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What time is it? It's Maptime!

What time is it? It's Maptime!

by Beth Schechter & Lyzi Diamond

Maptime is quite literally time for making maps. Well, actually, many times (and in many places): what started as a small meeting in San Francisco is now more than 40 community groups spanning ten time zones. All are full of beginners working together on hands-on map projects and tutorials.

This rapid growth has been surprising and awesome! But how did all this happen? What's happening next? And how can you get involved in this revolutionary movement?

This talk from two of the program's founders will outline goals of the Maptime experiment, its successes and failures to date, and our plans for the future. Come learn about building inclusive community…and maybe even leave with some awesome rainbow stickers.

Beth Schechter

March 18, 2015
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  1. What time is it? You best believe it’s Beth Schechter

    @bethschechter Lyzi Diamond @lyzidiamond
  2. What time is it? - you best believe it’s -

    Beth Schechter @bethschechter Lyzi Diamond @lyzidiamond
  3. Amsterdam Atlanta Austin Alpes Ames Berlin Bend Boston Boulder Chattanooga

    Corvalis Calgary Chicago Cleveland DC Detroit Diliman Hampton Roads Johannesburg Los Angeles Lexington Maine Madison Miami Milan Mile High Minneapolis/St. Paul New York City Oakland Philadelphia Portland Portland/Bangor Puerto Rico Pittsburgh Rome Seattle San Francisco Salt Lake City Southampton St. Louis Sacramento St. Johns Toronto Tulsa Vancouver Windsor Essex
  4. • open and widespread membership based upon participation • geographically

    distributed, asynchronous, networked collaboration • project transparency, particularly open, recorded dialog and peer review of project materials • discussion and decisions • a compelling foundational artifact to organize participation and build upon • collaborative, iteratively clarified, living documents and project artifacts • a mechanism for institutional history • a community–wide sense of project ownership • a hybrid political system based upon meritocracy • a trusted benevolent dictator, typically the project founder • foundational developers and early adopters who, along with the benevolent dictator, set project ethos • consensus as a decision–making tool • upholding the right to fork. Traits of Successful OS Communities – Jill Coffin Analysis of Open Source Principles in Diverse Collaborative Communities
  5. • open and widespread membership based upon participation • geographically

    distributed, asynchronous, networked collaboration • project transparency, particularly open, recorded dialog and peer review of project materials • discussion and decisions • a compelling foundational artifact to organize participation and build upon • collaborative, iteratively clarified, living documents and project artifacts • a mechanism for institutional history • a community–wide sense of project ownership • a hybrid political system based upon meritocracy • a trusted benevolent dictator, typically the project founder • foundational developers and early adopters who, along with the benevolent dictator, set project ethos • consensus as a decision–making tool • upholding the right to fork. What we needed to work on – Jill Coffin Analysis of Open Source Principles in Diverse Collaborative Communities
  6. • open and widespread membership based upon participation • geographically

    distributed, asynchronous, networked collaboration • project transparency, particularly open, recorded dialog and peer review of project materials • discussion and decisions • a compelling foundational artifact to organize participation and build upon • collaborative, iteratively clarified, living documents and project artifacts • a mechanism for institutional history • a community–wide sense of project ownership • a hybrid political system based upon meritocracy • a trusted benevolent dictator, typically the project founder • foundational developers and early adopters who, along with the benevolent dictator, set project ethos • consensus as a decision–making tool • upholding the right to fork. What we needed to work on – Jill Coffin Analysis of Open Source Principles in Diverse Collaborative Communities
  7. • open and widespread membership based upon participation • geographically

    distributed, asynchronous, networked collaboration • project transparency, particularly open, recorded dialog and peer review of project materials • discussion and decisions • a compelling foundational artifact to organize participation and build upon • collaborative, iteratively clarified, living documents and project artifacts • a mechanism for institutional history • a community–wide sense of project ownership • a hybrid political system based upon meritocracy • a trusted benevolent dictator, typically the project founder • foundational developers and early adopters who, along with the benevolent dictator, set project ethos • consensus as a decision–making tool • upholding the right to fork. What we needed to work on – Jill Coffin Analysis of Open Source Principles in Diverse Collaborative Communities
  8. Seriously how did we go from a weekly meetup in

    SF to a multi- national organization of self- organized people all gathering in their spare time for no other reason than to learn to make web maps together? OMG!
  9. Let communities organize around what they want to learn different

    communities different skill levels different tools
  10. Let communities organize around what they want to learn different

    communities different skill levels different tools different size groups
  11. Let communities organize around what they want to learn different

    communities different skill levels different tools different size groups different meeting frequencies
  12. Let communities organize around what they want to learn different

    communities different skill levels different tools different size groups different meeting frequencies
  13. Thank you, CartoDB! for a month full of pizza donations

    for the entire Maptime community!!
  14. We didn’t start Maptime with any idea that it would

    become a big thing. We started it because we love teaching. But even more than that, we love learning.
  15. We didn’t start Maptime with any idea that it would

    become a big thing. We started it because we love teaching. But even more than that, we love learning. Which is a damn good thing, because we basically got a crash course in facilitating rapid community growth.
  16. We need volunteers! Maptime Summit @ UN (!!!) Branding +

    marketing Documentation // video, blogging, photographs Operations Volunteer coordination
  17. We need volunteers! Maptime Summit @ UN (!!!) Branding +

    marketing Documentation // video, blogging, photographs Operations Volunteer coordination ...what do you want to do?
  18. What time is it? - you best believe it’s -

    Beth Schechter @bethschechter Lyzi Diamond @lyzidiamond Thank you!