Foundation/Local Chapters/Local Chapters Congress/2021

About

The Local Chapters and Communities Congress 2021 (LCCC 2021) is a virtual event where leaders and members of various OSM communities, whether they are officially recognized Local Chapters of the OSM Foundation or just a regular user group of OSM mappers, come together to share stories and learn from each other. Let’s get together and see what kinds of organizational efforts we can share together to support and grow our mapping communities!

Check out last year's event!

When

Date: 6 November 2021
Time: 12:00 UTC to 15:00 UTC (find the time in your city)
OSM Calendar: https://osmcal.org/event/823/

Where

The meeting will be held on a virtual platform called Airmeet. Don't forget to register to get an invitation and the link to access the platform!

Interested in participating?

You don't need to be a member of a Local Chapter to participate. If you are a local OSM community leader, are interested in building up your community, or want to learn more about what other communities are doing locally, then please join this event!

Register here!

Show others that you are attending by using your OSM account and marking your attendance on the OSM Calendar!

Program

All times are in UTC. Find the time in your city here.

Time (UTC)	Session	Host/Speaker	Description
12:00	Welcome to the Congress	Maggie Cawley
12:10	Meet & Greet	Everyone!	Join a table to meet other participants!
12:45	Around the World Session	Jonathan Beliën + Local Chapters	Talk about 5 things about your local community in 5 minutes! Hear what other OSM communities around the world have been doing!
13:30	BREAK	You!	Grab a beverage, walk your dogs, stand up and stretch!
13:45	New OSM Welcome Tool Demonstration	Jonathan Beliën (OSM Belgium)	Learn how to add your local community and start welcoming new mappers with the Welcome Tool.
14:00	Open Table Conversations	Topics: Open Mapping Hubs, Microgrants, OSM in Government, Welcoming newcomers & “Workshop” on how to add your region	Join a table and talk with other participants! There will be 4 tables labeled with different topics. Please join the table that interests you!
14:30	Open Table Conversations	Topics: Paid Work Best Practices, Growing the OSM project, Building Community	We will continue the open table conversations, but the topics will switch. Please join a table that interests you!
15:00	Closing	LCCWG	Thank you for joining the OpenStreetMap community for our 2nd virtual Congress!

Code of Conduct

The OpenStreetMap Foundation is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of the event participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate.

Please refer to the State of the Map 2021 Code of Conduct for more information.

You can email the LCCWG with any concerns at local [at] osmfoundation.org.

What is the LCCWG?

The event is organised by the Local Chapters and Communities Working Group (LCCWG) which is one of the official working groups of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. Learn more about the work we do on our official page on the OpenStreetMap Foundation website.