic initiative! One of my reflections after State of the Map taps into <a class="mention" href="/u/dkbenjamin">@dkbenjamin</a> question: it is my impression that quite a few of the community members seem to have more than one skillset or knowledge (sometimes including a technical skills of some sort, incl. data science or software development), but perhaps more importantly, the <em>interest</em> in, and knowledge of, the various (HOT)OSM tools and products are impressive! It would therefore be very interesting to better understand how we can better facilitate for these ‘hacktivists’ to take part in the enhancement (and future) of the tools that enables the community to make an impact. Here, I am also including identifying problems or issues and/or bringing forward ideas as important part of this line of work.<br> cc: <a class="mention" href="/u/petya_kangalova">@Petya_Kangalova</a></p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="1" /> <span class='post-likes'>1 Like</span> </div> </div> <div id='post_10' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/SynneMarion'><span itemprop='name'>SynneMarion</span></a> (Synne Marion Olsen ) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2022-09-07T08:23:27Z' class='post-time'> September 7, 2022, 8:23am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2022-09-07T08:23:27Z'> <span itemprop='position'>10</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>On a practical note: one approach to consolidate reflections, learnings, mindsets, methodologies, approaches and tools that I personally keep going back to in whatever project or job I have worked on/in is IDEOs toolkit: <a href="http://www.designkit.org/methods" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">www.designkit.org/methods</a>. Perhaps this approach could be of inspiration? If not directly using the website as an inspiration, I can highly recommend using their methods on how to stay human-centered in the co-creation of a Community Playbook:)</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="2" /> <span class='post-likes'>2 Likes</span> </div> </div> <div id='post_12' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/grin'><span itemprop='name'>grin</span></a> (Peter Gervai) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2023-09-19T10:34:26Z' class='post-time'> September 19, 2023, 10:34am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2023-09-19T10:34:26Z'> <span itemprop='position'>12</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>Let me share one important point (at least based on my experience):</p> <p>From the beginning there shall be a definitive amount of energy spent on keeping the community friendly and encompassing, in mood and nature. This sounds trivial, I know. Small communities are often don’t even see why this is important.</p> <p>As a community starts to grow some typical problems arise: senior members start to feel superior to newbies, they start to keep quality by reacting more and more harshly to the mistakes and inexperience of new members, the community may go in a direction where the “rules” are more important than talking about the problems and (preferably proactively) resolve them.</p> <p>Keeping healthy mood <strong>requires</strong> some dedicated people to keep giving <em>feedback</em> to people diverging from the expected open attitude, to prevent escalating it to “moderation” and “bans”. Sometimes it requires lot more time expaining the problems and trying to find a resolution than to “block” the problem (administratively or technically). It worths noting that spelling out positive core values in the beginning helps remindig community members that they really shall spend energy on staying positive.</p> <p>I do not want to cite bad examples, I am sure many people could think of some. For me OSM community is a good example, and I hope it stays that way. It needs work to keep it that way.</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="2" /> <span class='post-likes'>2 Likes</span> </div> </div> <div id='post_13' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/ZeLonewolf'><span itemprop='name'>ZeLonewolf</span></a> (Brian M Sperlongano) </span> <link itemprop="image" href="https://community-cdn.openstreetmap.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/bfdd86c1f712d45a2a595c5a6ffc6886ea32f7e2.jpeg"> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2023-09-19T11:30:10Z' class='post-time'> September 19, 2023, 11:30am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2023-09-19T11:30:10Z'> <span itemprop='position'>13</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>I gave an OSM US Mappy Hour talk about “building and growing an open source community”. You can watch it here:</p> <div class="youtube-onebox lazy-video-container" data-video-id="6TgN7fbz0U8" data-video-title="OpenStreetMap US Mappy Hour: Building & Growing an Open Source Community - May 2023" data-video-start-time="" data-provider-name="youtube"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TgN7fbz0U8" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow ugc"> <img class="youtube-thumbnail" src="https://community-cdn.openstreetmap.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/bfdd86c1f712d45a2a595c5a6ffc6886ea32f7e2.jpeg" title="OpenStreetMap US Mappy Hour: Building & Growing an Open Source Community - May 2023" data-dominant-color="BA8389" width="690" height="388"> </a> </div> <p>That was about starting a technical project, but there are many parallels to building an organization. Creating a positive environment that people want to be a part of is no accident – you have to work at it.</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="5" /> <span class='post-likes'>5 Likes</span> </div> </div> <div id='post_14' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/Negreheb'><span itemprop='name'>Negreheb</span></a> (Negreheb) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2023-11-15T12:32:03Z' class='post-time'> November 15, 2023, 12:32pm </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2023-11-15T12:32:03Z'> <span itemprop='position'>14</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>That also should be included are ideas for events, like a regulars’ table or a mapathon vor workshops for example. Just a quick outliner on what should be included and common pitfalls and so on.</p> <p><a class="mention" href="/u/nyampire">@nyampire</a><br> Did you expand your chapter structure? The whole playbook sounds like it should be in the wiki - it can be edited by anyone.</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0" /> <span class='post-likes'></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="container wrap"> <nav class='crawler-nav'> <ul> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/' itemprop="url">Home </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/categories' itemprop="url">Categories </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/guidelines' itemprop="url">Guidelines </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use' itemprop="url">Terms of Service </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy' itemprop="url">Privacy Policy </a> </span> </li> </ul> </nav> <p class='powered-by-link'>Powered by <a href="https://www.discourse.org">Discourse</a>, best viewed with JavaScript enabled</p> </footer> <div class="buorg"><div>Unfortunately, <a href="https://www.discourse.org/faq/#browser">your browser is unsupported</a>. 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