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.

Transcript

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. Alan McConchie @mappingmashups Camille Teicheira @fulgenteft
4. Rafa Gutierrez @geografa Eric Rodenbeck + everyone at @stamen
6. Maptime San Francisco @maptimeSF
7. Maptime Milan @maptimeMI
8. Maptime DC @maptimeDC
9. Maptime DC @maptimeDC
10. Maptime San Francisco @maptimeSF
11. 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
12. So how did all of this happen?
13. What makes this community a success?
14. What have we learned along the way?
15. Our story starts at SOTMUS 2013.
24. “What is Maptime?”
25. “Can I join Maptime? What do I have to do?”
26. “Can I teach any tutorial, or just official Maptime ones?”
27. “Do these tutorials come in other languages?”
28. “What if I want to charge people for workshops?”
29. “Can I use a Maptime to test my product?”
33. • 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
34. • 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
35. • 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
36. • 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
39. Elijah Meeks (!!!) at @maptimeSF @elijah_meeks
40. MaptimeAlpes @maptimealpes
41. 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!
42. 1. Offer guidance + support.
46. 2. Hands off!
47. Write code. Not too much. Mostly procedural. -Mike Migurski
48. Let communities organize around what they want to learn
49. Let communities organize around what they want to learn different communities
50. Let communities organize around what they want to learn different communities different skill levels
51. Let communities organize around what they want to learn different communities different skill levels different tools
52. Let communities organize around what they want to learn different communities different skill levels different tools different size groups
53. Let communities organize around what they want to learn different communities different skill levels different tools different size groups different meeting frequencies
54. Let communities organize around what they want to learn different communities different skill levels different tools different size groups different meeting frequencies
55. Provide educational materials to FORK (some chapters do this, some make their own!)
57. Being hands-off has made room for so many amazing things!
61. Maptime Minneapolis-Saint Paul @maptimeMSP
62. Alan McConchie @mappingmashups
63. Maptime Bear by Omar Ureta maptimela.github.io/maptime_bear // @maptimeLA
64. Maptime Bear by Omar Ureta maptimela.github.io/maptime_bear // @maptimeLA
65. Thank you, CartoDB! for a month full of pizza donations for the entire Maptime community!!
66. 3. Positive encouragement!
70. 4. Reminders of community.
73. 5. Learn and grow.
74. We didn’t start Maptime with any idea that it would become a big thing.
75. 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.
76. 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.
77. Iterate. Maintain.
78. CONCLUSION
79. What makes this community a success?
80. What makes this community a success?
81. happy community = success! + + =
82. CONCLUSION 2.0
84. #swag
86. NEXT! Maptime Summit @ UN (!!!) 501(c)(3) Regional Meetups Maptime for Kids
87. NEXT! Maptime Summit @ UN (!!!) 501(c)(3) Regional Meetups Maptime for Kids Fundraising
88. NEXT! Maptime Summit @ UN (!!!) 501(c)(3) Regional Meetups Maptime for Kids Fundraising
89. We need volunteers! Maptime Summit @ UN (!!!)
90. We need volunteers! Maptime Summit @ UN (!!!) Branding + marketing Documentation // video, blogging, photographs Operations Volunteer coordination
91. We need volunteers! Maptime Summit @ UN (!!!) Branding + marketing Documentation // video, blogging, photographs Operations Volunteer coordination ...what do you want to do?
92. There are so many ways to get involved!
93. There are so many ways to get involved! hello@maptime.io
94. Penny Beames @_peripatetic_
95. What time is it? - you best believe it’s - Beth Schechter @bethschechter Lyzi Diamond @lyzidiamond Thank you!